Originally Posted by
JaniceP
Thanks Singer-guy and Jim I appreciate your help. Took the base off to clean it tomorrow...have you ever sprayed painted one? I'm thinking it just needs the light rust removed and maybe wipe off with WD-40. Any suggestions?
Never use wd40 on your machine. To clean it I will just use sewing machine oil. For rusty part I use grade 0000 steel wool, alcohol (not on the painted parts), kerosene. Would be nice if you can post pics of the rusty parts or the machine itself so that we can tell you exactly what to do.