Favorite oil and grease?
04-18-2012, 09:48 AM
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Singer machines =
Oil: .......................... Singer oil, a good clear machine oil, or Tri-Flow
Motor lube: ............. Singer motor lube. It's a little tube of grease that's getting hard to find around here.
Gear and fork lube: ..Tri-Flow synthetic grease.
To lube the SINGER motors with the little silver grease ports: Stick the tip of the grease tube in the hole and squeeze till it's full.
To lube the potted motors, remove the grease port cap, clean out the old grease then stick the end of the grease tube in the hole and fill it up.
Joe
Oil: .......................... Singer oil, a good clear machine oil, or Tri-Flow
Motor lube: ............. Singer motor lube. It's a little tube of grease that's getting hard to find around here.
Gear and fork lube: ..Tri-Flow synthetic grease.
To lube the SINGER motors with the little silver grease ports: Stick the tip of the grease tube in the hole and squeeze till it's full.
To lube the potted motors, remove the grease port cap, clean out the old grease then stick the end of the grease tube in the hole and fill it up.
Joe
04-18-2012, 10:28 AM
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Location: Ontario, Canada
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I use the Dritz Zoom Spout oiler for all my machines. I like that the long spout pulls out to reach all the little hard to reach spots on my Singer treadle. I also use a drop on the bobbin hook when my Bernina requests oiling. For more intensive oiling and maintainance, I send my Bernina to the dealer.
04-18-2012, 12:47 PM
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Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 7,741
Singer machines =
Oil: .......................... Singer oil, a good clear machine oil, or Tri-Flow
Motor lube: ............. Singer motor lube. It's a little tube of grease that's getting hard to find around here.
Gear and fork lube: ..Tri-Flow synthetic grease.
To lube the SINGER motors with the little silver grease ports: Stick the tip of the grease tube in the hole and squeeze till it's full.
To lube the potted motors, remove the grease port cap, clean out the old grease then stick the end of the grease tube in the hole and fill it up.
Joe
Oil: .......................... Singer oil, a good clear machine oil, or Tri-Flow
Motor lube: ............. Singer motor lube. It's a little tube of grease that's getting hard to find around here.
Gear and fork lube: ..Tri-Flow synthetic grease.
To lube the SINGER motors with the little silver grease ports: Stick the tip of the grease tube in the hole and squeeze till it's full.
To lube the potted motors, remove the grease port cap, clean out the old grease then stick the end of the grease tube in the hole and fill it up.
Joe
04-18-2012, 02:58 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Upstate New York
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I can't say enough good things about Tri-Flow oil and grease. A few months back I bought a 1915 Singer treadle that had been sitting around a LONG time. I oiled it with Singer Oil and Singer Lubricant and I got it working. I thought it was doing pretty well and then I tried the Tri-Flow products and the difference was amazing. I can tell you that it was MUCH easier to treadle after the Tri-Flow!
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