I picked up a Remington 12 Standard at a Flea Market for my Granddaughter as she has always expressed interest in owning a vintage style typewriter.  The thing that drew me to this was the Remington name.  I grew up two towns over from Ilion, NY were they were manufactured.  The the unit literally had no rust on it, but did have sticky keys and a disconnected drawstring (pulls carriage bar back) - of which I had no idea if all was intact or even where and how it had to be connected.  I was able to get the drawstring mounted, routed and connected to the carriage.  The paint on the top metal portion that flips up and down is cracking and flaking.  It appears to be a bad paint adhesion and I'd like to safe the Remington logo and a small red decal as 95% of the gold Remington logo and most of the red decal is still intact  Has anyone had any luck getting paint to adhere, as it looks like there is a shiny finish on the metal - and adhesion might have been due to surface was never properly prepped.  How would I have to treat the metal before paint and what type of paint should I use.

The other has to do with sticky keys.   It seems to be isolated with two diagonal rows - one to the left of the keyboard and one to the right.  I have cleaned and brushed multiple times with denature alcohol, but I cant' seem to get any improvement.  Nothing appears to be bent.  I know there is always controversy over applying any kind of oil, but is that the only recourse?  I'm open to any and all suggestions.

Thanks in advance,

Dave