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   Ted on May 22, 2011 at 9:57 pm

   Wow, very impressive!

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   Rob Bowker on May 22, 2011 at 10:54 pm

   Wow! That IS impressive. I'd have written the rust-bucket off as a junker but the Evapo-rust treatment seems to have transformed it completely. Are sure that's the same machine ;-) Looks like the blueing has gone with the rust.

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   Ton S. on May 22, 2011 at 11:39 pm

   Amazing! It's hard to believe it's the same machine. I know nothing about restoration of this scale (or perhaps any scale!); would have dismissed the "Before" version without a thought. The moral: don't just a typewriter by its… rust!

   I'm excited to see it with all the finishing touches.

   Thanks for this, I'm learning a lot from your posts.

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   Ton S. on May 22, 2011 at 11:40 pm

   I mean "don't JUDGE…"

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   notagain on May 23, 2011 at 2:30 am

   Impressive! You may start seeing random rustbuckets at your door…

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   Adwoa on May 23, 2011 at 8:26 am

   What a difference! I have not encountered Evapo-Rust or its Swiss equivalent, but you have made a believer out of me – I agree with everyone that I would have passed this over if I'd seen it in its original state! Great job.

   I think the cherry-red paint is a wonderful idea, of course, and I look forward to seeing the result!

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   teeritz on May 23, 2011 at 10:42 am

   Wow, you didn't waste any time! I posted a comment yesterday about painting it navy blue, but a) it appears my reply wasn't sent (I was writing in a hurry) and b)cherry red sounds like a better colour, anyway.
   The results will be interesting.

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   Ted on May 23, 2011 at 3:47 pm

   @Rob: "Looks like the blueing has gone with the rust."

   Bluing actually is a form of controlled oxidation (rusting), so I imagine Evapo-rust strips it just like any other product of oxidation on the metal. (:

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   Duffy Moon on May 23, 2011 at 6:57 pm

   That's amazing. Never knew there was such a thing.

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    Rob Bowker on May 24, 2011 at 12:50 am

    @Ted: I didn't know that, thanks.

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    rn on May 25, 2011 at 5:16 pm

    Richard:

    Do you just toss the whole thing in a bucket of EvapoRust? Or what?

    Rob

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    Anonymous on May 19, 2012 at 3:30 pm

    *thumbs up!!*

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    John Cooper on June 5, 2018 at 4:57 pm

    I'm wondering this, too,

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    AmsterdamAssassin on April 26, 2019 at 5:46 pm

    You did a great job!

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