Thursday, September 5, 2013

Skewing The Balance

I'm really going to have to take a break from typewriter hunting. I keep finding bargains on beautiful Smith-Corona machines. Which means my collection is getting a bit S-C heavy.

Honestly, I'd be willing to part with this one. Let me know if you need more Smith-Corona in your life.

What's in the (cigarette burnt) case?
Another Silent!


5 comments:

  1. Heh, I can't pass 'em up either, but I have only kept a few - one Silent that has been with me for a couple decades, I'll probably never let go. They're good workhorses for sho' :D

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  2. The Crushinator -- good one!

    Try Scrubbing Bubbles on the case and body. (Just be aware that it can harm decals and will remove a little paint. But it lifts off the dirt really well.)

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  3. A lot of fifties products are brown/golden right? I think you could easily be right about the tar stains. I mean, look at the cars! It would really make sense.

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  4. Just wait till you try to clean that tar off... If you've followed my blog, you may age seen the nicotine explosion I suffered when I dunked a lettera 22.

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  5. Nice looking typewriter. I wish I could find any typewriter locally that could follow me home. Good luck with the cleaning. I followed Richard's advice and used scrubbing bubbles. Works fine. I have a few other things I use also, but Scrubbing Bubbles seems to be the easiest.

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