No matter the age of your sewing machine, it is important to perform regular and routine maintenance on it, a large portion of that maintenance includes oiling your machine to keep it running smoothly. While you can certainly take your sewing machine to a professional to get it oiled, you can also learn how to oil a sewing machine at home, on your own! Learning how to oil a sewing machine on your own can not only save you the missed sewing time needed when taking your machine to a professional and waiting for them to get around to oiling it, but it can also potentially save you a significant amount of money that would have otherwise been paid to the sewing machine professional.

Tools


Before you open up your sewing machine, it is important that you have all of the tools you need readily available so that the cleaning and oiling process can run smoothly and without interruption.

  • - A small brush: there are several types of small cleaning brushes made specifically for cleaning sewing machines; if you no longer have the brushes that your machine was bought with then you can readily find replacement brushes at your local sewing store.
  • - Canned air: canned air is just exclusively used for cleaning computers and their keyboards! This useful tool is a must have for removing dust and other debris from the working parts of your sewing machine.
  • - Lint free scrap fabric: this will be needed to ensure that the oil is applied evenly, without the addition of extra fabric fluff.
  • - Sewing machine oil: oil that is made specifically for your sewing machine is the only kind of oil that you should be using; it can be purchased from most craft stores and any sewing store.

Cleaning

  • 1. Open up your sewing machine following the manufacturer’s directions; every machine is different but there is always a method of opening your machine so that you can access its inner workings.
  • 2. Use the cleaning brush to carefully brush any lint away from the inside of your machine.
  • 3. Use the canned air to blow any additional lint out of the machine so that it can be removed, taking care not to aim the air into the machine.
  • 4. Following the oiling directions that came with your sewing machine, carefully apply oil (one drop at a time) to the parts of your machine indicated in the user’s manual.

Routine cleaning and oiling of your sewing machine can go a long way towards ensuring that you get to enjoy your sewing machine for years to come.

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