Originally Posted by SteveH

Folks get used to what they have experience with, and "new fangled" stuff is just not necessary when the old stuff has worked fine for years.

Originally Posted by DanofNJ

I like to use Marvel Miracle oil when not dealing with plastic parts. It's cheap, was made as a sewing machine oil when first introduced, and works very well, especially since my supply of sperm oil has been running low. I like tri-flow products too for the more modern machines. Up to the 500 series, the machines were nearly indestructible regardless of what was used. I restored a 401 where they used auto grease, cleaned it up, and it runs like a top. Now that was great engineering!!!