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Post# 9937   2/15/2007 at 20:53 (6,276 days old) by vacuumkid3 ()        

Just thought I would tell everyone...I finally got my Rexair Model B working! Although it doesn't look nice (tons of paint chips), it works just like brand new! Chris Szwejk opted to send me some parts, including the bearings and brushes. I just got it fixed up tonight. Does anyone know where I can get some wrinkle/krinkle paint to make my Rexair look original? I want this to look brand new! It's a lot easier if it is unpainted metal, like a Kirby, to restore, that is, than a painted machine. Has anyone ever restored one of these before? Thank you!

~~K~~

Post# 9940 , Reply# 1   2/15/2007 at 21:03 (6,276 days old) by vacjwt ()        
do not strip it

 yes if most of the paint is thare but rusty do not take the old paint off just go over the old stuff with spray paint if you use a new krinkle finish it will not be the same try this first

Post# 9941 , Reply# 2   2/15/2007 at 21:10 (6,276 days old) by constellation86 (Roy, UT)        
Paint

 Eastwood has some wrinkle paint, but I only saw black in the catalog. They might have other colors on the web site www.eastwood.com.... They have tons of automotive restoration supplies. You might see something useful for vacuums. Hope this helps.
-Nicholas

Post# 9942 , Reply# 3   2/15/2007 at 21:23 (6,276 days old) by vacuumkid3 ()        

Thanks! Why not strip the paint? I want this thing to look as close to new as possible. If I were to just paint it over with flat paint, then it would have krinkles and flat spots, which is not what I want. I will check into the krinkle paint first. How did they originally get that finish?

~~K~~

Post# 9984 , Reply# 4   2/16/2007 at 23:52 (6,275 days old) by charles~richard ()        
Wrinkle finish, Hammertone etc.

 These are baked-on finishes. The object would be painted and then cured in kilns (ovens) to "set" the finishes and get the most desireable texture.

Both of these types of paints originated, I believe, in the early 1930s. There was a time when nearly all metal office machinery -- typewriters, mimeographs, calculators, safes, etc. were done in black or gray wrinkle finish (sometimes called krinkle finish).

Ditto for hammertone, although it came a bit later I think, and was not used as prolifically. I am not sure when these finishes were first used on vacuum cleaners, but the earliest examples of wrinkle finish I can think of are the Rexair Model B, and of course ALL of the Compacts up to the very end.

The earliest use of Hammertone I can think of is, there was a certain upright model of the Royal from, I think, the late 1940s that had a hammertone blue motor casing. Then of course Lewyt used it right from their first machine, gray hammertone, and Electrolux first introduced it sparingly as trim color with the Model LX and then really went for it "whole hog" with the Model E. (btw the undercarriage of the later XXX was gray wrinkle finish, and the LX was a bright "perriwinkle" blue wrinkle finish. (Not hammertone)

Both types of paint came in a variety of colors. I have seen wrinkle finish in black and gray (most common) but also gold, tan, dark brown, maroon, dark blue, turquoise and green; and I have seen hammertone in blue and gray (most common) as well as gold, dark green, dark blue, maroon, turquoise, black and white.

You can get Hammertone spray paint (don't know about wrinkle finish) but it's VERY tricky to use -- you have to find just the exact, precise thickness of the paint to get the "mottled" appearance without getting runs. And the spray painted version does not look the same as the authentic baked-on finish.


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