How to Paint Your Tractor

Painting your tractor is the final finishing touch to restoration or maintenance, but too often is a foreign country for collectors, restorers, and farmers. Tharran Gaines is a trusted writer and instructor on the restoration of tractors, and provides detailed, clearly defined, step-by-step guide to painting your tractor for that perfectly authentic look. It's the finishing touch and the first thing anyone will see : an essential step in tractor restoration, but the techniques can be unfamiliar and daunting. This easy-to follow how-to book takes the guesswork and anxiety out of the process and assures you of getting just the look you want for your vintage farm machine. Beginning with metal cleaning, preparation, and bodywork repair, Gaines covers primer and paint types, matching vintage paint colors, painting equipment and techniques, concluding with decal and emblem placement plus application and finishing techniques.