Thank you. I have had this machine for a few years now and I love it. I can’t imagine having a farm without one. Just yesterday I used it to pull my truck out of the mud!
Great video, I just picked up a 279d3 that I may have to do similar work to. a couple of things to try for rust, a pin gun to get off big chunks or flaking paint and Muriatic acid($10 a bottle at ace), just wear gloves and glasses for the acid and don't let it touch anything but the steel. Look forward to your future videos.
a little tip to prevent dust entrapment in the paint would be to soak the surrounding area with water and wet the floors. other than that it was a job well done.
@@MakersAcres cheers, hows it holding up against rust?, want to know before i get a few genuine Caterpillar cans myself, also someone told me the aerosol can says can be applied without primer?
I almost never comment, but there are some critical elements here regarding your safety for the future. I am not exactly sure what chemical agent you are using to "strip" , but It would have to extremely corrosive to dissolve that coating which is actually construction grade enamel. The off gases produced by that mixture can be fatal in a very short amount of time, and it happens without warning as they are VOC/VOIC's in high concentration. NEVER interact with any form of chemical etching agent or enamel without a multi stage respirator, preferably full face, as a large amount of particles actually enter through the eyes/ears. And secondly (and far less scary, haha) bringing it down to bare metal is actually working against yourself... instead, take some 220-600 wetsand to knock the paint down and level it where it has degraded, and then apply your next layer so you build up as much as possible. You'll notice the area you redid will be the first to go again in the future...Great job though. Doze on!
Thank you for the info! That is great feedback and you are right, I should have been using a full face mask respirator. Something that wasn't clear in the video, was the reason why I took areas to bare metal. It appeared that someone before me tried to "touch up" a lot of the front areas. Mostly painting over rust. Some of the rust was so bad that it was starting to make divots or pockets in the metal. This machine came from the east coast, so it was probably exposed to salt. I figured I needed to get it back to "zero" and start over on some of it. Some of the panels in a video I did a couple weeks ago, I did as you suggested. I left most of the original paint and sanded down just want needed to be painted. Once again, Thank you for the great info and keep the great suggestions coming! I am learning a lot as I go, and I love the feedback.
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Awesome work! Such a great machine. Very Cool to see you bringing yours back to life.
Thank you. I have had this machine for a few years now and I love it. I can’t imagine having a farm without one. Just yesterday I used it to pull my truck out of the mud!
Great video, I just picked up a 279d3 that I may have to do similar work to. a couple of things to try for rust, a pin gun to get off big chunks or flaking paint and Muriatic acid($10 a bottle at ace), just wear gloves and glasses for the acid and don't let it touch anything but the steel.
Look forward to your future videos.
Thank you and congratulations!!! Let me know how it comes out.
awsome video. you gave me a few new ideas for mine
Ya, it turned out pretty nice and would highly recommend it! If could powder coat everything I would!
@@MakersAcres Powder coating makes everything better.
a little tip to prevent dust entrapment in the paint would be to soak the surrounding area with water and wet the floors. other than that it was a job well done.
Thank you! That is a a great tip!
so much painting!
I need an intern for all this painting!
What is the part number for the paint????
Sorry I missed that in the description…
Here you go:
458-9586: Black Caterpillar Paint
458-9587: Yellow Caterpillar Paint
Sand blaster… you should have got a sand blaster…
Agreed! I discovered that tool too late.
How many cans?
I want to say it took about 8 cans.
@@MakersAcres cheers, hows it holding up against rust?, want to know before i get a few genuine Caterpillar cans myself, also someone told me the aerosol can says can be applied without primer?
I almost never comment, but there are some critical elements here regarding your safety for the future.
I am not exactly sure what chemical agent you are using to "strip" , but It would have to extremely corrosive to dissolve that coating which is actually construction grade enamel.
The off gases produced by that mixture can be fatal in a very short amount of time, and it happens without warning as they are VOC/VOIC's in high concentration.
NEVER interact with any form of chemical etching agent or enamel without a multi stage respirator, preferably full face, as a large amount of particles actually enter through the eyes/ears.
And secondly (and far less scary, haha) bringing it down to bare metal is actually working against yourself... instead, take some 220-600 wetsand to knock the paint down and level it where it has degraded, and then apply your next layer so you build up as much as possible. You'll notice the area you redid will be the first to go again in the future...Great job though. Doze on!
Thank you for the info! That is great feedback and you are right, I should have been using a full face mask respirator.
Something that wasn't clear in the video, was the reason why I took areas to bare metal. It appeared that someone before me tried to "touch up" a lot of the front areas. Mostly painting over rust. Some of the rust was so bad that it was starting to make divots or pockets in the metal. This machine came from the east coast, so it was probably exposed to salt. I figured I needed to get it back to "zero" and start over on some of it.
Some of the panels in a video I did a couple weeks ago, I did as you suggested. I left most of the original paint and sanded down just want needed to be painted.
Once again, Thank you for the great info and keep the great suggestions coming! I am learning a lot as I go, and I love the feedback.