Was just searching for help on my machine looping on bottom. Read about using dollar bill to clean, how do you do that. I've never heard of that tec. My problem was coats & clarke thread. Replaced with el cheapo thread from dollar store, no more loops. Note to self go to store & get decent thread. Of course the coats was on sale & I bought 5 of them.

You just "floss" the dollar bill between the tension disks. Supposedly the oil in the bill helps grab any lint, and the paper doesn't create any lint, so it cleans them up well.

I did not know this.

Hmmmm I didn't know that either!

That would work. I just use dental floss.

I learned something new.

Thank you for the info. :D

That is a great tip. Thank you.

Great tip, I always wondered how we were to clean, other than blowing on it. Tahnks.

Great tip, however I'd have to use a fiver as here in Canada the ones are a coin - a loonie, as is the two dollar coin - a toonie. The five dollar bill is the smallest I've got.

Learn something new :thumbup:

Good tip!

I never heard of that. Great tip. Next time I'll try that. :)

Cheap thread usually has lots of lint, I don't use it.

I took a class on maintenance and cleaning of a Featherweight and they taught us to use bridal tulle for the same purpose. I use it to clean all my machines. This is like very fine netting. It is just abrasive enough to get stuff out but not so much as to damage anything. You could use just a little WD 40 or Triflow on it if you wanted. You cut it in a 1 inch strip as long as you need and essentially floss with it. Ann in TN

Nothing wrong with high class maintenance! ;)

Hey, thanks!

I'm going to try this.....I've always wanted my money to do more for me!!!

Thank you so much for this tip. I never would have known. However I wondered but thanks.

Well who woulda thunk!!!!! in fact I have never even thought to clean out around the tension dials!!! I will have to try that out!

Thanks for the tip!

Cheers!

:D :D

Never heard of this but will have to give it a try. Thanks for sharing. :lol:

So are you talking about a featherweight or modern day machine. If you are talking about a modern day machine then I have a stupid question. Where are the tension discs on a modern machine?

Me too. I have a little dispencer at each sewing table... :thumbup:

Me too.

Are you saing Coats and Clark is NOT good thread? I'm a new-be and I'm learning so much here. Thanks!

http://sewing.about.com/od/sewingmac...nsiondisks.htm

http://www.threadsmagazine.com/item/...thread-tension

it is the dial with the numbers on it...

Thanks for the tip

I use dental floss as well. saved me a trip to the repair shop! :?

WOW! It's amazing what you learn here! Just like a big wonderful friendly classroom! :)

I use dental floss too and keep in my sewing box.

Thanks for this advice.

Thanks for a wonderful tip! I think I will give my older machine an expensive thrill with a twenty dollar bill, maybe it will clean better than my old one dollar bill! LOL Learn something every day on this Board. Even though I am older than dirt and sewed my finger to a treadle machine when I was a small child, there is always a tip worth remembering.

I just learned something new. Thanks!

A business card will work too. Both are lint free. Several years ago when we owned a motorcycle shop, I learned to use a business card to clean dirt or carbon buildup from the points on a motorcycle when the engine wasn't running smooth. Same principle - another use!

i use coats and clark and do not have a problem with it , but there was a talk on here not to long ago , how some people did not have such good luck with it , , buy a roll and try it i think it depends on the machine and the person

uh, where are tension discs?

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Who says were too old to learn new tricks? Thanks for the tip, will definitely give it a try. :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

This should help you http://sewing.about.com/od/sewingmac...nsiondisks.htm