Originally Posted by
Cecilia S.
Just for the record, I have had Tri-Flow inadvertently take some paint (or black finish) off a 1924 Singer.
So, I am -very- careful with where I put tri flow.
Also for the record, I loved the bug avatar. And also that jumping elephant of Anastasia's...
Uh oh. That's scary. I wonder if it's the 3% 2-Methoxymethylethoxypropanol or the 3% amyl acetate. The first is an alcohol, not volatile like rubbing alcohol or ethyl alcohol because it's a big molecule but it's still an alcohol. I looked up amyl acetate and it's also known as banana oil. And it's also a paint solvent!
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/amyl+acetate
Most of the other ingredients are basically oils and shouldn't affect paint. Teflon is pretty much inert, and it's slippery so probably not abrasive.
Maybe we need to find another favorite machine oil? Or mix our own from kerosene and sewing machine oil? I'm very bummed that tri-flow can remove paint. Singer's repair manuals say that gunky machines should be soaked in a bath of kerosene or Varsol, which is supposed to be deodorized kerosene.
About the avatars, I gotta confess that I don't like the moving ones because they're distracting. Except for DanofNJ's sewing machine animation. It moves slowly and I like staring at it!