Several pints of elbow grease later, the last of the paint is gone. If you'd like a print, I have arranged with BWC Photo Imaging, D...

 ...well, not quite. I put it back together to see just how good the finish on the inside needed to be. Turns out it is good enough. I used ...

Bobbin lid, reel shield, spool cowl ...ink-cap? Take your pick. Here's all that's left of the branding on the Underwood Portable ...

An update on my stripping of the Underwood 4 I'd harboured a hope that after the first application of Nitromors, I would be able to res...

Regarding the previous post: Shordzi asked about the brand of paint stripper I used to remove the hand-painted brown finish (I think it is ...

Un-painting this Olympia's box could end up being a lost cause. The promise of a fine wooden finish seems out of reach because of the t...