tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2888226692326878415.post6140550836950570578..comments2024-03-19T23:49:50.962-07:00Comments on My Sewing Machine Addiction: Bubble RepairElle Dubyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16693157485469154360noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2888226692326878415.post-11636294823195770772012-07-13T22:37:38.067-07:002012-07-13T22:37:38.067-07:00Thanks for the input, Darron. It makes me feel be...Thanks for the input, Darron. It makes me feel better knowing that in some ways the bubbles would have been hard/impossible to avoid. You may have some luck finding decals at http://www.keelersales.com/servlet/Categories?category=Decals. He has some Singer 99 decals and that is where I bought my decals. Great service and a great, easy to use, product. Best of luck on your restoration!Elle Dubyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16693157485469154360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2888226692326878415.post-73080163557598505032012-07-10T12:37:48.409-07:002012-07-10T12:37:48.409-07:00Hi I am a painter/sprayer for 24 years now and bas...Hi I am a painter/sprayer for 24 years now and based in the UK. I would say your husbands speculation of oil contaminants in the metal is correct, it also looks like that to my eye. Old Cast iron is notoriously known as a porous metal because of "gas porosity" when casting, this creates tiny bubbles, (often naked to the eye) in the cast iron, and on the surface. Your bubbling looks too big to be just this alone, so I am with your husband and say that it is indeed machine oil reacting with the powder coat on melt.<br /><br />I have a Singer 99 hand crank to restore for myself and was looking for info/leads on decals for it. I like what you are doing and wish you much success with it and fun using it afterwards.<br /><br />Best wishes<br />DarronDarronnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2888226692326878415.post-45247301074866606262012-03-14T19:35:38.502-07:002012-03-14T19:35:38.502-07:00Thank you all for your comments!! Each time I thi...Thank you all for your comments!! Each time I think I'm getting ahead I run into yet another problem, so it's encouraging to read your kind words :)Elle Dubyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16693157485469154360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2888226692326878415.post-62184977239885988242012-03-12T18:45:27.894-07:002012-03-12T18:45:27.894-07:00You are amazing!!! She looks beautiful; pock mark...You are amazing!!! She looks beautiful; pock marks and all. Just imagine your first stitches with her. Oh what fun.....<br /><br />ElizabethElizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285943308096103980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2888226692326878415.post-1298596271538545652012-03-12T13:00:21.951-07:002012-03-12T13:00:21.951-07:00Was it just the bed that got the bubbles? That...Was it just the bed that got the bubbles? That's interesting in itself, although I have NO idea what it might mean.<br /><br />thanks again for all the great info<br />Cheryl WarrenDragonPoodlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10167170431185422351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2888226692326878415.post-91176564480167885772012-03-11T12:46:59.336-07:002012-03-11T12:46:59.336-07:00I love it. I might have gone for something like b...I love it. I might have gone for something like bright red or orange, though, if I were going to all that trouble.<br /><br />I'm looking forward to seeing this finished.Auxonichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14630119815461640250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2888226692326878415.post-53364464907946771082012-03-11T07:07:59.759-07:002012-03-11T07:07:59.759-07:00Ms Rusty with the bubble (before sanding) looks be...Ms Rusty with the bubble (before sanding) looks better than my Singer 15 that is missing half the paint on the bed and has silvered decals. As long as she sews nicely.... Ms Rusty is looking pretty nice now.Cheryl's Teapots2Quiltinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01005480747596617459noreply@blogger.com