Old 04-04-2011, 01:45 PM
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Originally Posted by BoJangles
Originally Posted by sewbizgirl
And yet another 221 Featherweight... Over the weekend I was able to get to this little machine and work on it. I had purchased it very cheaply because it was not running. Thanks to Tomilu's advice I got it all greased up again, cleaned and oiled all the mechanical parts, and now it sews like a charm! The grease tubes had very little grease in them and packing them with grease was all it took to get the motor going again. Such simple little machines... I also polished up the case with black shoe polish, which improved it's appearance 100%.
Sewbizgirl, I never thought of the shoe polish on the case! I have one FW case that had been left in a room someone was spray painting white - so it is covered with white specks! I wonder if shoe polish would help that? Cute FW, by the way, congratulations on your great buy!

Nancy
I had some on mine and just removed them with my thumbnail.
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