Do you have??
04-25-2011, 11:47 AM
#61
Junior Member
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: New York State
Posts: 112
I made a huge mistake by using a compressed air duster, normally used on the keyboard of a computer. It blew all of the lint into the bottom (the workings)of the machine. A computer vacuum would be good, but not the air compressor.
04-25-2011, 11:50 AM
#62
Super Member
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Oklahoma
Posts: 1,830
I didn't go thru and read all the messages so if this has already been posted...I apologize. In the aisle at your home improvement store where they sell the shop vac's they have a little hose adapter. Works great!
04-25-2011, 12:39 PM
#65
Power Poster
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Georgia
Posts: 11,189
I see there is a lot of people using the "canned air". The repairman where I purchased my machine (Pfaff Quilt Expressions 4) told me NOT to use canned air. According to him your just blowing the lint and dust further into the machine. He recommended using a vacumm with netting or something over the crevice tool (so you don't suck out the wrong thing).
04-25-2011, 02:00 PM
#67
Junior Member
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: chino valley. az
Posts: 227
Every 2nd time I change bobbins, whether replacing and empty one or changing color, I thoroughly clean my machines. I have a littl vacum that attaches to the big vacum cleaner. I use it but not every time. I do have service and check ups on my machines, at least every two years. They tell me that my machines are some of the cleanest they see, and I don't have a lot of extra expense to keep them running great. I use soft long hair paint brushes to get down into my machine, plus the brushes that came with them.
04-25-2011, 02:22 PM
#68
Super Member
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Manhattan, Kansas
Posts: 2,160
Originally Posted by dunster
I thought about getting one of those attachments, then I realized that my vacuum cleaner usually lives downstairs, and the sewing machine is upstairs. Even if they were close together, I don't want to haul out the vacuum every time I clean the sewing machine. (I might be expected to actually vacuum some floors while it's out.) So I found one of the little automotive vacuums and I use that. It sits on its little charger right beside the sewing machine, so it is always available, and it doesn't do floors. :)
04-25-2011, 02:25 PM
#69
Super Member
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Manhattan, Kansas
Posts: 2,160
Originally Posted by Scrap Happy
I had never heard of vacuuming a sewing machine before. Every time I put a new bobbin in I clean my machine with a brush. I guess I should be vacuuming it too?
04-25-2011, 02:39 PM
#70
Super Member
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Carlisle, PA
Posts: 1,964
Thank you for backing this up - I know that some say you shouldn't use compressed air, but that applies to the newer machines. My FW benefits from weekly cleanings and a good stiff 'breeze' just insures there's no lint, etc. stuck underneath.
Originally Posted by mamabear229
I use air in a can and a small paint brush to clean the lint out. I've work in sewing factories for many years and we had air hoses to blow out the machines and we had less problems when it was done daily. A drop or two of oil after cleaning, too.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
ruby2shoes
Main
25
09-20-2015 04:01 PM
Hosta
General Chit-Chat (non-quilting talk)
49
10-25-2011 08:27 PM
craftybear
Main
25
09-18-2011 03:23 PM
Fab-ra-holic
General Chit-Chat (non-quilting talk)
42
06-22-2011 09:23 AM
