I originally stripped the black paint off the stops, and painted them all Gold, but I felt like I was gonna barf when I saw the finished product. Looked like something out of the Muppets. At first I was going to paint them all black again, but then thought of stops on many of Bryan LaFleurs accordions, and got inspired to do something different. The gold is Rustoleum, American Accents gold spray. Excellent for the job, and also for painting copper, flapper rods. Going to strip the Lumeire paint off the rods, I put on, and redo with the Rustoleum. It holds up much better; very strong paint.

Still have to take the stops back off and add a clear coat, as soon as it shows up in the mail. I hope it doesn't alter it's current shades

nice touches Jim. I guess thats the great thing about accordions, is they're like cars you can customize!