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[catskinner]

I want a video of you putting it back in the storage bag.

[philipsmith]

Lacquer thinner or acetone for your wipe down. Mineral spirits leaves an oily residue. Put some on your finger and let it dry and you'll be able feel it.

[sparewashers-lggf]

Evan, I think it was Uncle Tony's Garage that taught me that cast iron is porous by nature, and it absorbs oils and grease that sits on it. When painting cast iron housings in particular, it is a good idea to take them to bare metal, and then heat the metal with a mapp torch to evaporate any trapped oils, etc. I hope this helps!

[stevejohnstonbaugh]

I believe I'd take a needle gun to your bad paint job. Fortunately it's all castings and no tin - so no damage done. Based on your testing, my hunch is your coatings will come right off.
Back in the days when you were spraying oil base paint the oils left behind by mineral spirts blended right in with the oil base paint. Now that everything is catalyzed, the chemistry has changed. The film left by the mineral spirits amounted to a release agent. I am sorry for your difficulty Evan. Things keep changing and the old guidelines methods no longer apply. I'd be frustrated too. hang in there buddy 👍

[rogercrowell]

My brother would always wet the floor down before painting, paint doesn't stick and holds down dust.

[davidwhite]

Good for you for wacthing Pete . He had painted 3 tractors and working on another one .

[allendeibert]

glue some hooks on the top of the paint booth and hang the sides and top from the ceiling so it just hand there between jobs

[strokendiesel]

My gut sank when I realized the only way to fix it. I've been there, re work is the hardest work to do, mentally. Your honesty and strive to do whatever you're doing properly is why I keep coming back to watch. Thank you for sharing and good luck!

[batpherlangkharkrang]

Hi.... Thanks you for showing your video homestead beautiful great good job BYE bye 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋👍👍👍

[Ralphcanoeingadventures]

I enjoy your videos. You make mistakes. You learn. You move on. And the things that you try is cool. The pond Duck Weed problems and how you try thing to fix it is interesting. I watch, Just A Few Acers Farm. And seems to know everything. You are learning and having fun. Keep it up and listen to listeners. But don't take their bad comments to heart. Keep making mistakes and learning. Great channel.

[kdinm]

This too shall pass.... Thanks for sharing Evan. We learn from you and are better for the experience.

[shawnhagen]

SHOE GOO is your best friend for patching material

[kevinkemler]

My wife is an artist and she confirmed that mineral spirits leave a residue so it would be better to just use a good degreaser and wipe the metal dry.

[aafarm]

I have painted 20 tractors over the years and have always mixed the paint, reducer, and hardener together at once and went straight to painting after mixing and never have had the paint chip like that.

[johnwalloch]

My dad the 25 yr spray painter always used thinner that evaporated quickly

[shaniaa]

I think you're just an amazing human being Evan. I'm always in awe at your knowledge and chutzpah of gedderdone attitude

[richnusser]

You will get it right Hoss! Your work is top notch. Keep your head up Evan, your work speaks for itself.

[doncc]

Tough to have to redo the back end of the tractor. It is a blessing that you forgot that seal. Otherwise
you may not have discovered the paint issue until all was reassembled.

[texgibson]

Remember the tractor at all embedded in the metal mineral spirits activate that all in the middle it does not clean. And remember primer and paint does not adhere to oil. An example: is to have something painted with all base paint and then fly to go over top of it with water base pain. It is good if you want a crackle. Then you would have to put clear on it so I had to stay on the wall.

[jurpikag]

Hey, at least it will make it easy to remove to re-paint!