Tom's Extreme Machine Makeover - Reassembled & Lovely!

Here's Tom's 891 after reassembly.  Tom thinks the machine is probably 20 or 25 years old.  He's currently knitting socks-

I spent the morning finding the ingredients to make my own batch of Tom's recipe and do my own extreme machine makeovers.  The 40-volume clear peroxide was easy to find - Sally Beauty Supply.  The Oxy Clean was at Target, and the checker told me how she loves the stuff because it launders out kid stains (I have never used it).  She said it salvaged a load of kid laundry that sat for a week while her washer was broken and developed mildew.  The glycerin was super easy - my husband had some in the garage.  The Xantham gum was a bit of a challenge, but I found it at the HEB Plus where we buy groceries - this is a specialty item not stocked at all grocery stores.  If they have it, it's with the baking supplies and it is usually purchased by people who do gluten-free baking.

Tom has also warned me that the goop expands and gets runnier in the sunshine.  I'm going to be ready with plastic wrap and tape, as he describes.  I need to keep it off the metal parts, and when I finish, need to rinse well.  Tom disassembled what he could reasonably easily, which looks like a smart way to go about this.  I also asked Tom whether he observed any loss of color (he has some red on the main carriage).  Tom says he puts the solution on everything, white and colors, and he hasn't had a problem.