All the Bobcat/kioti tractors have poor paint jobs. The metal parts on the loaders, fenders and hoods have sharp edges that should have been sanded round. Paint will not cover a sharp edge unless there a enough coats to round of the edge and that is about 6 or more coats. Our tractors have about 3 coats and it seems without primer. The only way to keep paint on this low grad korean steel is with rounded edges, epoxy primer and lots of good paint.
Suggestion, buy one that arrived yesterday and bring it inside, spray all seams with Rust-check, Crown or Rustblock and keep touching up all nick with Rust paint and Kioti/Bobcat paint on top to match. Rust paint does not require primer but unless you are spraying your tractor paint over the rust paint as soon as it tacks over you need to wait 3 or 4 days before top-coating with the tractor paint. These tractors are well built for the price but in 10 years of sitting outside, the Kiotis and Bobcats will all be the same color. Guess what color that will be.
