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Does anybody know what size needles an 'Electro Hygiene' sewing machine uses? Can you see the reverse lever?
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Ok I guess you can't see the reverse lever so here goes
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Originally Posted by miriam (Post 5989735)

Does anybody know what size needles an 'Electro Hygiene' sewing machine uses? Can you see the reverse lever?
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It's a relatively modern machines, so modern needles should work just fine.

Miriam. I think your sewing machine made in Japan and distributed by Royal Vacuum, Dayton and it should take a 15x1. My research so has not found much more than this so far.
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Originally Posted by Glenn (Post 5989854)

Miriam. I think your sewing machine made in Japan and distributed by Royal Vacuum, Dayton and it should take a 15x1. My research so has not found much more than this so far.
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It's kinda cute - the name cracks me up. I haven't seen a reverse lever on one before. I'm thinking it's a badged machine.

Yes it is badged. Royal Vacuum gave it the name and sold as theirs. I like the name to. Royal Vacuum also had one called the Electro-Grand sewing machine.

I wonder where they came up with 'electro hygiene' 'electro Grand' I sort of get - probably early electric...

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Originally Posted by miriam (Post 5989909)

I wonder where they came up with 'electro hygiene' 'electro Grand' I sort of get - probably early electric...

I don't think we will ever know where they got the name
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Maybe they put the tag on the sewing machine instead of the vacuum cleaner.
Maybe they had too many tags that said 'electro hygiene' and were just using the same tag.
I wonder if I can get the tag off... LOL it's just sort of a sticker.

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Originally Posted by grant15clone (Post 5988320)

Thank you Laura. You too Steve. I like the prices on the ones Laura posted but the decals themselves from Steve.
Laura, the ones you used, were they for ceramics? I noticed that all of the decals from your supplier on Ebay were for ceramics. From what I read, the ones made for ceramics are kind of dull until they are fired in a kiln. The heat brings out the full colors then. Did you find the decals to be a little on the dull side? ~Stupid Question, if heat makes the colors pop, is there a way to heat the decals up either before or after they are applied to get full color without damaging the paint or any other heat sensitive parts on a machine? I think your Californian came out nice. Good Job!:thumbup:
Steve, Have you used these decal sets before? Those look great and complete. If so, can you post a picture of your results with them too?
Thanks a bunch.
~G~

I found that the colors of the decals popped a little more when the shelac was applied. But yes, they were a bit subdued. Definitely practice on a tin or something befor committing to a machine. The machine I was working on had a lot of paint damage from a motor fire, so I was pretty cavalier. I learned a lot on my practice pieces. Laura