Featherweight Rescue

Here is an update on the "Aluminum Rot (rust)" journey. Photo dump of before and after initial treatment. I haven't done any scraping, sanding, or grinding....just cleaning with Vinegar/Water and then a good soaking with this product called ACF-50, Anti-corrosive spray. It's good stuff! They use it on aircraft to fight corrosion on many different metals but especially Aluminum. It will creep into inaccessible areas and stop corrosion in it's tracks. It remains somewhat wet/oily and acts as a continuing barrier to prevent future corrosion from re-occuring also. Another task completed was to free up the rusted bobbin case, which the latch was rusted and inoperative on. I have a couple of small spots along the bottom I'm going to do a second pass of cleaning and preserving on and then it's on to actual functional cleaning, testing, and adjusting. I'm not entirely sure what I'm going to do about the paint loss on this one. It has a decent finish for the most part with good decals so I can't see an entire repaint being necessary. With the "Made in Canada" stencil on the back of the arm, I'd like to keep that original and just preserve as is. Well, after I get it sewing and more cleanup work, I can figure out the ultimate plan for the paint loss from there...no rush. Stopping the Aluminum corrosion was the immediate concern cause I didn't really know how much actual Aluminum was going to be lost in the process. Overall, I think we caught this one early on before much damage was done. I'll post a picture of the spray I used also. Enjoy your Featherweights!!

This post from April is a real good read. Enjoy!! https://www.facebook.com/groups/845924948802691/posts/4127468103981676

And here is the California beauty. I have a theory about all the torn/ripped sticker badges I see out there in online ads. When you adjust the stitch length lever up and down....fingernails tend to catch the edge of the sticker because they do peel away just a little due to the round pillar shape. When this occurs, the thin sticker material will rip or tear. I noticed this when I was sewing the RV cushion covers with my wife's white machine. Once in a while my nail would try and catch, and my fingernails are generally pretty short. Thankfully, NO damage to the sticker on her machine. For a lefty this would probably not be an issue. This one here is an early white FW as the motor DOES have l**e ports on it and a few other indicators (secret info!!). The original owner identified to me the exact Singer store it was purchased from in 1964 (Torrance, CA.). Happy sewing!!