Recently, I acquired a Singer 500A Slant-O-Matic Rocketeer Sewing Machine. I'm trying to find information about how to strip this sewing machine of paint so that I can paint it another solid color - I just don't like beige and taupe. There are many different types of paint stripping products out there - some more toxic than others. I have viewed countless Youtube videos about stripping and painting sewing machines, but usually they are for the Singer Featherweights or 1800's to 1920's sewing machines which were painted black or "Japanned". Also there are videos about painting your plastic machine, but the Singer 500A is not made of plastic, it is made of aluminum.
One question I have is how do you keep the paint stripper product out of the many small oiling holes in the body of this particular sewing machine - the Singer 500A Slant-O-Matic Rocketeer? There is a lot of information about blocking all the holes using the blue painting masking tape, paper towels, Q-tips, cotton balls, toothpicks and other devices, but I think those things would melt under the onslaught of the chemicals used to strip the paint. What kind of paint was used on the 1960's Singer 500A Slant-O-Matic Rocketeer? Was it lacquer, acrylic, latex or something else? How many layers of paint did they normally use to paint this machine? I would be much obliged if someone could answers these questions for me. I have been scouring the internet, but I have not had any luck so far in getting answers. Thank you - contact me at kathiego88 at gmail dot com.
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