Originally Posted by retired2pa
I've tried using my dust buster to clean out the lint that accumulated from sewing rag quilts, flannel and fleece, but the attachment isn't small enough to get in to suck out the lint.
Is there such a thing as a vacuum cleaner for sewing machines??? If not, what can I use?
Every time I change my bobbin I brush out the bobbin area with brush that I've had for years. It loosens the lint and picks up a lot of it. Then I use a vacuum that is actually made to vacuum computers which picks up any small pieces of lint that get missed by the brush or flick off the brush as I'm cleaning away. This system works really well, and I never fail to do it since the machine works so much better when it is clean. I have read that it is not good to use canned air to remove lint from the sewing machine, because it can blow lint even further into the machine and cause a lot of trouble. And I can understand how that could happen since the air comes out of those cans with a lot of pressure.