Painting my backhoe.

[Canadian_digger]

So I've been inspired by some of the post of people painting there own equipment in the forum and thought I would try it out myself. I have some done some touch up painting before but nothing major. My oldest backhoe was looking really bad and I decided to start with the loader to see how it would turn out. I think it tured out well. It was a lot of work but what a difference.

All I used are some basic tools. Angle grinder with flap wheel and wire wheel. Die grinder with striping wheel. Electric sander. Sand paper. Small sponge paint roller and brush.

 

[sheepfoot]

Looks good !, it's a lot of work and cheaper than a new machine.

 

[Canadian_digger]

Looks good !, it's a lot of work and cheaper than a new machine.

With prepping and paint it took around 8hrs. I will be doing some more when I have some free time.

 

[PEVO]

they seem to work better with new paint too.

 

[Jeckyl1920]

they seem to work better with new paint too.

You get 10 hp with the paint. Another 5 if you put a coffee can exhaust on it!

 

[PEVO]

im planning on adding additional brush protection to my ROPS on my dozer, then new paint at some point.
im sure the paint job will add at least 10-15% more life to my UC!