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Tuesday, 23 November 2021

1952 Halda Portable Typewriter

The story of how I acquired this (now gorgeous and working) Halda, and a few other non-working portables. will be told in a day or so. In the meantime, I'll sing the praises of a cleaning method I use, which is especially good for getting any grime out of "crinkle" paint work.

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5 comments:

  1. Bill M24 November 2021 at 04:01

    Congratulations of the restoration!
    Your cleaning method for crinkle paint looks similar to mine.

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  2. Ted24 November 2021 at 04:59

    Ooh, you can still get that stuff? Looks very tasty! :D

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  3. T Newington24 November 2021 at 11:15

    wow, beautiful green on that Halda. What is this magical foam?

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  4. Robert Messenger26 November 2021 at 17:12

    I believe it is/was called something like Bubbles in the US. The active ingredient is Monoethanolamine.

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  5. T Newington9 December 2021 at 11:43

    Thanks, Robert. Will have to go on the hunt for something similar in the UK

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