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Refurbished Singer Treadle

10/21/2017

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Old neglected treadles are fairly easy to find and usually inexpensive. This project only took about a week to finish. I worked on it daily for several hours at a time, and the results were incredible! Well worth the time and products purchased to complete. 

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 Cabinet Supplies (in the order I used them):
Rubber gloves
Paint stripper if the cabinet has any paint on it
Scraper
Sand paper
Minwax Gel Stain
Boiled Linseed Oil applied after stain dried for luster

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​Treadle Supplies and Suggestions:


Clean outside with a water hose and mild soap, let dry and follow package instructions to apply both of these products:
Rust Converter and Primer (don't apply over any gold lettering)
Spray Paint - I used gloss black
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I preserved the gold "Singer" logo on the top center of the treadle by covering it with paper and a thin edge of painters tape around it to seal the area during spray painting.
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Sewing Machine Cleaning Supplies:

Use kerosene in a dropper bottle to thoroughly clean off all old lubricant and oil on inside areas and gears. I used a small bottle brush, some q-tips and old t-shirts. The older, gear-driven machines I've worked on are all similar, and it's easy to find detailed video instructions online, so I won't duplicate the details here.

I used very fine sand paper for slight rust on bobbin winder.

Remove old lubricant from motor ports and apply new lubricant to motor and gears and oil as manual instructs.
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This treadle had a working motor and, believe it or not, a light bulb that I'm sure is environmentally toxic but delightful in that it's probably circa 1940s or 50s and still works! What a find in the small farm town of Cheney, Kansas!
To get the best shine on the machine, I recommend the Zymol cleaner and wax kit pictured. Unfortunately when I worked on this treadle (it sold in less than 24 hours of being listed online!), I didn't know about these products, but I have since been using them on Featherweight machines.
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11/12/2017 12:22:27 pm

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