?s about painting sewing machines
 

These questions are directed to those who have actually repainted a sewing machine.

>Did you take it apart completely including all the inner parts?

>Did you reassemble it yourself?

>Did you retime it yourself?

>Were you happy with the finished product?

>Would you post pics of it?


Those questions asked, now I sit back and wait .................

Oh, OK, my belly says it's feeding time. I'll have to go do that.

Joe

We didn't personally paint the machine, but my husband prepped it. He stripped all the old paint off (did not remove the mechanical parts inside-it is a featherweight). He did remove everything on the outside-faceplate, slide plate, thread guides-basically everything that could come off!:) He covered all openings with paper or tape-depending on what needed to be covered. After stripping he sanded, filled places that needed it (with auto body filler), sanded some more!

Our friend who painted it primed it and painted with auto paint. It didn't need to re-timed because we didn't remove the hook or the needle bar. For not knowing what we were doing, it turned out pretty well. I have posted pictures of it in the past on the Featherweight Club thread. Here is another one.
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Pat

Pat,

How difficult was it to tape off the holes and areas where you didn't want the paint to get to?

Joe

My husband did the prep, but I saw it when it was done. He said it was not difficult at all. He used blue painter's tape over the needle bar end. The smaller holes he sort of made little balls of tape and pushed them in (make them large enough to fit snugly). The large holes were filled with balls of paper covered with tape. Everything survived the painting process (done with compressed air sprayer). Be careful about removing paper and tape, score the paint around holes before removing.

Hope this helps. Any more questions, just ask and I will try to answer them.

Pat

Due to a mistake in cleaning the machine, the Singer model 99 (on the left) had to be repainted.I only removed the external parts, masking off the openings. I used automobile type paint, including a clear coat. The decals were made on my inkjet printer. [ATTACH=CONFIG]328794[/ATTACH]

jlm5419,


I wanna see more pics of that hot pink (?) 99.

Please .....

Joe

Well, since you said please...
It isn't a perfect job, but was my first repaint. I don't have the right equipment to do a professional job. I edited the photo to remove my name from the top of the arm.
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Love the pink!! Great work! And very original decals. Did you use automotive paint in a sprayer, or in a can?

I will say this about that pink machine. It does not blend into the crowd. That's pretty nice.

Being sorta goofy, I was thinking of painting one military OD green and having all the chrome parts plated with a mat black hard chrome.
The chances of me ever doing that are slim, but you never know.

Joe