Singer paint question
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Singer paint question
Are any of the 'old black Singers' painted, as opposed to Japanned? Other machines that came out in the same era as the Japanned ones were painted, so now I'm wondering about the black ones. Anybody know?
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I don't know either. I just got a FW with no lacquer on it - I know this because it came powdered and I wiped it off. Anybody know if you can fix missing lacquer? The machine is otherwise in good shape cosmetically.
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Miriam, the only way to replace the clear coat is with clear coat (paint).
You can use a car wax to protect what is left of the decals, try a non abrasive resin glaze for cars....or you can use Liquid Gold.... I use car wax, it's meant to protect a car's finish from "flying objects", and weather....I think it's tougher than the Liquid Gold.
You can use a car wax to protect what is left of the decals, try a non abrasive resin glaze for cars....or you can use Liquid Gold.... I use car wax, it's meant to protect a car's finish from "flying objects", and weather....I think it's tougher than the Liquid Gold.
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Liquid Gold has a kerosene-like petroleum base and that would cause laquer not to stick. It would be excellent to get the smokey, oily, brown, coating off though. Mine looked as though it had a 3 pack a day habbit. I finally used Dow Scrubbing bubbles, not pressing on the decals. It worked well and didn't damage anything, but I put it on the cloth, not the machine. I then used "Back to Black" (WalMart) car polish and now it sparkles like a new one. Don't ever spray anything on a machine, only on the cloth to prevent wetting something you can't get dry in the cracks. I hesitate to clear coat them because they really need to be taken apart to do a good job after they were deglazed. Maybe someday. I really enjoy Charlee's posts. She really knows her stuff.
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