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susandennisMy sewing machine accumulates a ton o' lint. To get to it, you have to unscrew two screws and remove the bobbin and bobbin case and then poke around with a brush into places you can't see well. It's a major PIA and still you can't ever get all the crap out. I use the machine so much, I have to do this at least once a week.
I did replace the screws with philips heads and got a squatty little screwdriver so at least the screwing/unscrewing part is easier. I tried a bunch of different brushes and none were very good. Everyone says NEVER use canned air to blow it out. And, this makes sense because all you are really doing is blowing the lint way back into the machine.
So I started hunting around for some kind of suction. And I found this little vacuum. I didn't have a lot of hopes but knew I could send it right back to Amazon if it didn't do what I needed it to. It came today. I plugged it in and then got into the sewing machine lint trap and started sucking and wow! 10 seconds to do a way better job than I can do in 5 minutes.
Then I dragged it across the room and sucked up all the litter that Zoey had scattered. Then I cleaned out a couple of crevices in the desk that had been driving me crazy. Then I sucked up all the dust on my laptop. I LOVE THIS THING!!!!!
I did replace the screws with philips heads and got a squatty little screwdriver so at least the screwing/unscrewing part is easier. I tried a bunch of different brushes and none were very good. Everyone says NEVER use canned air to blow it out. And, this makes sense because all you are really doing is blowing the lint way back into the machine.
So I started hunting around for some kind of suction. And I found this little vacuum. I didn't have a lot of hopes but knew I could send it right back to Amazon if it didn't do what I needed it to. It came today. I plugged it in and then got into the sewing machine lint trap and started sucking and wow! 10 seconds to do a way better job than I can do in 5 minutes.
Then I dragged it across the room and sucked up all the litter that Zoey had scattered. Then I cleaned out a couple of crevices in the desk that had been driving me crazy. Then I sucked up all the dust on my laptop. I LOVE THIS THING!!!!!
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Date: 2016-10-19 11:48 pm (UTC)I might have to treat myself to one of those too because I definitely suck.
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Date: 2016-10-20 12:19 am (UTC)Ah the joy of it all. Great post. I do so love a vac that will get the crevuces.
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Date: 2016-10-20 04:41 pm (UTC)My grandma had a real thing for her Fuller Brush man. He got tea or coffee and cookies and massive conversation and, when we grandkids were visiting, we got to play with all his brush samples. I thought it was amazing.
But, here's the now, new kicker... My grandma lived in Oklahoma City!! Makes me wonder...