More: "WORK IN PROGRESS" stripping paint
 

Wow, I'm glad someone else is doing this! What product did you use to strip the paint? What paint product are you using to paint the machine? Are you priming it first? Details please! I'm hoping to strip and repaint my 201, so any help you could add would be lovely!

I don't know what that machine looked like before, and I'm sure it will look nice after.

I hope you're gonna use that machine after it's finished.

Joe

I used Jassco paint and epoxy remover. I placed the machine in a rectangular tub and have a really, really cheap brush to apply. Let it sit for a while and started rubbing the brush around. After that I got my water hose and rinsed it off. Looked to see if I missed any spots and reapplied where necessary. Rinse and let dry.. Then I sanded entire surface with very fine sand paper (200+) then did a last once over with 1500 wet dry sand paper. Wiped/blew off the dust, plugged holes and put on first coat of primer. (Rustolem).

Check my earlier post of "WORK IN PROGRESS". You will see photos of machine and cabinet.

Thanks! Did you remove all the moving parts before you stripped the paint? I'm a little nervous to do this myself in case I mess up the timings beyond repair, but I'm more nervous about ruining the machine.

I am watching this intently. With the availability of new decal sets for a lot of the Singer models, this is now a total possibility to refresh/restore the badly scratched, peeling machines.

All I removed was the parts on the outside plus the bobbin mechanical parts.

Can't find decals for a "Red Eye" though.

I heard from someone on QB that the Red Eye decals are in process of being created. I would like to find some also.
You are brave in deed.