Members billybopp Posted March 17, 2018 Members Report Posted March 17, 2018 Makes sense, really. A combination of marketing and, dare I say it "fashion". If you look at other machinery and equipment from the era such as WWII radio equipment, much of it had a similar finish. I suspect you'd find that right about the time this finish came to an end, around 1953 according to what Constabulary posted, you'll find that the silver and hammer finish machines started to come about -- with sewing machines and other equipment. - Bill Quote
Members Constabulary Posted March 17, 2018 Author Members Report Posted March 17, 2018 as always - the truth is somewhere in between. Only the wise Isaac Merritt Singer and his descendants know Quote ~ Keep "OLD CAST IRON" alive - it´s worth it ~ Machines in use: - Singer 111G156 - Singer 307G2 - Singer 29K71 - Singer 212G141 - Singer 45D91 - Singer 132K6 - Singer 108W20 - Singer 51WSV2 - Singer 143W2
Evo160K Posted March 23, 2018 Report Posted March 23, 2018 Folker, that's a very nice wrinkle finish, far better than I've been able to achieve with Harley-Davidson's wrinkle paint.....with and without heat. Now I'm using their "Textured Black", p/n 98606BF It gives a much finer/smoother/more consistent texture than "wrinkle" without heat and better matches the "blackside" paint shown on the machines in the link you posted above. Quote
Members suzelle Posted March 24, 2018 Members Report Posted March 24, 2018 23 hours ago, Evo160K said: This shows the difference" Evo, I really like the "Texture" paint. Nice! Years ago, I bought a couple of those flat black, or textured paint machines. Lately though, my brain has been entertaining playing with a "hammered" finish paint. I want to re-paint another of my old Singer machines. This one is a blue-gray singer 188K. She might look cool with a textured paint too though, do you know if the paint you mentioned comes in other colors? 23 hours ago, Evo160K said: Quote
Evo160K Posted March 24, 2018 Report Posted March 24, 2018 Suzelle, as far as I know, Harley only offers black. Quote
Members suzelle Posted March 24, 2018 Members Report Posted March 24, 2018 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Evo160K said: Suzelle, as far as I know, Harley only offers black. Okay Evo, thank you! That is all that I found, but online. Thought I might walk in to a Harley store and see what they have. I will post if I find the stores stock anything. I might just go back to the hammered paint idea & reserve the texture for another paint project. I tend to like my sewing machines to be lighter colors lately, as it is easier on my eyeballs these days. LOL. Edited March 24, 2018 by suzelle Quote
Evo160K Posted March 24, 2018 Report Posted March 24, 2018 as it is easier on my eyeballs these days. LOL. Copy that! If you want to see what the texture really looks like, check the engines on the bikes. Quote
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