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Thread Number: 42528
/ Tag: Pre-1950 Vacuum Cleaners
The Brilliant is coming along nicely! |
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| Post# 446850 10/6/2021 at 19:56 (931 days old) by Hoover300 (Kentucky) | ||
Somebody is gonna be angry at me about this about how I ruined the patina. It was way, way more rusty than it appeared, especially on the inner spots. Just need to get a new bag made, and make the finishing touches like adding the motor mounting nuts.
Pic 1 is a before, 2 and 3 are as it is now. I'll take some final photos when the machine is totally wired and working. | ||
| Post# 446851 , Reply# 1 10/6/2021 at 20:26 (931 days old) by MadMan (Chicago, IL, USA) | ||
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| Post# 446852 , Reply# 2 10/6/2021 at 20:30 (931 days old) by Hoover300 (Kentucky) | ||
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| Post# 446857 , Reply# 3 10/6/2021 at 22:59 (931 days old) by Hoover300 (Kentucky) | ||
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| Post# 446870 , Reply# 4 10/7/2021 at 02:22 (930 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana) | ||
I would have at least made it look to the original and not flat matte rattle-can, they do make dippable chrome paint if you look around the internet, as to if it can be polished, that is unknown.
You might be able to find something in an auto shop as that's what its main intent is for, touching up exhaust pipes and hubcaps, etc. Being a specialty paint it's expensive, but the only way to get a re-chromed paint job aside from having the part striped, treated, and re-plated in a foundry. Spray paint is very tricky to work with, especially when doing it outdoors annd it gets windy halfway through spraying.
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| Post# 446874 , Reply# 5 10/7/2021 at 09:00 (930 days old) by Hoover300 (Kentucky) | ||
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I used chrome paint with the intent that it wouldn't be hard to remove if I wanted something different in the future.
The dipped option looks nice, but going by the size of the part(it is spot welded together), I'll need a pretty large container of it. I have been thinking of removing the current paint, buffing the steel, and clear coating it. Definitely the cheapest option, which at this point is a factor. lol | ||
Post# 446875 , Reply# 6 10/7/2021 at 09:05 (930 days old) by myvacsrock  (USA) |
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Great job on the Brilliant! It’ll never look that good again and it’s with someone who appreciates how weird and archaic that piece of technology really is. This post was last edited 10/07/2021 at 09:31 | ||
| Post# 446878 , Reply# 7 10/7/2021 at 09:12 (930 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina) | ||
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| Post# 446973 , Reply# 8 10/10/2021 at 01:53 (927 days old) by MadMan (Chicago, IL, USA) | ||
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| Post# 446976 , Reply# 9 10/10/2021 at 10:15 (927 days old) by Hoover300 (Kentucky) | ||
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How it looked when I bought it...
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| Post# 446977 , Reply# 10 10/10/2021 at 10:19 (927 days old) by Hoover300 (Kentucky) | ||
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Finished(almost)
Still debating on whether or not to strip the chrome away, buff the metal, and clear coat. I looked on the inside of the fan case where the plating is intact, it is a matte finish. The same could be said for the small portion of untouched plating under the bag opening.
Now I just need to get a bag made, which may take a few months. I was able to source an original cloth cord from the 20s in great shape to use as the headwire. It runs great, anyone who wants an updated video of it running, email me and I'll send it over. One screw post is broken off in the front, one motor bolt broke, and the other missing motor bolt has no matching nut. I may replace them in the future, but it works fine as is. The painted motor housing appears to have be a sand casting, or whatever the method is as the metal is very rough. | ||
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Post# 446987 , Reply# 11 10/10/2021 at 19:56 (927 days old) by VacMadMan (Pueblo Co.) |
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fantastic | ||
| Post# 447014 , Reply# 12 10/11/2021 at 23:19 (926 days old) by Hoover300 (Kentucky) | ||
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| Post# 447015 , Reply# 13 10/12/2021 at 01:36 (925 days old) by hygiene903 (Galion, OH) | ||
Looks Great! | ||
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