Those little Spartans are almost as great as the FWs, only heavy....the ones I have didn't need any cleaning up at all. It seemed like they weren't all that heavily used--maybe a dealer sold out or something like that. I have 3 or 4, if I remember correctly, and have given one to a grandson to make himself a quilt top, and when he gets it pieced, I am going to teach him to use my Gammill--seems like it likes men better than women--my son has quilted most of my quilts on it, but he has moved off, made a better deal at the lake managing a marina.....