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I would love to hear from you If your own settings are set to receive a comment back, I will write to you.For a couple of months I puttered around with cleaning it up a little bit at a time, then discovered the treadleon.net site, which has a wealth of information about all things treadle-y, including very specific and useful info about what to do (and even more importantly what NOT to do) when cleaning them up.Thanks to all the onions who have contributed to the site I kept quiet about this project, wanting to surprise Helen when it was finished.
About a month before Mothers Day my friend Jan asked me if I was planning to have it done for Mothers Day, and a useful deadline was born I moved this project to the front burner, but miraculously still managed to hold on to the no-stress-Im-just-puttering frame of mind. This took the longest time as I removed one molecular layer at a time with Turtle Wax Bug and Tar Remover. It had to be done slowly so that there would be no additional damage to the beautiful decals. This isnt as dramatic a process as stripping the old finish, it just removes a bit of the old finish and removes the water rings. You can still see the age of the finish and where some of the old problem areas were, but it is now a uniform color and looks great, but retains the look of age. She loves my Lush Life luggage and has been borrowing it when she and her friends travel together. Helen was happy to see the restoration of the sewing machine, happy that it still works, and happy with the tote bag. She told stories about her mother and the machine, and about learning to sew on it. You did a nice job on the tote, also Reply Delete Replies Reply Unknown May 13, 2010 at 12:54 PM wow Reply Delete Replies Reply Nancy May 13, 2010 at 11:01 PM Congratulations What a good job you did with your Treadle. I too have restored the finish on a couple of treadle cabinets and find it amazing how well they look without having to do a total refinish. I dont like the fresh look of a total refinish nearly as much as a restored look. Interesting name. Anyway, I like your blog a lot and would like to encourage you in it. I belong to the vintageSingers yahoo group and find it very much fun. I only recently found out about how cool these old Singers are. I think the first time it hit me was when I was on YOUTUBE and watched some demos of SINGER 15-91, 99K, and the 201. But right after that I found a very nice shapely 99K in the same store, which I grabbed and ran to the check out as fast as I could carry it.It cost me 50 but was happy to pay it. One thing I wanted to say was that you do not have to make excuses for how ever many Singers you bring home. I would just call myself a COLLECTOR and the only justification you need for having so many is that you enjoy them. OVER and out of here. But Im surprised at the basic surface, the black part of this machine. Did you find the surface dramatically different from other Black singers And how did you treat it, if so.
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