I was at the Michigan House this past weekend where one of my projects was to clean and oil the 1933 Singer 15-91 ( in the No. 47 cabinet with knee controller) that lives there.
A few before pictures:
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| Waiting for a good cleaning - dull, obscured decals |
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| Grungy motor and side plate |
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| There's a scrollwork face plate under there somewhere! |
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| Rusty wheel knob |
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| Inside full of lint & dust. |
A few during the cleaning:
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| Just sprayed with Tuff Stuff |
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| Tuff Stuff doing its thing |
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| The grunge lifting from the machine |
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| Tuff Stuff dripping off machine, turning brown as the grunge lifts off surface |
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| ICK!!! These rags went straight into the garbage! |
I didn't take any pictures of the oiling and inside cleaning process. Suffice to say, my tweezers and Q-Tips got quite a work out.
And, at long last, the after pictures.
Presenting ... LIL!!!
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| Look at her decals now! |
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| Now that's a faceplate! |
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| Shiny and oiled |
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| The side plate is so shiny its reflecting the flash |
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| Un-Rusty wheel knob |
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| LOVE the detail. |
It really didn't take all that long & it was so worth it to see this beautiful Great Lady glowing.
Yes, she runs and even though I gave her parts a good oiling, I need to figure out how to get her into the service man for a good internal going over. I also need to track down some more Singer oil and motor lube!
She looks good as new! She must be happy to have all that gunk removed.
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