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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Shangas, post: 30695, member: 360&quot;]This took quite a while to clean. Every time I thought I was done with it, something else popped up that needed fixing/cleaning. First I had to fix the bobbin-winder, which was an absolute nightmare. I tried cleaning it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Nothing.</p><p><br /></p><p>Tightening the screw.</p><p><br /></p><p>Nothing.</p><p><br /></p><p>Loosening the screw.</p><p><br /></p><p>Nothing.</p><p><br /></p><p>Lubricating the gears.</p><p><br /></p><p>Nothing.</p><p><br /></p><p>The thing that FINALLY stopped it from jamming up was inserting a new washer. It provided the tension or whatever, that stopped the screw from getting too tight, and jamming up the movement. It now works perfectly.</p><p><br /></p><p>The decals on this machine were brown with dust and grime and cigarette smoke and God knows what else. I tried cleaning it off with oil...which did nothing at all. In the end I used extremely fine steel wool to scrape off all the gunk.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a few BEFORE &amp; AFTER pictures I took, of when I was cleaning the machine&#039;s decals. You&#039;ll soon see what I mean when I say they were BROWN with gunk!!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a215/Fruffles/Singer%20128%20Sewing%20Machine/IMG_2972_zps5f08dc3f.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a215/Fruffles/Singer%20128%20Sewing%20Machine/IMG_2977_zpsb895dee9.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>The white specks are all just dust. I didn&#039;t damage the japanning or anything.</p><p><img src="http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a215/Fruffles/Singer%20128%20Sewing%20Machine/IMG_2980_zps034ff1b9.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a215/Fruffles/Singer%20128%20Sewing%20Machine/IMG_2982_zps0235a5ea.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a215/Fruffles/Singer%20128%20Sewing%20Machine/IMG_2975_zpscdab580a.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Just to be clear - I&#039;m not scraping off any PAINT. I&#039;m just scrubbing off 80 years&#039; worth of gunk and grime that&#039;s caked and dried onto the paintwork, because this thing sat for 50 years in a barn somewhere in England. Scraping all that junk off reveals the original colours of the decals underneath.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a photo of the badge... </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xap1/v/t1.0-9/945842_1374402772818205_864414769_n.jpg?oh=bce3343cd9dcdbc1dc1819fdf87ca4c5&amp;oe=54FB1474&amp;__gda__=1426425591_fab01376b6ebc7ea1c917e89bdd1f45b" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>And here it is after I scrubbed it over with the steel wool: </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfa1/v/t1.0-9/10846084_1532940756964405_768316905724056573_n.jpg?oh=f1ff7ad050a692fe28f980d0e98bf3ef&amp;oe=5516A832&amp;__gda__=1427254532_f253eaed92df8358a222cd677d8395f4" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Not TOO much of a difference, but at least now it doesn&#039;t look like it was dug out of a pond! Oh yes, and you can see the serial number. </p><p><br /></p><p>EA-556-027. </p><p><br /></p><p>That dates it to 1936.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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