--- Claire Clarke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Acetone is probably not helping as it may be eating > into the needle a bit, making the surface of the > metal rougher.
Acetone is probably NOT 'Eating' the needle At All, as acetone in neutral in pH and not reactive to metal sewing machine needles. If the sewing machine needle is coated with any polymeric or organic material, acetone will help to remove it. Which is why acetone will help (briefly) by removing the nasty glue from the sequined fabric which coats the needle. The longest c.24 yards of straight stitching I've ever done were of this material, cleaning the needle off (once I discovered the problem by the thread's repeated breaking) approximately every 16mm. XP Ann in CT ____________________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Music Unlimited Access over 1 million songs. http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
