I have a couple of cast aluminum mower decks that I want to paint, will be trying out one of my air powered detail size spray guns cuz they seem more "right sized" for the job vs one of my old school Binks#7. (Which hasn't been used in years either)
These are "Bobcat" brand commercial mower decks many of which were green originally anyways.
Besides the "dream sickle" colored ones which mine originally were.
Been meaning to go by the auto body paint store to grab a quart of paint for them, but before I made it to the paint store I tripped over a gallon of OEM John Deere green at a garage sale. Not what I was after for those but I had an armload of stuff including that gallon of paint, and got it all for $5. That gallon can is over 3/4 full too...... I can get the actual PN off the can once I get home if it would make a difference to the answer I'm looking for. I know it starts with "TY" with 4 numbers behind that.
My question is what primer(s) could I use under this paint that won't cause problems? Does the answer change since the base metal is cast aluminum instead of steel? I hope the answer won't be that I have to go get "their" primer.
These are "Bobcat" brand commercial mower decks many of which were green originally anyways.
Besides the "dream sickle" colored ones which mine originally were.
Been meaning to go by the auto body paint store to grab a quart of paint for them, but before I made it to the paint store I tripped over a gallon of OEM John Deere green at a garage sale. Not what I was after for those but I had an armload of stuff including that gallon of paint, and got it all for $5. That gallon can is over 3/4 full too...... I can get the actual PN off the can once I get home if it would make a difference to the answer I'm looking for. I know it starts with "TY" with 4 numbers behind that.
My question is what primer(s) could I use under this paint that won't cause problems? Does the answer change since the base metal is cast aluminum instead of steel? I hope the answer won't be that I have to go get "their" primer.