It is a sunny day but not super-hot, so I have hauled this Smith-Corona I got a few weeks ago out on the deck for some basic cleaning.

It is very good condition, but someone used a bunch of oil on it at some point, so now the inner workings have a bunch of bunked-up dust on them. The mineral spirits and Simple Green seem to be doing the trick, but it is going to take some time.

The ribbon was shot too, so once I am done with the cleaning and have outer panels back on, I will need to get a new ribbon on the spools, which seem to possibly be the originals.

Here’s hoping I haven’t broken or discombobulated anything in taking in the partial disassembly and cleaning.