Originally Posted by
LDC
I have a Singer 301 with areas where it looks like the machine was beaten. There are rough gouges in the metal. I am looking for options to at least smooth the area. But since I live in a humid climate, I think it should be painted in that area as well. Any suggestion or advise is greatly appreciated.
That does look like it was beaten. I don't remember how I actually smoothed out a gouge in the bed of my sister's machine, but I do remember using Testors paint and a microbrush to keep adding layers to fill it up. I may have used a nail buffer to smooth the edges a bit. I know now that
Dupli-Color DE 1635 is used for the old Japanned machines. I'm thinking that by the time the 301 and being an aluminum body the paint is probably different. Since yours is a black machine, I would think it would work.
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