Originally Posted by
wilburness
I had to put my necchi aside. she is sooo pretty though.
Cari you mentioned before about using rubbing alchol to clean gunky oil. my Lavendar princess sticks. when I used tri-fow it loosened up, but now sticks again. what do you use to apply this with and how much do you use? I have searched the web and looking for some sort of schematics or pictures to take it apart and clean well. I'm still a newbie and need some sort of pictures to look at.
I did join the necchi yahoo group but have not done my intro nor gone to the site and seen what is available. still reading the newer posts only.
and while we are on the subject of cleaning (nice segway) when people use shellac on their machines, what kind do you use and how do you apply it?
There's a file at the vintage Necchi site where one of the mods put together an excellent tutorial for cleaning and unfreezing a Necchi. You can apply her methods to any machine, really. Basically I dip a Qtip in alcohol and just get in there and clean, working levers back and forth, etc. until I'm satisfied, afterwards following up with Tri Flow or regular oil depending on the machine at hand.
Cari