All Tractors are painted with automotive paint and materials, we use high quality Martin Senour products, in both single stage and two stage applications. Each tractor has a coat of a rust inhibitor, three coats of primer, one coat of sealer and then three coats of enamel, That is the steps on the metal, and the cast steps are the same except the primer is not used. Some tractors are base coat clear coated, Definitely up to the customer this is relatively more expensive of a process, but most tractors are sprayed with acrylic enamel.