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<p>[QUOTE="yourturntoloveit, post: 233491, member: 57"]I'm going to give you a bit of "been there, done that" advice re any cleaning of the typewriter.</p><p><br /></p><p>1. Find a sturdy, level surface with sufficient room to set the typewriter on.</p><p><br /></p><p>2. Put an <u>old</u> (preferably white) plain (<u>not</u> patterned) bed sheet (folded to</p><p> allow for at least 12 inches all the way around the typewriter) under the</p><p> typewriter.</p><p><br /></p><p>3. I <u>don't</u> think that I would <u>start</u> the cleaning processing with the air</p><p> compressor or canister-type air-blowing device.</p><p><br /></p><p>4. You could "start" cleaning it up with a <b>dry</b> <u>soft</u> to <u>medium-soft</u></p><p> <u>natural bristle</u> toothbrush (not a toothbrush with "plastic" bristles).</p><p><br /></p><p>Why am I saying all of this??? Because you may be (and probably will be) surprised at what <b>could </b>(will?) come out of the typewriter onto the (white) plain bed sheet underneath the typewriter: tiny screws, tiny pins, but <u>hopefully not</u> tiny bits of metal from the "key arms/key stems" or any other part of the typewriter. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="yourturntoloveit, post: 233491, member: 57"]I'm going to give you a bit of "been there, done that" advice re any cleaning of the typewriter. 1. Find a sturdy, level surface with sufficient room to set the typewriter on. 2. Put an [U]old[/U] (preferably white) plain ([U]not[/U] patterned) bed sheet (folded to allow for at least 12 inches all the way around the typewriter) under the typewriter. 3. I [U]don't[/U] think that I would [U]start[/U] the cleaning processing with the air compressor or canister-type air-blowing device. 4. You could "start" cleaning it up with a [B]dry[/B] [U]soft[/U] to [U]medium-soft[/U] [U]natural bristle[/U] toothbrush (not a toothbrush with "plastic" bristles). Why am I saying all of this??? Because you may be (and probably will be) surprised at what [B]could [/B](will?) come out of the typewriter onto the (white) plain bed sheet underneath the typewriter: tiny screws, tiny pins, but [U]hopefully not[/U] tiny bits of metal from the "key arms/key stems" or any other part of the typewriter. ;)[/QUOTE]
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