canned air alert
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canned air alert
If you do or plan to use canned air to clean the lint from your machine, look at this link http://bearhugquiltworks.blogspot.co...s-to-wise.html This was written by a machine repair man. Good to know
Jennifer Royston
Lake ELsinore, Ca
Jennifer Royston
Lake ELsinore, Ca
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Location: Bushkill, Pa
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Do not use canned air unless you can spray it from the bottom up so that the lint comes out. Otherwise, if you do it from the top down, it just pushes the lint into the machine farther than it already was.
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Central PA
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While at the LQS where I purchased my machine, I inquired about using the canned air to blow out my machine. This is what I learned. Most of us, including me, blow into the machine from the front. This is incorrect. We are to blow from the rear, have the bobbin casing area open and allow the lint to blow out the front door. This means standing behind the machine to blow. It all makes sense to me now.
Just thought you'd all like to hear another opinion.
Just thought you'd all like to hear another opinion.
#8
Instead of canned air, I use my handheld vacuum. I bought one of the cheap "sewing machine" vacuums but the motor wasn't strong enough to move anything. But I liked the attachment - it had both soft bristles and open rubber tubes. So, I put the hose attachment on my Shark hand vac and used duct tape to add that attachment to the end of it. Works great. The only other thing I use is the machine's lint brush if there's anything it didn't get.
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