What is "Goop" I live in Canada & do not know what that is. Please help me.

non pumas hand cleaner - be careful on decals though

"Goop" or "GoJo" are hand cleaners for mechanics. It's been known to remove decals right along with the muck... I am not brave enough to chance it myself...I always just use sewing machine oil and elbow grease! :)

I'm with you Charlee. I wouldn't want to do anything to hurt the already fragile decals. Think I will stick to sewing machine oil & lots of TLC.

That's a nice Singer 27 with the Sphinx decals. I've got Judy's sister at my place! For cleaning the body I highly recommend an automotive upholstery cleaner called "TuffStuff". I got it at a car parts place. It is wonderful, very gentle, did not discolor the decals at all, and yet removed the huge amount of gunk that was on the one I had. I started out using oil, but I would still be cleaning if I had kept that up! For the wood, it doesn't look like the veneer is in bad shape. Go to your local hardware store and look at the furniture restoring products. I like the Howard products.

You might want to go check out the TreadleOn site: http://www.treadleon.net Great information about old machines and how to repair and restore them.

Pam