Me, too, franc36. I just glob on a couple of small smears (?) and when I pick up the machine to sew the next time, I check to see if it is smoothing out where I globbed the grease. If it is, I just smooth off the waste and am a happy camper. I have bought old Singers that had the grease tube still in the implements box, unopened and unused. I use that even though sometimes it is kinda dark. I figure it is still usable. ????? Jump in here, all you purists. I'll stop using it if it is bad.....