Okay…..am I the LAST person to know this trick???
I read recently about using a pipe cleaner to clean your sewing machine. It sounded interesting and I had recently bought a bag on a clearance table so had 100 brand-new stems ready to work…..
I was cleaning my sit-down longarm after doing weeks of thread painting and it needed to be cleaned well!!
I had tried to reach one area with my tweezers…..
….but was unsuccessful.
So, it was time to pull out the pipe cleaners!
I was amazed at how they could curve around and between areas…..
And I was even MORE amazed when I looked at the “stuff” that came out…..
Even when I thought it was completely clean, I ran the Pipe-Cleaner through one more time and found even more smutz…..
It was probably the cleanest that my machine has been since I bought it!!!
Are you one of the millions who already knew this trick???.
AND….if you are….what other tricks are you hiding from me???
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Thanks for the tip! It’s amazing to see how much gook came out of there.
I was surprised too Andrea. i have been warned to not push TOO hard. Apparently some people have gotten them lodged in places that they didn’t want!!
Great tip with the pipe cleaners! Now if I can only steal mine back from the cat.
That may be a bigger problem than a dirty machine!!