vpi hw19-III paint job?

People are different. My HW-19 is the satin black oak. It is not flat. I love oak, my whole room is filled with medium oak. As a matter of fact, I was thinking of getting the based stripped and refinish in a medium oak finish.

Well, sounds like the sentiment is a bit more positive than I had anticipated...hooray! Good tip from Honest 1 about filling the wood grain and sanding first, that oak grain is a real downer. Unfortunately, it's too late for me to photograph before dissassembling! Thanks for your thoughts, Ben

I was considering the exact same thing. I have an oak HW-19 (so 80's - eeeeew! :-P ) and was considering painting it gloss black, perhaps with black flakes in a clearcoat. The gloss black would probably be OK, but I'm sure the flake would kill resale.

The biggest thing to me is to make sure the wood grain is filled (with primer) and sanded completely smooth before painting, and make sure everything is disassembled before painting, becasue you really don't want overspray on any working parts. Take lots of digital photos as you disassemble, and put related hardware into little baggies with whatever part it attaches so you can put it all back together when your done.

Just dont expect ANYTHING for your extra effort infact expect a possible loss but aslong as it is a basic color and nothing very exotic you should expect someone to not only not mind that its appearance is unique but might actually want it more then basic looking model.

It's alway a risk in changing a component from stock if resale is anticipated. That being said, make sure that the repaint is of absolute top quality and accept the fact that you will not recover the addiitional cost when you sell it.

Hey - if the job is done professionally then nobaody will mind. I am sure that pearl white will look super sexy. You must post a picture when done...

Best,
DV