IF YOUR THINKING OF BUYING ONE STAY AWAY
As you can see I,m not a fan of repainting or refurbishing. But on occasion i do purchase one. Not only do I load but Collect Vintage Machines.I recently purchased a Brown Bair III from an nameless on line source because I,m now Collecting Bair's.
When asking if the machine was refurbished He said he didn't know but knowing my equipment I knew. Bair never made a Black and Yellow press. Only Flat finish Medium blue .When I received the press it was frozen. Not from rust but paint . I can live with that
This now turned into a rescue mission.I brought it to a friend of mine shop to get a cost to take it apart and blast the paint off. Well that would cost $250. I figured then like alway do it my self.
I wanted to save most of the original Blue paint under the Black and yellow. But no luck and 8 hours later. But again it's only time.Now it looks better in the white than before but still not finished. Every thing has to be removed old paint is under the cam a real mess. But again this is what I wanted
This above speech is for all who think there getting something good for cheap.
Most online dealers only fix things up just to make a sale." Refurbishing " hides all the previous mistakes. What you see is not what you get. Unless you want it. My advise for all Don't do it unless you can put in the Time. If you think a dealer is going to spend 10,12, 24 HR"s in fixing Your so wrong ." Let the buyer beware"
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