VV 2-55 Orthophonic Restoration Paint

Hmv78rpm · Post by **Hmv78rpm** » Sat Oct 03, 2015 3:14 pm

I've been all over town looking for a paint to match the golden tone arm and bronze crinkle interior of a 1928 Victor VV 2-55 Portable Orthophonic. The paint for the tone arm is especially hard to find, as it is a more rich gold but in a matte finish. If anyone knows the exact names to paints matching the closest to the original colors, please let me know below.

Your help would be greatly appreciated.

Hmv78rpm · Post by **Hmv78rpm** » Sat Oct 03, 2015 5:00 pm

*** UPDATE ***

Found the paint for the bronze crinkle interior, all I need now is the color for the tone arm and the other gold colored metal pieces.

Retrograde · Post by **Retrograde** » Sat Oct 03, 2015 6:09 pm

I posted this a while back when I restored a VV 8-9...

Retrograde wrote:Try Sheffield Antique Gold Leaf. 1718 Goldleaf Superlite Metallic is the same color of gold as found on painted Victor tone arms. I found it locally in a hardware store. The Company website. UPC : 0 88289 11719 0

I applied it with an airbrush to get a nice smooth finish with no brush marks. The only sorta quirky this about this paint is that it uses Xylol(Xylene) as the thinner.

VV 2-55 Orthophonic Restoration Paint

VV 2-55 Orthophonic Restoration Paint

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