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06-11-2011, 07:59 AM
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You can download a free manual online. The machine and cabinet are both beautiful. If you don't want to do a full refinish on the cabinet, there are products that do a good job. I did a dressing table yesterday. I wish I had before and after pictures because it looks so different.
06-11-2011, 08:21 AM
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Originally Posted by irishrose
You can download a free manual online. The machine and cabinet are both beautiful. If you don't want to do a full refinish on the cabinet, there are products that do a good job. I did a dressing table yesterday. I wish I had before and after pictures because it looks so different.
06-11-2011, 08:57 AM
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I assume your machine is a 66, but you'll find it more exactly with the serial number. I'm not finding a complete manual, but here's a start so you can sew. http://www.ismacs.net/singer_sewing_...g-machine.html
As for the finish, Old English did little for the bentwood case on my 128. Charlee on the vintage site used different products on a cabinet and it looked great, so I purchased them for my treadle and my vintage dressing table. Her directions: "I gave the cabinet and the machine a quick wipe down with Murphy's Oil Soap, followed with a rub-down of Howard's Re-Stor-A-Finish. A coat of Howards' Bee's Wax with Orange Oil provided the finishing touch. The machine itself got a coat of TR-3 car wax."
I used a scrub brush with the Murphy's and fine steel wool with the Restor-A-Finish. This dressing table was dirty and had been used by children with markers. Looks good now.
As for the finish, Old English did little for the bentwood case on my 128. Charlee on the vintage site used different products on a cabinet and it looked great, so I purchased them for my treadle and my vintage dressing table. Her directions: "I gave the cabinet and the machine a quick wipe down with Murphy's Oil Soap, followed with a rub-down of Howard's Re-Stor-A-Finish. A coat of Howards' Bee's Wax with Orange Oil provided the finishing touch. The machine itself got a coat of TR-3 car wax."
I used a scrub brush with the Murphy's and fine steel wool with the Restor-A-Finish. This dressing table was dirty and had been used by children with markers. Looks good now.
06-11-2011, 09:07 AM
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I don't usually love these old machines when people post them, but this one is lovely. I especially love the cabinet. I wish I had my mom's old power machine by singer. It was a machine straight out of a sweat shop and it was the machine I learned to sew on.
06-11-2011, 09:19 AM
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Originally Posted by irishrose
I assume your machine is a 66, but you'll find it more exactly with the serial number. I'm not finding a complete manual, but here's a start so you can sew. http://www.ismacs.net/singer_sewing_...g-machine.html
As for the finish, Old English did little for the bentwood case on my 128. Charlee on the vintage site used different products on a cabinet and it looked great, so I purchased them for my treadle and my vintage dressing table. Her directions: "I gave the cabinet and the machine a quick wipe down with Murphy's Oil Soap, followed with a rub-down of Howard's Re-Stor-A-Finish. A coat of Howards' Bee's Wax with Orange Oil provided the finishing touch. The machine itself got a coat of TR-3 car wax."
I used a scrub brush with the Murphy's and fine steel wool with the Restor-A-Finish. This dressing table was dirty and had been used by children with markers. Looks good now.
As for the finish, Old English did little for the bentwood case on my 128. Charlee on the vintage site used different products on a cabinet and it looked great, so I purchased them for my treadle and my vintage dressing table. Her directions: "I gave the cabinet and the machine a quick wipe down with Murphy's Oil Soap, followed with a rub-down of Howard's Re-Stor-A-Finish. A coat of Howards' Bee's Wax with Orange Oil provided the finishing touch. The machine itself got a coat of TR-3 car wax."
I used a scrub brush with the Murphy's and fine steel wool with the Restor-A-Finish. This dressing table was dirty and had been used by children with markers. Looks good now.
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