Royal Companion

Original condition when purchased.

Left and right sides are really deteriorated.

Keys looked like the machine was immersed in mud.

Cobwebs

Nearly ready for a bath.

Typeface after the project was completed.

No more mud on the keys, but BACK SPACE got washed off.

New ribbon ready for typing.

Cobwebs no more

This is the machine on my not so tidy work bench.

Finished

The finished result is kind of nice.  The colors chosen do not clash with the original finish.  If I could find decals I would do the entire machine.  The original paint on the machine was so bad that even washing it damaged it.  It cleaned, but the result was like the old latex house paint that was too old and became chalky.  The result was letting the front and rear panels the original finish.  The aluminum housing has some flaws that the gloss paint brought out.  If the flaws were noticed before painting I would have smoothed them out with some auto body glazing.

The platen softened with treatment, but still shows typeface imprints.  This does not deform the print, but if I find a better one or decide to have this one recovered I'm sure the print quality would improve.  For now I use a backing sheet.

Here's a link to a radio typecast

 

The this  that starts my post is below.  I posted a short typecast.

http://ai4wm.blogspot.com/2011/12/dust-of-your-straigt-key-straight-key.html

The original digital communication was the Morse Code sent telegraph over wires.  The original digital radio communication was Morse Code over the air using a spark gap transmitter and later the radio.

I moved the typewriter from my workbench to my work table in the house.  Neither area is very neat at the moment, but my workbench is extremely  cluttered.  Presently the workbench is a miniature of my garage and the garage is like Fibber McGee's closet!

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