an attachment for your vacuum to clean your sewing machine of lint, fabric fuzz and threads? Do you like it? After having to take my machine for a very big cleaning, I think that I have to work harder to keep it clean. Thanks for any ideas, or suggestions or advice.

I don't but know people who use one and like it...I clean it every few days using the brush, twissors and tape and have never had a real problem.

I have the Viking Sapphire 875Q and was able to purchase the vacuum attachments when I purchased my machine. I use the attachments weekly and love it. :)

Clotilde sells a set of vacuum attachments that is perfect for cleaning out a sewing machine.

I thought about getting one of those attachments, then I realized that my vacuum cleaner usually lives downstairs, and the sewing machine is upstairs. Even if they were close together, I don't want to haul out the vacuum every time I clean the sewing machine. (I might be expected to actually vacuum some floors while it's out.) So I found one of the little automotive vacuums and I use that. It sits on its little charger right beside the sewing machine, so it is always available, and it doesn't do floors. :)

I didn't know I was suppose to vacumn my Janome 6600P. I never heard this mentioned before. I clean in, under and around the bobbin area several times every time I sit down to sew and "Jan" goes to see the nice man once a year. He gives her a deep cleaning.
Am I suppose to do more??

i do have the vacuum attachments, i also use brushes and clean it EVERY time i change the bobbin. i brush it out under and behind the bobbin area and up where the needle arm goes up and down. with every new project the machine gets vacuumed out well and a new needle- keeps everything running happily along :thumbup:
i bought my vacuum attachments from Clotilde's there are a number of different brushes. i use them on my sewing machine, long-arm machine and computer.

I have an mini vac that I bought to use on my computer years ago...I use that for the sewing machine now. It has little brushes and stuff.

My repair man suggested cleaning every time you refill a bobbin with thread. I told him I have tons of full bobbins that I can use. He told me to nix THAT suggestion! LOL

Sounds like the answer I would give someone. Cleaning is not my strong suit, but I guess that I had better start doing a better job on my machines. I clean often, but not every time I change a bobbin, but guess I better start a new habit.

I had never heard of vacuuming a sewing machine before. Every time I put a new bobbin in I clean my machine with a brush. I guess I should be vacuuming it too?

I have a small air tank that I keep in my sewing room and once i finish a project I blow out all the machines real good. Including the tracks on my quilting machine with it.
Does a very good job.

This is what I would do.

I have a set and think they do a great job, better than just brushing. My problem is getting motivated to bring the vacuum into the sewing room so I don't use them often enough.

I use an old toothbrush to clean out my machine periodically. But then again, I don't have a very fancy machine! Very few bells/whistles, and not a computer chip nearby! lol

I clean the bobbin area when I change the bobbin and brush out all the lint, oil the race and continue sewing. oil machine every 6-8 hours of use. I vac out whenever I remember to.

I have one of those vacuum attachments. It works very well, but I forget I have it. Don't use it as often as I should.

I use an eyelash brush for both my computer keyboard and the
sewing machines. It is a little longer than my fingers, curved and gets masses of long, white Persian cat hairs out of my keyboard.
Fredrica struts across my vision when I'm on the computer ==GET DOWN DARNIT!!!====and whines tills she gets petted.

Koko also wants petted and trys to stand on the keyboard to get my attention so he can curl up on my lap. He also sheds a little but not like Freddy. Both are rescues and are still desperate for attention even after all these years. Can't resist them.

I have them and they are great...also use it for my computer tower. I will say that I don't use it all the much on my sewing machines as I use a makeup brush to clean out the bobbin race area. I do clean well after each quilt so it keeps down the problems.

I have them, but before that just used a flexible drinking straw stck into the centre of a cork tile.

Now that is a great idea!!!

I clean mine after every project!

I use pipe cleaners to get down in the bobbin area of my machine. It picks up a lot of lint that is under the bobbin area.

/clotilde has been mentioned a few time in this tread as having attachments. Is there some way to look up other member's profile to PM them. Thanks for any help.

where I am unable to vacuum in the small spaces, I use 'air in a can' to clean out my sewing machine's 'under belly'

I use a smallish artsy paint brush to pull the lint out of my Juki -
It works great!
I clean out every 2 weeks (when i'm on a sewing tear ;) ), when I oil the machine mostly.

Hi, where did you purchase these. Thanks!

Hi, where did you purchase these. Thanks!

I've heard that you should not blow air into your machine, because it just moves the lint around. Suction it out instead.

I use air in a can and a small paint brush to clean the lint out. I've work in sewing factories for many years and we had air hoses to blow out the machines and we had less problems when it was done daily. A drop or two of oil after cleaning, too.

Yes....one of the itty bitty mini kits that attach to your vacuum cleaner. I also take the entire bobbin case apart on a regular schedule and clean the machine with canned air.

I use a pipe cleaner to get in the bobbin case and surroundings, a lot of lint comes out, imagine if I ddn't use it?

Blowing isn't good because it just forces the lint in deeper. And NEVER use that canned air or any blowing type on an electronic machine. I have the little vacuum attachments but they don't fit on the vacuum I have in the basement, and I find them just something else to keep track of. I use clean old makeup brushes.

I've discovered that i regularly need to disassemble the bobbin race of my Janome about once a month an clean out the lint that get's trapped in there.
MK

I buy the can of compressed air that I use for my computers and blow out the underside and top every time I change a bobbin. It works so well and because of the small straw that comes with the can you can get in small places.

Clotilde is not a board member; it's an online quilting and sewing shop - http://www.clotilde.com/

But you can look up members. At the top of the page is a link for User List. Click that, then enter all or part of the user name and a list will pop up of all the users that match what you entered. Click on the one you want to see, and you get another screen that shows information about that user, including links to their posts.

A lot of people have mentioned using compressed air to clean out their sewing machines. I use that on my longarm all the time, since the way the longarm is built the air blows any lint off into the room (where I guess I'm supposed to vacuum it up sometime - hah!) However, if you use compressed air on your DSM, make sure that the lint is really being blown out of the machine, and not further into the innards. Usually we are warned against using compressed air in a DSM for that reason.

You have given me an idea. I just purchased the shark vac and it has this itty bitty attachment which i wondered- why did they even include this the hole is too small to suck up anything. perfect! I may give it a try.

bought a kit at Harbor Freight of mini attachments that fit on my vac--have a Pfaff and was told not to use canned air on any computerized machine

[quote=dunster]Clotilde is not a board member; it's an online quilting and sewing shop - http://www.clotilde.com/

But you can look up members. At the top of the page is a link for User List. Click that, then enter all or part of the user name and a list will pop up of all the users that match what you entered. Click on the one you want to see, and you get another screen that shows information about that user, including links to their posts.[/quote


Thanks for the info!