Originally Posted by Lostn51

Sorry it has taken me a while to hop on here I have a few thing going on here at the house I am having to deal with but I am here now!!

Okay lets start with the easy one here the Singer, The serial number is actually a G but sometimes after stamping millions of machines the dies wear out. your machine was allotted on April 26 1917 with 50,000 of them produced during that run.

The Diamond is a badges machine and just from not seeing it I going to say it could be a National but I really need to see photos of it so I can look at the features and tell you.

Sounds like you have a nice group of machines and I can not wait to see them!!

Billy

Originally Posted by Kitzone

Just finished polishing the wheel after putting her through Billy's Kerosene Spa Treatment. She cleaned up pretty good and she turns on a dime : )

There's a couple pea sized paint chips on the bed that I am not sure what I should do with them...Should I fill them in with an enamel paint or leave them?

Any suggestions?

Judy

Originally Posted by dunster

She's beautiful. I am going to start in on a model 27 next. On the 66 that I just finished, I used Testors paint on the chips. The local Michael's didn't have the pen, so I just bought the glossy black paint in a little jar and used a small paint brush. Mine had some major damage to the finish on its back side, and the paint made it look much better. You can still see the damage, especially since it goes through the decals, but it's less noticeable now. I followed Billy's advice and did the painting before I used the Liquid Gold.

Originally Posted by Kitzone

I think I might try that... I didn't put the Liquid Gold on yet thinking that I'd leave my options open.

Dunster did you put a clear coat on your machine after you did the touch up paint or just the liquid gold application? I wonder if automotive clear coat would be an option to keep the decals from deteriorating?