16yr old John Deere Tractor

E

efnfast

New member
Decided to detail my 16yr old John Deere Tractor; big mistake. i figured 1-2hrs....turned into 12-15hrs. Apparently 16yr old paint that has hit



- fences

- houses

- barns

- cows

- flipped twice



really doesn't want to be corrected. I'd say I did a 70% job based on Autopean standards. Not my best work, but okay I guess.



Cyclo with SIP, 1z High Gloss, Optimum Poli-Seal, Pinnacle Soverign wax



Before:

trac1.jpg


trac2.jpg


trac3.jpg


trac4.jpg




During:

trac1.jpg


trac6.jpg


trac9.jpg




After: (trim still masked off)

trac11.jpg


trac12.jpg


trac13.jpg


trac16.jpg
 
backwoods_lex said:
Pretty cool. Are you going to do a full recondition?
Click to expand...





Nah, I'd have to strip everything off of it and chances are it'll hit another cow the road :scared:



If nothing else atleast I can say the single stage paint is almost brand new.



It's a rather hackish attitude to take, but the way I look at it, the paint is in pretty good shape now (nothing short of a repaint will fix the problems that are still there), and for maintenance it just needs it's air filter banged out once a year, an oil change, and a spark plug change. Then she's good to go again. For a 16yr old utility vehicle I can't ask fo rmuch more.
 
Yeah, I guess I should have guessed that it was SS paint :think:--I didn't even really think about that one. I'm suprised that it put up such a fight though.
 
Man, I have to do the same thing to my LX175. Hood looks about as faded.



As the resident tractor detailer, yours looks better than any one i've done I reckon.
 
backwoods_lex said:
Yeah, I guess I should have guessed that it was SS paint :think:--I didn't even really think about that one. I'm suprised that it put up such a fight though.
Click to expand...



I know, I was surprised as well - I've never worked on SS paint before, but everything I've read on here indicated it should be an acceptable job.



Not so - to remove the oxidization and most of the damage, I had to go with 4 passes with my cyclo on each area with the SIP, with the first pass or two almost having to bog the machine down to a stop. It ~really~ wanted to resist all my attempts to make it shiney, lol!
 
seven said:
:lol Are you going to keep us all wondering about the flipping part? Any interesting/entertaining stories?
Click to expand...



Not really - I figured I could mow a really steep incline. Turns out I couldn't make it.



Then several months later I figured THIS time would be different for sure.



It wasn't. :nervous2:
 
LOL! Great detail! I've used Zaino and Collinite 845 before on my Craftsman! I've used Color-X on it also.



My mower is getting kinda nasty! I usually take my leftover car wash soap and wash my mower especially if I have a bunch left.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top