Craftsman1998's Cub Cadet Puller build

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Craftsman1998 wrote:

Thunderdivine wrote:

Isn't it done yet   

lol i wish but i need paint and money if i had that it would be done. and i'm not rushing the project taking my time.

I know it's a little late, but couldnt you have bought paint in bigger tins, and an electric paint gun or air gun and come out cheaper than hundreds of spray cans?   

Also it gets alot nicer when you use an airgun. Big surfaces needs more flow than a spraycan can give, I'm sure you noticed how matte it gets some places, that's the reason usually.

Thunderdivine wrote:

I know it's a little late, but couldnt you have bought paint in bigger tins, and an electric paint gun or air gun and come out cheaper than hundreds of spray cans?   

Also it gets alot nicer when you use an airgun. Big surfaces needs more flow than a spraycan can give, I'm sure you noticed how matte it gets some places, that's the reason usually.

gotta have dry, reliable air for that. something not many of us have access to

Thunderdivine wrote:

Craftsman1998 wrote:

Thunderdivine wrote:

Isn't it done yet   

lol i wish but i need paint and money if i had that it would be done. and i'm not rushing the project taking my time.

I know it's a little late, but couldnt you have bought paint in bigger tins, and an electric paint gun or air gun and come out cheaper than hundreds of spray cans?   

Also it gets alot nicer when you use an airgun. Big surfaces needs more flow than a spraycan can give, I'm sure you noticed how matte it gets some places, that's the reason usually.

I was going to do that but i dont know how to mix paint so i would need to learn. Like willis said are air isn't all that dry and i would need to upgrade my compressor too. And i do plan on using a air gun just not on this project maybe the next one. It would take me a couple months to get good at it so when this projects done ill get a spray gun and practice.

The matte finish happens when the extra propellant (the cloud that forms while you paint) from the can falls onto the paint. I usually put a box fan near me and have it blowing air away from the project. It pulls any excess away as you paint.

B440 wrote:

The matte finish happens when the extra propellant (the cloud that forms while you paint) from the can falls onto the paint. I usually put a box fan near me and have it blowing air away from the project. It pulls any excess away as you paint.

Thanks for the tip

B440 wrote:

The matte finish happens when the extra propellant (the cloud that forms while you paint) from the can falls onto the paint. I usually put a box fan near me and have it blowing air away from the project. It pulls any excess away as you paint.

Well i used rattlecans on my JD 110's cutterdeck and got the matte finnish in our workplace spray boot, and my experience, - it is caused from not enough paint also maybe to cold. you need the orange peel then you have had enough paint, its hard to get from a rattle can.

you can also see many with one can in each hand to get more paint quicker, this i reckon is cause of the same fact.

I haven't got any work done on the cub in 3 days because i have no money. My parents bought me tools from harbor freight. Yay But i need to build a wheelie bar so does anyone have any ideas on how or where i should mount it or how i should build it?

Oh and its going to be raining the next 3 days   

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Ok update on the cub. Well i haven't gotten any work done on it the past couple days. The reason is because i need money to buy parts. So i put my 130 John deere for sale and might have someone buy it on saturday. And got my push mowers ready to sell. So the build will get finished just need to sell a couple things first.

Just sold the john deere today. then went out and bought paint. And bought a few things to fix other mowers i have.

Bought some stuff

First coat on the hood

Second coat

Nice clean freshly painted parts...

I know me too Its shiney :p

nice build!

i'm a cub cadet collector myself.....or should i say hoarder lol.


9 dollars a can wow! then you gotta pay shipping?

i used rustoleum on my cub cadet 100, the color is marigold.....its pretty darn close and iirc around 4 bucks a can.

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oh ok thanks ill keep that paint in mind for my next cub build

welp the front left side of my hood got messed up dirt landed in the paint so i waited for the paint to dry the sanded and wiped it down then when i went to spray it instead of it painting smooth it left weird designs in the paint so now i have to wait again and sand it down and hope it works the second time

Is that a hydro?

yes

You can see in this picture that dirt fell in the paint so i have to redo it but i ran out of sand paper so i have to pick up more

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Got the shifting linkage all hooked up. its not connected to the tranny yet.