Personally I have used paper towels, strips of old rags twisted around a wooden skewers. I have sometimes come across extra large cotton swabs, those are good. I tend to use heaps of cotton swabs on a machine. I guess you just have to get inventive. It is time consuming, I don't think there are any way about it. Having the machine on the side or up side down should not be a problem in my mind, it is harder to poke around in there though and be carefull not to damage knobs or hinges that can't take the weight of the machine. Compressed air? I know you often have to look far and wide to find a repair guy who does a thorough cleaning and service on these machines.
Last edited by Mickey2; 09-13-2020 at 05:34 AM.