Oiling Your Vintage/Retro Sewing Machine
11-25-2013, 03:34 AM
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Originally Posted by HelenAnn
I understood what you were saying on the first post.
Doesn't WD stand for war department? (not that you even mentioned the stuff)
If I get an old machine, I should say when I bring an old machine home and it is still in the garage I will spray it down with the smelly blaster and let it sit. They are going to be cleaned when they come in the house and I can't spray that stuff inside.
Doesn't WD stand for war department? (not that you even mentioned the stuff)
If I get an old machine, I should say when I bring an old machine home and it is still in the garage I will spray it down with the smelly blaster and let it sit. They are going to be cleaned when they come in the house and I can't spray that stuff inside.
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11-25-2013, 10:01 AM
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My Mother took her 1970s Kenmore to a large Sewing Machine dealer (local to Portland, they advertise a lot on the radio) for a servicing. This was before I go into vintage machines and started doing my own. They must have used the OPs spray method, because two years later it stopped, frozen solid. I took her my older Kenmore (My Dad was a Sears Man, and bought both of them) and I brought hers home. When I opened it up, I could still see the spray pattern, and the sticky, whitish residue. I had to use PB Blaster to get it freed up, then clean it and oiled it with Tri-Flow. I will never let her take it to someone else again. And I tell everyone I can not to patronize these guys!
11-25-2013, 10:52 AM
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Originally Posted by haylillan
there are people on this board that dont know how to oil a vintage machine because they talk about taking them to be serviced
11-25-2013, 11:19 AM
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Originally Posted by haylillan
there are people on this board that dont know how to oil a vintage machine because they talk about taking them to be serviced
11-26-2013, 03:56 PM
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Originally Posted by The Sewing Guy
I have been repairing sewing machines for almost 30 years...... Wipe off any drippings and you are good to go.
11-26-2013, 04:01 PM
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Originally Posted by The Sewing Guy
Surely, I don't jest. ... This is a quick and easy way to do it. Am I saying it is the correct way? Nope, .... I did not say this was proper, that this was legitimate nor did I say it was recommended by a manufacturer. ........ would I ever use this method? Absolutely not. I clean them and use military spec bearing lube. .....In reality, the machine should be properly lubed by someone who knows sewing machines and can take the time to do it right. BUT, if that isn't an option, you can spray lube the entire mechanism, and the machine will keep functioning. No more, no less.
Please do not post more messages suggesting methods that YOU would not use. Really. This is stupid.
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