I dredged up this old thread, because I have decided to attempt a new (paint) look for ... yes... my little black Featherweight.
I just bought from the thrift store.
It's in beautiful shape, works beautifully, has almost pristine decals on it, and unfortunately, it has some kind of fine, misted gray overspray paint all over the whole machine. Even the foot pedal has gray paint on it. (Not positive it really is paint, but I'm pretty sure it is). Makes it look like it is very dusty.
I can get new decals for it, and just repaint it black, but that's too boring!
So....if you were painting it, what color would you pick?
Google sure has lots of ideas. Even polka dots!
Also, after searching through the vintage threads here, I am still looking for the best way to strip it down to it's carcass-taking pictures as I go. Does anyone have any suggestions? I did find a few youtube videos, but I'm just looking for advice from all you awesome peeps here.