I'm not telling, but suffice it to say I bought a new bottle the other week and used it today. My machine is now purring again. I had been oiling regularly, but my old oil was definitely "past its best", to put it politely, and can't have been reaching everywhere it needed to. So for the sake of the price of a small amount of fabric go and get some fresh sewing machine oil. Obviously this only applies to those of us whose machines need oiling ;-)
Lizzy
~I'm not telling, but suffice it to say I bought a new bottle the other ~week and used it today. My machine is now purring again. I had been ~oiling regularly, but my old oil was definitely "past its best", to put ~it politely, and can't have been reaching everywhere it needed to. So ~for the sake of the price of a small amount of fabric go and get some ~fresh sewing machine oil. Obviously this only applies to those of us ~whose machines need oiling ;-) ~ ~Lizzy
Yes, old oil can go rancid. Thanks for bringing it to our attention. But how do you know when it has gone bad? Check the color. Old oil will turn a dark color.
But how do you know when
Thankfully live in the big city with a lively, "garment district"; so get my Lily oil by the gallon at one of the suppliers to the trade shops at a very good price. This way one does not feel the need to skimp on oil and don't feel bad if it ever rots, though can't say that has ever happened. (grin).
It is like those paying huge sums for old cans of Ironrite oil, for their ironers. There was nothing special about Ironrite's gear case oil, it is pure SAE50. I'd feel much safer with using new oil than something that has been sitting around under god only knows what conditions for 20 or more years.
Candide (owns an Elan Supermatic Plana, and does get tired of oiling) *LOL*
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