OutdoorKing Repair Forum Forums Repairs and Maintenance Questions on Walk Behind Lawn Mower Frames Victa Lawn Mower Frames Victa Hammertone Paint Drama, Early 80s Model.

The paint went on today and I can confirm it is a very good match to the Victa Mayfair Gold the mower base came in.
At least 90% match, if not 99% and the finish is superb but those Ultra-Color hammertone cans clog up quickly. You're lucky to get half of it out before it falls on it's side.
I will have to try Bonnar Bloke's method of 10 minutes shaking before baking in the sun for several hours (at least three to four??) to dissolve the skin he believes forms in these cans.
I recommend using a respirator as the smell is like nothing I've experienced before. I hope it isn't isocyanates like 2 pack has! It doesn't smell healthy.
I had to use two of my three cans and managed to get them to spray again for a few seconds at a time after clogging up by forcing some thinner down the tube with a compressed air gun. Thus would only revive them for a few seconds spraying at a time before I'd have to repeat the process again. Sometimes it was the can's tube and others it was the nozzle itself that I had to force air through backwards to get a few seconds out of it. I managed to get enough out of the two cans this way to finish the job to my satisfaction.
This paint is very forgiving stuff and you can go over parts that didn't get sufficient coverage without ruining the rest. What a shame these Ultra Color cans give so much grief but the finish has blown my mind.
Only negative is I'll have to give the engine a lot of attention to be a match to this now new looking base!

I used a beach tent as my spray booth!