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Hot take: Nobody respects manual typewriter repair until their grandma's 1952 Smith-Corona won't advance
I fix typewriters out of my garage in Akron and people always laugh when I say that's my side job. But here's what they get wrong: they think these machines are just decoration now, so any old cleaning will do. Last Tuesday a guy dropped off his grandma's 1952 Smith-Corona Skyriter and said his uncle already sprayed the inside with WD-40. That stuff turns old grease into glue, and now the keys stick worse than when he brought it in. I spent three hours with a toothbrush and mineral spirits just to undo that mess before I could even look at the drawband. People don't realize the drawband is a tiny cord under tension that pulls the carriage, and if it's frayed your typing skips letters. I've fixed 40 machines in two years and at least 15 came in ruined by the wrong lube. So before you grab a can of anything, ask someone who works on these. Has anyone else seen a repair job get worse because a relative tried to help first?
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