It was a lovely day here in Aberdeen - it's summer so quite a rare occurrence
so I took the machines outside. Brushed out all the neuks and crannies then gave the cases and covers a thorough wipe over with vinegar (I read the thread about mould) and then did the same with the machines. I cleaned up a couple of the metal plates with toothpaste (great for cleaning metals of all kinds) and washed all the bits and pieces in the storage tray. A few of the bobbins (probably not the right thing to call them) still had thread on the them so I threw out all the thread since the smelt quite foul. The musty smell is almost gone. Currently have everything open to the air that can be left open while the two cases each have half an onion on a piece of kitchen roll lying inside them. I'm hoping that in a couple of days the musty smell is all gone so that John won't have his nose assaulted by them when they're stripped down. If the smell persists I'm going to resort to wiping them with eucalyptus oil. Bad smells bug me big time!