Chandler 305-64. Touch up?

[SingerDad]

Have just purchased a Chandler 305-64.  It was made in Japan and seems to be  of high quality..  Trying to clean it up as it was sitting in a barn for years.   It had some minor rust just behind shuttle area that was from years of rash. .  The picture is a before pic.   My question what paint can I use so that it doesn’t look horrible?   The color is hard to match as it’s not tan and not grey.   Or would you guys just leave it?   

[dikman]

Looks like a bronze-gold sort of colour, probably going to be hard to match. The "usual" thing is to strip and paint the whole thing, so it's all one colour, but it's a big job. I did it once and I'm not in a hurry to do it again!!.

It actually doesn't look too bad, imo, I'd probably leave it alone (I've had machines that looked worse).

[fredk]

That looks like a 'hammered' enamel finish

A paint company called Hammerite has that colour in its range. I've used it

An alternative is to take it to an independent automotive supplier store and see if they can mix you that colour of paint. Some places will mix it for you and supply in spray cans. But you'll get the colour but not the 'hammered' look

 

https://www.hammerite.co.uk/location/exterior/?colorgroup=gold&surface=metal-garden-furniture&task=paint

I think Hammerite call that colour Gold

[Quade]

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The "usual" thing is to strip and paint the whole thing, so it's all one colour, but it's a big job. I did it once and I'm not in a hurry to do it again!!.

I just did this with my Singer 211. Powder coated the whole thing.  It was a bit tedious getting the tuning working again. Particularly because the manuals are garbage.  I feel it would be much easier if I did it again. 

[Handstitched]

Doesn't look too bad to me. Maybe give it  a good clean up and oil up and service . I'd leave it as it is. Its looks won't affect its performance   

HS

[Constabulary]

7 minutes ago, Handstitched said:

Doesn't look too bad to me. Maybe give it  a good clean up and oil up and service . I'd leave it as it is. Its looks won't affect its performance   

HS

 

I agree and most likely a touch up could make it look even worse cause you will most likely not find a 100% matching paint and the original paint is already a bit aged so that makes it even harder to match...

Edited February 20, 2023 by Constabulary

[AlZilla]

To me, unless it's going to be totally stripped down, disassembled and done right, it's not worth doing.  For a working machine, I wouldn't go to the effort.  For a collector machine, it's only original once, so again not worth the effort to me.

That said, if you just enjoy the process and want to make it look great again, totally worthwhile. At that point, the hammertone paints look pretty nice. I've used them on a couple of projects. I can not recall the brand I used.

[shoepatcher]

I do not think you can get Hammerite paint in this country any more.  Used to be able to.

glenn

[CowboyBob]

34 minutes ago, shoepatcher said:

I do not think you can get Hammerite paint in this country any more.  Used to be able to.

glenn

I used to buy it @ Home Depot.I don't know if they still have it though.

[shoepatcher]

No Bob.  Not available most places anymore.

glenn