I have purchased some thread lubricant. It is a liquid and in a small plastic squeeze bottle. It is called Sewers Aid. It is a little short on directions. How should I apply it to a spool of thread? I'm trying to get the thread to feed smoothly to avoid skipped stitches. Cheryl
When ever I used thread lubricant I ran a single thin line of it down the spool of thread. I found that when I went to spools that were wound like Coats it was a help, when I switched to Gutterman and Metler I no longer needed it.I think it really was a matter of a better quality thread. I also found that Metler's silk finish thread works the best for me. Juno
Cheryl, Skipped stitches could be a tension problem. Rollie
Change your needle first. A blunt needle may be deflecting a tiny bit causing the skipped stitches
Usually done with a lubrication box either magnetic or adhesive backed, basically just a box with a felt pad in it. You could make shift something with a piece of felt about 1/4" thick, use double face tape to fasten the block to the machine in a place it will force the thread to run over it.
That is what I did with my Singer EU. Except I went low-tech and just attached a tiny bit of cotton (about the size of the end of a Q-tip) with double-faced tape to the machine just above where the thread goes into the needle. Below the tension, definitely. Sewer's Aid is great, but not on tension disks. A dab of Sewer's Aid from time to time on that cotton, and the thread ran smoothly.
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I used coats and singer thread for the longest time now because it was cheap, available at wally world plus wally mart and i poo-poo'ed the thread quality and stitch quality issues *BUT* , curious and weary of thread dust, i recently bought some gutterman and mettler from the local sew retailer. As little as i sew i noticed a difference immediately including less thread dust in the bobbin case.
so i guess i am a convert unless one of my old singer boxes chokes on the new fangled thread then i will feed it the coats or singer thread :) Rob
Coats used to be a very good brand, but no longer is as good as it was in the past. Now there are still people who use it all the time without problems. I'm glad you are happy with the change. Just don't keep anything around that's really old. It's past it's prime. But then again so am I and I'd be very unhappy if I was dumped for that reason. Juno
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