I have purchased a couple of treadle machines, a Red Eye and a #127, with Sphinx design. I have read Billies tutorials on how to clean the machine heads, but my question is concerning the cast iron frames. If there is a little rust how do I remove that? I mentioned to my husband, that I was thinking of taking the one stand somewhere to have it sandblasted. Then questions came up on painting the stand gloss or matt,and was I going to paint it or take it somewhere to have it professionally spray painted. I don't want to make this a major project. I thought it would be fun to do on my own (other then the sandblasting). He means well, but has a little (?) OCD and this is taking the J out of Joy for me. I am not planning on having the cabinets restored. They are fine the way they are. Can someone please address what you do when restoring the stands? I haven't read all 1200 and some posts on the Vintage Section, so would appreciate any help. Thanks, going to take my anxiety pill as we speak. Blessings, Nancy :-(