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Old 03-20-2011, 07:37 AM
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After spending numerous hours of cutting threads off of my beater bar - a friend of mine gave me a shop vac to keep in my sewing room. I cannot tell you how much time this has saved me and it can reach places that my regular vacuum cleaner couldn't reach.
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Old 03-20-2011, 07:43 AM
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I have a central vacuum system (even though my house is one-floor, 2 bedroom. My carpet in sewing room is an indoor-outdoor type but vacuum does a pretty good job! Bending over and picking up threads (and those spilled pins) should be helping reduce the waistline! no!
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I use this old Singer vacuum, upright, about 15 yrs. old! It won't die!!! And it still works great!
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Old 03-20-2011, 08:16 AM
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I use the adhesive lint roller around the sewing machine rug area to get the threads & pins before vacumning. Saves picking up pins in vacumn & having to pull the threads off the vacumn brushes.
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Originally Posted by donnajean
I use the adhesive lint roller around the sewing machine rug area to get the threads & pins before vacumning. Saves picking up pins in vacumn & having to pull the threads off the vacumn brushes.
excellent idea!!!!!
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Old 03-20-2011, 09:30 AM
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I don't vacuum as much in tehre as I should because there's always stuff in there.
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Old 03-20-2011, 10:38 AM
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I use a broom or dust mop. There is no carpet anywhere in my house. Helps with alergies.
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You can use a new toilet bowl brush to pick up the threads before you vacuum.
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Old 03-20-2011, 11:13 AM
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I use a Mr. Sticky
lint roller, fill it up wash it
let it dry or dry it with a microfiber towel and it is good to go again never looses it's stickieness...I have 3 sizes *LOL* wonderful for cat hair , cat liter etc.
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