Hi Folks,
One of the many projects on the to-do list at home was to disassemble and clean my Robinson morticer. I was rather fortunate to find this machine in Newcastle, and for the past few months it's been neglected, with all my work commitments/travel lately. Nevertheless, I've slowly disassembled the morticer and cleaned all parts. The wiring on the motor was frayed, so I cautiously took it to a motor professional to get rewired. In good nature, they returned the motor with a new coat of black spray paint all over the motor! Yes, yes, they were just doing a professional service...
Personally, I sway towards the conservation rather than restoration side of the argument. The fashion of a full strip and repaint doesn't appeal to me - where the original paint is still present; the history of use, character and patina of paint simply can't be created overnight. So I am interested if anyone has any suggestions on how to remove the black spray paint, whilst keeping the original paint underneath, should it be possible?
Regards,
Raymond.
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One of the many projects on the to-do list at home was to disassemble and clean my Robinson morticer. I was rather fortunate to find this machine in Newcastle, and for the past few months it's been neglected, with all my work commitments/travel lately. Nevertheless, I've slowly disassembled the morticer and cleaned all parts. The wiring on the motor was frayed, so I cautiously took it to a motor professional to get rewired. In good nature, they returned the motor with a new coat of black spray paint all over the motor! Yes, yes, they were just doing a professional service...
Personally, I sway towards the conservation rather than restoration side of the argument. The fashion of a full strip and repaint doesn't appeal to me - where the original paint is still present; the history of use, character and patina of paint simply can't be created overnight. So I am interested if anyone has any suggestions on how to remove the black spray paint, whilst keeping the original paint underneath, should it be possible?
Regards,
Raymond.
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Robinson Morticer Motor - how to remove spray paint
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