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10-25-2011, 03:53 AM

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cheryl222

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Join Date: Feb 2007

Posts: 493

Just an FYI. I went to a sewing machine shop looking for grease because our Walmart did not have any. The repairman told me he didn't have any but to use Vaseline - that is what he has used for years.

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Originally Posted by Peckish

I would use white lithium grease.