Originally Posted by quiltdoctor
Hey Glenn--Here is my next machine with the wheel soaking in Evaporust. I can't get the wheel off, so I had to try to derust it this way. She is propped on her side with the wheel in pyrex pie pan. In the morning--no more rust.
Texas Jan
She is an old New Home Ruby. I got her and her treadle cabinet for $5.00. I call her my $5.00 folley. Really sad, but getting there. I also redo cabinets.
Texas Jan, I am really going to follow this restoration project! That cabinet doesn't look fixable to me - are you going to try and fix/restore it too? The worst cabinet/machine I bought was a Pheasant decal 27 from 1901. The before and after pictures are here on page 357. I am not sure I'd want to tackle that again? We ended up just leaving the middle drawer out - it was missing anyway. I gave that treadle to a friend of mine and she loves it so it was worth the work!
Have fun and keep us posted.
Nancy