Travis B's Track Loader gets a paint job

[Izzy]

I really haven't thought myself a painter but this was my prep work .....

- Dis - assemble to working pieces ......
- repaired what was bent .......
- dug the dirt and debris out of every nook and cranny ....
- washed everything down with contact cleaner (motor spray etc.) that was plastic safe
- hand filed rough edges edges and niblets from the manufacturer (person before Travvis wans't very thurough - they rushed it...
- scrubbed every inch of surface with a red scotch brite pad
- layed down a thin coat of primer .....
.... I was told a nice thin layer of the first coat helps for additional layers to add without running ......
- I did this at work on a Saturday .... there was a nice air heeater nearby that was kicking on often with a good air flow - i liked this as it always blew the overspray out of the area and provided a nice warm place to dry - the parts were hung from coat hangers and the parts would actually sway a bit in the breeze of the heater .....
- then added another 2-3 layers of primer ...
.... i actually layed down too many layers of primer ... got carried away .... really only needed enough to get a good color base .....
- Letting each layer tack off well - about 10-15 minutes ......there were so many parts .... after I had the cat primer layed down on each part it was soon time to start another layer on each part again - so it was kinda continuous ...
- after the primer then I started on the black - there was no primer with that so it was a bit eager to run on the first coat or too - had to really lay them thin ....
- after about two rounds of the black I went back to the finish coat cat ....
- lay same as with the primer - nice thin coat to start then add
- then went back and forth between black and finish yellow.

- I let the parts hang overnight - made sure the heater would stay on to keep the room warm.
- Monday morning went in early and cleaned up my mess - too all the parts down - the paint still seemed soft - it was dry but soft. I arranged all the parts with the 'exposed visible' sides up in box lids and took to my office where the sat to dry for 4 days -


that saturday took about 7-8hrs to do - that was just painting

.... that's about it....