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Originally Posted by Randa
Originally Posted by vintagemotif
This is exactly like my machine....dull dirty look and the bumpy glaze!!! Can't believe it! I thought it had just been used alot and then stored and got over heated to "melt and bubble" the glaze. Wow!
My Davis has the same bubbles and I have that cloudy look on my 66 after I cleaned it.
You got the cloudy look on your Singer 66 after you cleaned it?! Eeks, that's not good.
I have been researching most of the day. Treadleon has a post about cleaning and stated this "Some folks like to see an old machine shine like new. If the basic decoration, paint and decals, is good enough, that can be done. "
http://www.treadleon.net/sewingmachi...gmachines.html
This is what I think we have to deal with. These machines aren't the easy clean them up deal. The shellac is aged or damaged; so, if we start to clean them we may lose the decals. That is what happened to me with the Two Spools bed area.
Treadleon poster also states that he cleans the outside with oil and then waxes. But doesn't state what the condition of the machines were, which I wish would be stated or shown. My husband has said that cleaning it with oil may be the best way, but he still states I should leave this area alone.
And the paint for the decals looks like it is on top, like the shellac is gone. All of this makes me nervous. I know the machine is clean, just not shiny. So, I may just leave all well enough alone. But those shiny machines are so beautiful to look at and I want my pretty machine to shine too. Help!