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28th January 2017, 06:24 AM #1
Restoring an old sewing machine table. Need help sourcing gold paint.
Hi,
I am restoring an old Wertheim Sewing machine table for my wife. I have put it in an electrolysis bath and am painting it with Rustguard in gloss black. The features (lettering and picture of gnome) on this table were originally gold. my local Bunnings don't have a gold paint that I can paint on with a brush. They do have spray cans.
Anyone know a source for metallic gold paint? I'm in Oakleigh, Vic. This table would have looked a treat when it was new. It even had gold pin striping on much of the cast iron, too.
IMG_9750.jpgCheers,
Steck
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28th January 2017, 08:00 AM #2Senior Member
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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.
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28th January 2017, 03:05 PM #3China
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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
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28th January 2017, 07:27 PM #4SENIOR MEMBER
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You could ask on this website. Maybe you can get a small can from overseas.
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29th January 2017, 10:21 AM #5
"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?Cheers,
Steck
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29th January 2017, 10:33 AM #6GOLD MEMBER
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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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29th January 2017, 10:45 AM #7GOLD MEMBER
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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.
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29th January 2017, 02:33 PM #8China
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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
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29th January 2017, 03:28 PM #9
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
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29th January 2017, 05:25 PM #10China
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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.
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29th January 2017, 06:49 PM #11GOLD MEMBER
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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.
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29th January 2017, 07:04 PM #12
Ooooh.
I hope nobody died in the making of those Halloween props.
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29th January 2017, 07:06 PM #13GOLD MEMBER
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All good but I don't think you'd want to make pumpkin soup with them.
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