We've all eye-balled the We R Memory Keepers typewriter. It's so pretty with it's vintage vibe and it's hefty price of $200! I wanted it, but it was on the impractical side. So I started looking at typewriters on EBay, Etsy, Craigslist.... they're so overpriced, I might as well buy the we r memory keepers one. But I decided to pop into a Goodwill one day and lo and behold this beauty was sitting there.... Twenty Dollars! (Would have been $10 if I was over 55, lol) but that's ok. Everything looked good. It was dusty but that's about it. Even had a case for it. After verifying that I could return it if it didn't work, I snagged this baby up! Took her home and sprayed her with canned air and tried her out. YUP.. she works! The ribbon was old so I bought a new one on Ebay for $7. Now the big question... do I spray it? It was in great shape, but it could be a eye-catcher! So I went to Lowe's and talked to the paint guy. I told him I wanted it either pink or vintage "teal-ish". He showed me the line of paint he thought would work best (Valspar Color Radiance) and they had a baby pink and this beautiful color, Flat Nautical. The pink shade was too close in color to my desk and knew it wouldn't pop. This paint it AWESOME-SAUCE!!! It's not the spray paint of back in the day. This stuff has built in primer, no drip and no wait between coats. It was less that $4 for the can. I HIGHLY recommend it! I thought that covering the intricate parts was going to be hard but it was actually very easy! Since the top came off (to change the ribbon) All I had to really do was cover the whole middle-section and one little piece on the front-right that indicates whether you're typing in red or black. So I covered that with tape and wrapped the whole innards of the type writer in 2 grocery bags. Carefully tucking the corners in with a butter knife. I took the typewriter and the cover outside and painted her. Took 2 coats and 1 more for good measure. The paint was so full-coverage, it even covered the writing on the cover! It took me less than an hour to complete the project!! I'm so in love with it!! Now I'm walking around my house looking for more stuff to spray paint :)
Thanks for reading my blog and going on this adventure with me. Love you guys! xo xo xo
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A.Foxx
8/30/2016 11:57:06 am
OMG Victoria that looks amazing! So creative! I have no need for a typewriter, but after seeing that beauty it makes me want one! Such a cool find and creative way to refurbish it.
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Judith Bernard
8/30/2016 07:51:07 pm
What a fantastic job! and you happened to use my favorite color!
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Carol Workman
9/9/2016 08:16:04 am
WOW - amazing job Victoria! Love the color. Exactly the color I have my craft space. You did such a great job...you want to come spray paint mine? LOL ;) Simply love it!
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Melody Hunter
9/15/2016 04:51:38 am
Love your custom typewriter. It looks like your typewriter ribbon is pretty standard, I think that the new Typecast ribbons will fit. They have a variety of colors. I seen a couple of posts on YouTube of people trying them out on their vintage typewriters.
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Victoria Thatcher
9/15/2016 06:11:06 am
Oh thank you! I looked at those ribbons and it crossed my mind, but I didn't pick any up. But now I will!!
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Raven Samara Bautista
12/9/2017 07:24:55 pm
We're u able to spray the case? I got mine at an antique shop and it had sharply all over it and it's that old fashioned ugly green...
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Victoria Thatcher
12/9/2017 08:14:04 pm
Yup! The paint i used is in the pictures on the post.
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Cassie
5/7/2020 10:33:50 am
Hello, Have you used the typewriter since your painted it? I would like to do the same but I am curious if the paint will start to wear off easy or not? Thank you! :)
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