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Not All That Oils Well Ends Well

11/4/2016

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Not All That Oils Well Ends Well

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Before you start lubricating your sewing machine, STOP & THINK:

What am I doing?
Don’t use 3-in-1 oil on your sewing machine! While it does have solvents to penetrate, lubricate, and prevent rust, it also leaves behind a sticky residue that will eventually cause the machine to gum up and stop working.



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How do I loosen stuck parts?

Penetrating oils are great for loosening tight parts. In most cases, applying oil and letting it sit for about 5 to 10 minutes will solve your problem. (However, I have had some machines that take days to work free.)

Sadly, penetrating oil is only the first step. After the part is worked free it should be lubricated in order to keep running smoothly.

If not properly lubricated, the heat and pressure caused by the running machine will evaporate penetrating oil and the part will seize up again. This evaporation can happen in as little as 15 minutes.


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When do I lubricate my sewing machine?

When it comes to machine lubrication, sewing machine oil and gun oil work best. Using sewing machine oil sparingly will keep your machine running for a lifetime, too much oil will soak into your fabric.


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Mia Evans link
5/11/2022 05:21:52 am

It really helped when you said that penetrating oils would be able to loosen tight parts, and it must sit on that area for about five to ten minutes. I will keep that in mind now that my mom passed down her machine to me. It would be a good idea to take it to a Brother sewing machine repair this weekend to get it checked first, since it has been with her for more than a decade.

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Jessie Holloway link
2/6/2023 01:45:59 pm

Thanks so much for the tips on what type of oil to use when trying to care for your sewing machine. My mom has an old machine that she loves and we recently put the wrong kind of oil in it and now we're worried about its condition. We've been looking into finding a sewing machine repair shop that we can take it to hopefully fix it up.

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