Originally Posted by Crossstitcher
I have looked at all the new machines on here and they are just beautiful.
Here are two machines we got this week.
The first one is a Davis it didn't have a date but the serial # is 2751431. The 2nd one DH got because he likes fiddle base machines. It is a Singer VS2 dated 1889. This machine is sitting on our new Singer Red Eye. Haven't taken a pic of it yet.
Trish,
Looks like someone started to clean part of the Davis NVF at one time and the decals turned silver. Sad to see that. I would just clean it up with sewing oil from this stage on. I find the Davis machines and the Two Spools have issues with the protective coating damaging over the years. These machines a extremely sensitive to chemicals when cleaning. What worked the best for me has been just cleaning them with sewing oil.
Very nice finds. If you haven't worked with the Davis NVF, you will enjoy your binding work and quilting.
Enjoy!