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