Thread: Restoring an old sewing machine table. Need help sourcing gold paint.

My daughter and I have a similar project on the go, an old Singer treadle sewing machine. We're using the White Knight enamel, a 50/50 mixture of gloss and satin.

My local Bunnings has this enamel gold: https://www.bunnings.com.au/white-kn...paint_p1568463

Somewhere I have a link to another supplier - I'll keep looking.

Graham.

if you wish to do a top class restoration then you first use yellow paint ( for Gold ) then gild it i.e. apply Gold leaf

You could ask on this website. Maybe you can get a small can from overseas.

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"if you wish to do a top class restoration then you first use yellow paint ( for Gold ) then gild it i.e. apply Gold leaf"

Now that's an interesting thought! I wonder how gold leaf will last outside but undercover on a verandah?

Would you clear coat over the whole thing after gold leaf is applied? Art supplies would have gold leaf, hobby shop for gold paint.


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Here is a good way of painting raised lettering.
Painting Raised Letters

There is a range of different types of "gold" paint.
Some more like dull yellow, to glitter/sparkle, to shiny metallic.
Check before purchase. I bought a range of different sprays last year for family Halloween projects before getting approval from the style council.

Gold leaf is used on Headstones so I don't think it will suffer too much under the verandah, I can't recommend that location for the rest of the machine

Hello Steck

I remembered that when I was a child back in the UK I used to buy small tins of paint for modelling (aircraft, cars etc). The brand was Humbrol and the tins were tiny: Not much bigger than a thimble, but maybe ideal for your purpose.

I looked on Ebay and they are still available from the UK. Postage is several times the price of the tin itself for a single tin, but perhaps you might look at several tins and the shipping would be virtually the same:

Humbrol Acrylic Paint no: 16 GOLD 12ml METALLIC Acrylic Tinlet | eBay

Regards
Paul

The problem with "gold paint" is it will not last it will discolour, very little so called gold paint actually contains gold. Model engineers etc. all use gold leaf on top or finish their items in gold plate.

FWIW, the gold paint we ended up using was White King Super Gold.
It is available at Bunnings. Not cheap but very shiny.
https://www.bunnings.com.au/white-kn...paint_p1571040
With the small area you need you could spray some on a saucer and dab it on.

Here is an example of the Paint in use for a Halloween themed birthday party for my daughter.
It was a big hit on the day but don't think it helped the pumpkins longevity enough to tell you how the paint lasts.
IMG_0961.jpg

Ooooh.

I hope nobody died in the making of those Halloween props.

Regards
Paul

All good but I don't think you'd want to make pumpkin soup with them.

Originally Posted by hiroller

Here is a good way of painting raised lettering.
Painting Raised Letters

There is a range of different types of "gold" paint.
Some more like dull yellow, to glitter/sparkle, to shiny metallic.
Check before purchase. I bought a range of different sprays last year for family Halloween projects before getting approval from the style council.

That's a very good instruction on how to do it! Great post!

Originally Posted by Bushmiller

Hello Steck

I remembered that when I was a child back in the UK I used to buy small tins of paint for modelling (aircraft, cars etc). The brand was Humbrol and the tins were tiny: Not much bigger than a thimble, but maybe ideal for your purpose.

I looked on Ebay and they are still available from the UK. Postage is several times the price of the tin itself for a single tin, but perhaps you might look at several tins and the shipping would be virtually the same:

Humbrol Acrylic Paint no: 16 GOLD 12ml METALLIC Acrylic Tinlet | eBay

Regards
Paul

I Used these too, when I was doing models. I think I will need a lot more than those little tins as there is quite a large area of gold to paint.
cheers