![Typed index card that reads: After some heavy cleaning and degreasing today, I think I'm going to replace the phrase, "I got the fuzzy end of the lolly pop" to "I got the fuzzy end of the over-oiled typewriter."](https://i0.wp.com/boffosocko.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/wp-17209218890404305897102372033014.jpg?resize=660%2C433&ssl=1)
![Typed index card that reads: After some heavy cleaning and degreasing today, I think I'm going to replace the phrase, "I got the fuzzy end of the lolly pop" to "I got the fuzzy end of the over-oiled typewriter."](https://i0.wp.com/boffosocko.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/wp-17209218890404305897102372033014.jpg?resize=660%2C433&ssl=1)
Some photos in the process of cleaning up the black wooden case of my 1949 Smith-Corona Clipper which are suggestive of methods one might attempt at restoring their own versions.
Not factory perfect, but certainly acceptable for another 75 years of happy use.