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I have a question for you cabinet refinishers! A friend of mine just picked up a FW table that someone had put contact paper on top. When she looks under the table, the wood is not cracked nor does it appear to be damaged in any way. She wants to remove the contact paper, but she is afraid she'll hurt the veneer that is under the paper. When she runs her hands all over the top, there appears to be no nicks or gauges on the top. It looks like someone just wanted a white table so they stuck contact paper all over the top. Any suggestions?
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I wonder if slowly peeling up a corner and spraying it with goo gone would help remove it? It would be a slow, tedious job, but maybe that would work?
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You could heat it up with a blow dryer but would still have all the sticky stuff to get off.
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Grand Rapids, MI has a lot of great machines for sale. This one isn't the best priced, but look at it.
http://grandrapids.craigslist.org/atq/2731131759.html
http://grandrapids.craigslist.org/atq/2731131759.html
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Grand Rapids, MI has a lot of great machines for sale. This one isn't the best priced, but look at it.
http://grandrapids.craigslist.org/atq/2731131759.html
http://grandrapids.craigslist.org/atq/2731131759.html
Can someone please date my new white featherweight for me? The numbers are EY851084. Thanks for your help!
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So would that make my machine possibly newer than 1965? Cathy, thanks for your help... No wonder I couldn't find the date!
My book has the copyright date of 1964.
My book has the copyright date of 1964.
Last edited by pennijanine; 01-09-2012 at 04:41 PM.
Cathy, I have no idea where Nancy Johnson-Srebro got her information, probably just research? She is one of the foremost authorities on the FW. I never realized that she had information in her book that we can't find on the Singer dating site. That is interesting.
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Now going back through the book mentioned in the above statement on page 39, Nancy Johnson-Srebro says the "EY - unknown, possibly 1969." On page 39 she is talking about the models made in Great Britain. If you get her book and look at page 191, she says "EY - October 1966 - October 1968." This confusing. I will have to read the book to see why the two different dates?
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From all that I have read and heard over the years, I suspect that these late serial number machines sat in a warehouse and didn't sell. So Singer unloaded them at clearance prices. Therefore, the date of mfg was after June 1965 (the EX series)and before May 1969 (my dated machine).
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