1960 Remington 19 #J2984174

Status: My Collection
Hunter: James Grooms (jgrooms)
Created: 05-30-2026 at 12:43PM
Last Edit: 05-31-2026 at 09:21AM

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"Completely new and separated from the past" the "all new" Remington Standard was "scientifically designed for maximum appeal."

The 19 was the same as the previous standard except for the all-composite body, which, I am sure, caused many to end up in the dumpster.

This one was a smoker, but otherwise led a charmed life. A pretty easy clean up, and I didn't even fold it out. Most of the nicotine cleaned up, but oddly, one key and the tab and space bar wouldn't polish up.

Some tips on cleaning slugs at the end....
Get things covered up.

Gloves on and fan cranking.

Pre wipe as much as you can off the top. You want to keep gunk out of the segment. This one is not going to be too hard, as the typebars don't run downhill.

Brush, blow, repeat. Swap out for clean brushes often.

Time for the brass, And save the "you're going to damage the slugs" bs. A brass wheel will do nothing to the slugs except make your life easier.

Inspect and time for the pick. Use your phone and take a pic. Inspect the vowels closely.

Brush, blow and repeat. Are they clean? If you are looking at a FBM "professionally serviced machine," look those slugs over. If they can't clean the slugs, what can they do?

Now you are ready to wipe each typebar with the solvent rag. Cleaning the slug under the typeface is the worst part of it. People will clean the typeface and let years of junk build up underneath.

Now you are ready to tackle the segment.

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Typeface Specimen:

Links:

• Gallery
• Super Riter will get you there
• 24
• Folt a matic
• Styled to match the LR replacement
• Styled to match the updated Q-R.

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Hunter: James Grooms (jgrooms)

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