After finding some gun oil being sole off cheaply I used it on my knitting machines, and then on everything. It cleans and lubricates very well and there is no longer the same smell - it is usually inside the case of every machine I open up for a service or repair.

My Passap machines have never been stripped down, even though it is the standard advice to everyone on the knitting machine lists - the oil changed the brown needles to shiny, dissolved away the gunk, so no need to disturb the original construction as done by experts.

There are, however, two different types of design for sewing machines, one requires thick oil to fill up the gaps, the other a thin one as the tolerances are less. Use a thick oil on a machine requiring thin and it feels sluggish, vice versa and the machine rattles excessively.

Anne the Pleater :ootd: