Several months ago I posted about using “Turtle Wax” to shine the bed of my sewing machine, making it easy for the fabric to glide across it as I free motioned quilted…….
That post received many comments of people saying that they use a Silicon spray instead of wax. It was apparently faster and easier to use.
So, I took their advice and bought a can…..
Because I was worried about the spray, I spent some time covering the important bits of my machine…..
First a napkin covering the throat plate…..
Then another napkin scrunched up around the needle and shaft……
….held in place with tape……
I opened the can, shook it up and sprayed……
Immediately there was a cloud of droplets flying through my studio and a (not terribly pleasant) smell permeated everything.
OKAY….that was NOT what I was expecting!!
I took a rag and buffed the area well……
….but kept finding small pockets of spray in areas that weren’t close to the can when I sprayed.
Needless to say, I was NOT a happy camper!!
And, on top of all of that, I don’t feel that my fabric is sliding any better than it was before.
So many of you told me that THIS was the way to go and my question is……
“What did I do wrong??”
Should I have sprayed a cloth and then used the cloth on the machine bed?
Should I have used the “straw” to direct the spray better?
I am sure that this is MY problem, so please…..
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