thanks to you and Reynoldston, I have stripped the hood/cowling to bare metal protecting the decals. I plan to paint it with an appliance white epoxy rattle can.
i'll tackle the orange fenders after I see how the white works out.
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the picture is just after I bought it. The paint damage after one winter under the mower cover is to painful to print.
I'll have to figure a way to protect it next winter