L3250 has some new paint

[rbargeron]

I bought a fixer-upper L3250 a couple years ago. Runs great but was a bit ugly. This summer I decided to paint it. Jay4200's tip about Lobster Red came at the perfect time. Took off the most rusted parts for sandblasting & priming. A HVLP sprayer worked well with factory Orange II paint on a lot of it. But between the sheet metal and the loader there are a ton of surfaces. So the rattle cans made a big difference for doing small areas and missed spray directions. The color match is good enough I can't tell anymore which is which. The wheels had been replaced at some point so didn't need doing. If you are thinking of doing a tractor paint job, it takes longer than I thought it would. But from 10 feet away it looks decent.

 

[k0ua]

Huge improvement. Looks good!

 

[s219]

Came out great!

 

[sandyc]

Looks great. How about a chrome stack!

 

[skyhook]

Looks great. How about a chrome stack!

Of high heat temp Black.

 

[The Fred]

Looks great. Now if we could only buy Lobster Red in quarts I would be happy.

Regards, Fred

 

[varmint]

Nice work! You got new decals from ???

 

[rbargeron]

......You got new decals from ???

The hood decals are factory, loader lettering is from https://doityourselflettering.com/.

 

[Kubota81]

I know the struggle of it not being easy I started the beginning of the summer and I'm not nearly close to being done

 

[Lin324]

my tractor lettering is from Buy HQ Custom Vinyl Lettering Online - Anley Flags

 

[Ed ke6bnl]

very nice job, I am picking up a fixer upper B7800 next week and may use the info.

 

[eddieirvine]

Looks very nice

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

I wonder if it still looks good after 8 years......

 

[richriddle]

It looks great. The colors most likely to fade are yellows, reds, and oranges. From your signature line, it looks like you have your work cut out for you keeping up with fading paints.