SEWING MACHINE OIL & BRUSH 2-SIDED

Use the small cleaning brush that came with your sewing machine, or if it's missing use another similar brush. Brush any fuzz and lint out and away from the machine. Try not to let it fall back into the sewing machine. With the throat plate out you should be able to reach most areas of the machine where lint gets packed. Sometimes if you haven't cleaned this out for a while it gets packed down until it looks like felt. (There is no felt near the working parts of your machine. It's lint build-up. Remove it.)
 

Find the oiling diagram in your sewing machine users manual. If you do not have the manual, most older machines require a drop of oil on the hook (the part that moves around the bobbin) perhaps behind the hook, and the needle shaft. One drop of oil is all you need at each point, and then turn the flywheel to move the sewing machine parts and distribute the oil.