Anyone know what the closest color match is to Kubota orange? We just purchased a 3901 and are having chain hooks welded to the bucket, and a piece of expanded metal welded onto the "brush guard" on the front of the tractor. I would like to make sure they dont rust, but dont really want to dig out my hvlp gun and deal with the hassle of spraying what will amount to touch ups.
Spray Paint Color Match?
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If you have access to a Tractor Supply, they have spray cans labeled as "Kubota Orange". I think they also have it in quart cans also.
Ron
Ron
Three places- Tractor Supply as mentioned, your Kubota dealer, and an automotive paint jobber can match it. I've used the paint from Tractor Supply, and it was the most reasonably priced and matched well.
The TSC paint matches good but after some time it turns a funny faded orange color. I would suggest going to the dealer and buying a rattle can, the color will be right for a long time. It's higher but IMHO worth the $$$.
I too use the Kubota rattle cans for touch ups. It's worked great so far and hasn't faded.
I made these hook plates and bolted them to my bucket in 2000 when I bought the tractor. These pics are not but a couple of years old and you can see how well the paint still looks compaired to the factory color on the bucket.
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CaveCreekRay
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T-Man
Beware the two colors! Kubota Orange I and Kubota Orange II.
The older tractors are the Kubota I. The newer color is the Kubota Orange II -the "redder orange." In fact, my L3800 is painted with the Kubota II while the dash cluster surround (which come on the transmission frame from Japan) is Kubota I colored plastic. Go figure.
The paint is high quality but the nozzles spray a crappy fan/fog pattern. To get a nice wet pass you'll have to hold it pretty close to the item -around six inches or so. I went through about a dozen cans and they were all the same.
Paint in good light. Get close. Keep moving. Start each pass off the item and don't quit until you are past the item. You'll get a good job. Dry time for re-coats is about 15 minutes. When done, leave the pieces out in the sun for a day or two and the paint will harden up well.
Forgot to mention: The proper primer color for orange is either white or very light gray. If you use standard dark or medium gray primer, one final coat of orange will hide it well enough. You'll like the final result.
I also bought a quart of orange for some major touch up on my bucket after landscaping is completed. It was a little cheaper than four rattle cans but I'll get a better job for larger areas. For what you need, the rattle cans are perfect.
Beware the two colors! Kubota Orange I and Kubota Orange II.
The older tractors are the Kubota I. The newer color is the Kubota Orange II -the "redder orange." In fact, my L3800 is painted with the Kubota II while the dash cluster surround (which come on the transmission frame from Japan) is Kubota I colored plastic. Go figure.
The paint is high quality but the nozzles spray a crappy fan/fog pattern. To get a nice wet pass you'll have to hold it pretty close to the item -around six inches or so. I went through about a dozen cans and they were all the same.
Paint in good light. Get close. Keep moving. Start each pass off the item and don't quit until you are past the item. You'll get a good job. Dry time for re-coats is about 15 minutes. When done, leave the pieces out in the sun for a day or two and the paint will harden up well.
Forgot to mention: The proper primer color for orange is either white or very light gray. If you use standard dark or medium gray primer, one final coat of orange will hide it well enough. You'll like the final result.
I also bought a quart of orange for some major touch up on my bucket after landscaping is completed. It was a little cheaper than four rattle cans but I'll get a better job for larger areas. For what you need, the rattle cans are perfect.
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what's the dealer pricing on a rattle can? It would be nice to touch up around the edges this winter before parking some traded out implements
I'm building a dump trailer for my BX25D, and was going to use Kubota spray bombs to paint it, but WHOAAAAA, local dealer wanted $16.00 per can! I bought quart of the K- grey and quart of K-orange, and they were $46 and $54! -I'll definitely be sourcing a match-up color too, way out of whack!
coachgeo
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And have you used it? Does it match slightly, not at all if tractor faded a little already orrr?
coachgeo
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L225 w/woods Few Mowers & Back Blade, D722 in Motorcycle (Triumph Tiger), LMTV
thinking of color match..... what about older Woods mowers? Or do you just repaint this Kubota Orange these days?
