DH sandblasted mine and repainted it with gloss black. It looks absolutely wonderfule. Mine was my g'grandmothers that my grandmother had painted. I had the case restored by a friend who is a master woodworker and it is stunning. Now just trying to get a machine for it as no one in my family has a clue what happened to the one that was in it. I have a 66 that I'm not sure yet will fit. That's my next project in the next couple of weeks.