Originally Posted by
Becky15
Hi, I've just read through all the posts and am very tempted to try this method over stripping all the paintwork and repainting! The Lotus decals on my Singer 66k 1929 hand crank are very worn in places and I want to replace them. If I replace the decals, would I apply them after the shellac has cured (a week or so after the process detailed in this thread) and apply another layer or two of shellac again?
This machine is my first vintage and I bought it cheaply. I have to replace the hand crank (which I've sourced on ebay) and the Singer badge is missing on the pillar (I don't know where to source one of these?)
Thanks in advance for any help you may be able to give me
I have a few machines that don't look like much. They were beat nearly to death by Grandma. They work though and turn the best. We have an old 99 we put a HC on. It it the one my grand daughter always gets out to use. Then my husband wanted to make a quilt block for Rodney so I had him use that machine. We brought it over here (my parents) to use for a project with DGD and when he took it back home I noticed that it was where he could use it. LOL... Some times there is so much character I hate to cover it up. When a machine can be cleaned up and the old finish smoothed out some times it is enough. Then use and enjoy all those merit badges and character. I'm almost afraid to use one that isn't sort of a beater. Here are some links to ugly machines I've messed with and one I still love the best out of all of the ugly beater machines:
http://www.quiltingboard.com/vintage...e-t261967.html
http://www.quiltingboard.com/vintage...h-t257669.html
http://www.quiltingboard.com/vintage...r-t256543.html