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Subway Car Paint Now Available For Tractors
"This paint was formulated for New York City subway cars in the early 1970's," says Pat Mastrincola about his Master Series paint. "I sold it for 20 years before I found out the cars were regularly scrubbed with brushes and an alkali and solvent cleaner to remove grit, grime and graffiti. The cars still look like new e
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Subway Car Paint Now Available For Tractors TRACTORS Accessories 34-4-10 "This paint was formulated for New York City subway cars in the early 1970's," says Pat Mastrincola about his Master Series paint. "I sold it for 20 years before I found out the cars were regularly scrubbed with brushes and an alkali and solvent cleaner to remove grit, grime and graffiti. The cars still look like new even after 10 years of this type of cleaning."
Mastrincola has started offering the heavy-duty paint for tractors and other farm equipment. The key to the paint's success is applying multi coats.
Two coats of the company's Permanent Rust Sealer Primer followed by a single coat of Tractorkote AG111 has been shown to withstand 14,000 hours of salt spray. AG111 by itself is a powerful anti-chemical coating, withstanding 90 days of immersion in acetone. It is also UV stable. The paint goes on with a brush and, once cured, is highly chip resistant with a high gloss finish.
"It was formulated with three different resins; most paints have one or two," explains Mastrincola. "It can be used in areas that really get beat up by fuel and other fluids. I do a lot of car restoration, and I use it on the cars and the floor of my shop."
Testing it out for himself, Mastrincola clear-coated a 1967 Chevy hood with AG111. He then drew on it with a magic marker.
"I cleaned it right off with a little paint thinner," he says. "I use thinner to clean my painted concrete floors. A little thinner on a rag wipes up spilled paint and doesn't damage the floor."
Mastrincola adds that a little AG111 goes a long way, thanks to the fact it contains 60 percent solids. "I painted an entire Firebird exterior with a single quart of paint," he says. "A quart will do 110 to 120 sq. ft."
Mastrincola says the company carries stock Deere green, Farmall, Massey and other brand colors. However, special color requests are common. A Tractorkote AG111 kit, complete with sealer, Tractorkote and thinner, is available for $69.95.
AG111 sells for $33.95 per quart or $36.95 with a hardener. The company also sells primers, thinners, DIY high heat ceramic coatings, and paint removers.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, PM Industries, 442 Ridge Rd., West Milford, N.J. 07480 (ph 800 833-8933; www.nomorerust.com).
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