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I've done a few. I like to strip the paint with wire wheel. Clean well with lacquer thinner. Prime and then paint with ceramic based engine enamel sold at O'Reilly's. Medium heat will be a semi gloss. High heat is flat. Clean the threaded rod on the wire wheel too. Lube and reassemble. I don't think it's worth the time to fill casting voids but we all have different time frames. Nice vise, btw....
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We have a Reed at work that is my dream vise. I see no evidence that it was ever painted. I bought a Parker from Ebay that is not painted either. I like it that way. Vises on ebay seem to have gone up quite a bit in the last couple of years. When I bought the Parker, I had plenty of choices for reasonable money. Now it seems they are all pretty high.
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Some progress to report on this beast:
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Great job on the Parker. Time to mount up and go to work!
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Well, its for my son, who is into auto mechanics, so from here its his baby, all 76.6 pounds of it.