i have bought so many vintage sewing machines and have restored all of them and have never repainted any of them. cabinets i did but have never done any painting on the machines. not to be a d....d or anything but i like the before picture of your machine than the after (especially the color) and you could have retained the value of your machine if you kept the vintage look. but at the end of the day it's your choice and your machine. good job but i just had this crazy feeling and would have done something to save your machine from the blue suede shoes (ha ha ha)... congrats...