machine cleaning

As I have been reading posts the subject of machine cleaning has been coming up often and I thought I'd pass along the deal I have come up with that I found to be very efficient.

I got that little pack from Nancy's that has the teeny little vacuum attachments, the kind used for cleaning computers and machines. It worked really well getting stuff out of places hard to reach. I didn't, however, use it much as I should the first year I had it because it was just a PITA to drag out my Hoover and go through the motions of hooking it up and putting it away again. Last spring I found a hand vac that had a hose attachment on it and got it for $2 at a garage sale. I now have that in a basket under my machine table all hooked up, assembled, plugged in and ready to go. My machines and serger stay slick as a whistle and when sewing on something that's really phluffy I can clean every few hours of sewing with no hassles at all, just reach under the table, suck out the crud and back to sewing in minutes. This has also become part of my 'shut down routine' after every sewing session. I was warned by my sewing dealer that blowing with air cans can actually cause problems by pushing the lint back into nooks and crannies, especially bad on the new computerized machines.

Val

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Valkyrie
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Last spring I found a hand vac that had a hose attachment on it and got it for $2 at a garage sale. I now have that in a basket under my machine table all hooked up, assembled, plugged in and ready to go. My machines and serger stay slick as a whistle...

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sewingbythecea

Me too/as well/also! Dragging the Dyson up the stairs can be a bind! Bloody thing weighs a ton, which is no problem when it's being shoved round the floor, but is a PITA for carting up and down our steep stairs!

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Kate Dicey

When my middle daughter was gathering together things to take to school this year, we found the cutest little Bissell vacuum. It's a hand vac, but has a long handle and attachments to use for floors. She ended up not taking it, but if I can find a source for the dirt cups (paper, and there's only one), I'm going to put this cutie in my sewing room. Capital idea!

Karen Maslowski in Cincinnati

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SewStorm

It's a Eureka brand. It was in pretty well used shape. The beater bar brush was shot and all the attachments but the hose were missing. However, for $2 it was just what I needed and works great for my purpose. The guy let me plug it in to test there. It's a bagless so just popping off the crud catcher and dumping it in the garbage can is a snap........and I don't have a wastebasket in my sewing room. My son, for Mother's Day one year, gave me a nice new 30 gallon plastic garbage can and a big box of bags. I dumped the whole box of bags in the bottom. When I pull out a full one to take to the dumpster the others are right there to put in a new one. I find it's easier to sling stuff into this than trying to hit the always overflowing cutesy, useless wastebasket, which I was usually kicking over and spilling anyway.....I often sew with passion and unbridled abandon ...snort!

Val

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Valkyrie

When I was in SC 2 years ago, sitting with DGD, I didn't need a regular size vac for the small apt, I found a similar vac to yours, Karen, at Wal-Mart. It's an Eureka Superbroom and doesn't use an extra bag, but has a filter like the regular size vac. DS gave me a small battery operated one to use on the computer & sewing machine, it has a regular space on a shelf by the machines, Emily

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Emily

I agree with that. It's a great vacuum cleaner but not the most practical thing for our 3 storey terrace! The only plus is that it's like doing a round of weights at gym, without the hassle of dealing with the steroid heads!

Viviane

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Viviane

One of my little extravagances is three Miele hoovers - one for each storey. I do not want to put my back out lugging things around.

:) Trish

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Trishty

I love the name you call your Miele Vacs. If I told someone here in the colonies that I had a Miele hoover they'd probably wonder what I was talking about. Might think I had some kind of hybrid machine. Here a Hoover is a Hoover and a Miele is a Miele. I guess you hoover the rugs where I vac. That's what makes the language so interesting. JJ

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JJ

Since we're already off-topic and talking about vacuums, I have to brag on my new one - I call her Carmen MiRoomba. She's not as fast at vacuuming as DH, but she's cheerful and thorough, and entertains the cats no end! She actually sings a little tune when I turn her on! I had my doubts about her, but I must say that I am impressed. I especially like the way she works without supervision. ;-)

Joanne in Reno

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Joanne In Stitches

If you can't find a nifty hand-held vacuum you can get the computer tech vacuum. It is small and really can get into those hard to reach places. It usually comes in a small kit that has two or three attachments. Brenda

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Andrews

Yup - to all Brits, a hoover is synonymous with a vacuum cleaner. Not that we don't understand what a vacuum cleaner is, we just don't tend to use the phrase much.

I do indeed hoover the rugs. Even though I've never owned a Hoover hoover, if you see what I mean;)

Trish

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Trishty

hoovering is also what college aged males do when eating in teh cafeteria...watch your hands or they might be gone too!! betsey "we do not inherit the earth, we caretake it for our children"

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Two x over

Sadly not, especially with seven cats whose main purpose in life is to shed fur...

:) Trish

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Trishty

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