I have been spending the day scrubbing with scotch bright then using IPA and lightly sanding the metal to add grooves for the paint. I am using Town and Country olive green automotive and tractor paint. Furthermore, I have spent a few days thinking what color I wanted to paint the lathe and settled on olive green, purely because I wanted to paint it a color that was not stock but not too flashy. I've seen people paint them 60s blue or Massey Red, and they were both too bright for my liking. Anyway, these are the only things I have painted so far, I taped all the important parts off to make sure paint doesn't affect the precision of the lathe. Although from a machinist from work said I got a good deal the lathe won't be able to hold insane tolerances which it was made between 1910-1947, so I wasn't expecting Swiss lathe levels of precision, but I digress. It can do what I want it to do, and it's a fun project and helps me learn more about how a lathe works.
