Home Maintenance
Service Schedule
Clean every:
3-4 hours of running time of the sewing
machine – This is difficult to determine because most machines
do not have a built-in service clock (see below for additional
information on this subject).
6-16 hours of human sewing time -
Easy to determine
because most
who sew have
habits on
how long
they sit
at their machines ...
- If you do a lot of “hot dog” sewing,
putting lots
of time directly at the machine like doing appliqué or machine
quilting, or if you work with very linty fabrics,
clean your
machine every 6-8 hours.
- If your sewing style is very relaxed
and sometimes
involves
trying to keep up with the plot of your favorite TV show,
clean your machine every 14-16 hours.
- If you
sew like
most of
us, somewhere in between will do the trick. But watch your
projects, some threads and fabrics will
build
up lint faster than you think!
Every 3-4 full bobbins.
Every time you use up a spool of thread
– 200-yard spools, not the mega king-size lifetime-supply
size!
At the end of every project - Beware
of project size, because they can vary. In other words, a
quilt is not one project, but a series of several medium
to large projects. So clean your machine often if you quilt!
