Originally Posted by
oregongirl
to add to the toolbox - i like using ordinary all cotton string to clean with. pull off a yard or so, fold it on itself multiple times until it is maybe 10" with multiple layers, add a drop of whatever you're cleaning with and then you can use the yarn to see-saw around the metal part. it's especially great for simichrome and polishing the cylinder parts, like the needlebar. or sewing machine oil on the shafts under the bed of the machine. anything you want to go around - go around the part then switch hands so that the string is "closed" across the top of the part and then as you move your hands, it will see-saw back and forth and clean the part all the way around.