10/03/2022
Hi and welcome to my sewing machine service and repair page. I felt compelled to offer firstly best wishes to all those on the north coast nsw who have been impacted by recent floods and secondly some advice regarding wet sewing machines.
If you have household or industrial sewing machines, overlockers or embroidery machines which have been wet do not turn them on until they are completely dry. Electronic machines may take a few weeks to fully dry because water sits on and around printed circuit boards and can cause immediate short circuit if power is applied, thereby destroying the machine.
Machines which have been submerged will begin to rust within days so just leaving the machine to dry is not enough. Covers need to be removed, moving parts cleaned and lubricated as soon as possible to prevent rust.
If you feel confident you can do this yourself using good quality lubricant. At the same time, remove printed circuit boards and switches to enable drying as water sits in tight spaces for days unseen. Otherwise get your machine to a repair shop as soon as possible.
Most machines will survive if quick action is taken and will end up much cheaper than replacement.
