Dee

Goo Gone is the best. It'll take the sticky stuff off.

marlene tarzwell

Goo Gone is great to use for many things. Acidtate could be tried too.

lorli

Hi, everyone,

Just a quick, partial update - a lot going on right now and I haven't had time to try anything but rubbing alcohol. It didn't work. I have used the machine though, I had scraped a lot of the stuff off with my fingernail.

Unfortunately the guide was on the metal, the clear plastic that covers the bobbin case, and the main part of the machine (I guess it's plastic too?) - only about 4" long but the darn thing managed to mess up everything!

Next step will be oil - will try cooking oil first.

Thanks, and I'll write again when I have some more results!

Lorli

3TreeFrog

Lorli

Thank you for the update, please keep us posted as to how the cooking oil works when you get a minute to do that. Would you?

TreeFrog

Sewingyankee

I have been successful using a little vegetable oil on a paper towel and rubbing it off.

Gerbie

I don't know about the cooking oil, but I do know that peanut butter will take care of messy sticky gum. in hair and on clothese. You might try that, it would have to be washed off the machine the same as the cooking oil. Who knows it might work, and it's good eating too. lol. Mayo will often get sticky things out of clothes and hair. That would be worth a try as well.

Deborah12687

I use WD40 to clean up the sticky stuff like tape and it works quite quickly. I noticed that using machine oil can get a bit sticky after a while. When I tune up and clean my machine I soak the parts in WD40.

Gerbie

I completely forgot about WD40. That's almost like a miracle drug so to speak. I've heard it contains fish oil and is used for so many things. That might just the the answer to sticky stuff. Thanks for the reminder.

lorli

Thanks, everyone, for the advice. Here's the update. I tried cooking oil, no luck, and finally got up the nerve to try the Goo Gone. I dabbed a tiny dot of it on the back of the machine - I was so worried about ruining the finish of the plastic on my almost-brand-new sewing machine. There was no damage so I went to work with it on the sticky stuff. Dabbed it on with a q-tip and it took a little waiting around and another application, but the sticky stuff is gone now! Cleaned the spot afterwards with rubbing alcohol and it looks good as new. Thanks so much, everyone! I feel like I have a new machine!

3TreeFrog

That is great to hear that all the sticky stuff is all gone, and thank you for the update! Good idea for trying on the back of the machine first!

TreeFrog