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From: RedheadNana
Date: 07-09-2004, 02:56 PM (1 of 5)
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I have heard that Coats & Clark thread is not good for your sewing machine. Does anyone know about this. Jo Ann |
User: RedheadNana
Member since: 02-21-2004 Total posts: 2 |
From: SewBug1
Date: 07-09-2004, 06:43 PM (2 of 5)
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Just the all purpose coats and clark. A few years ago they sold the company and the new company puts wax on the thread. It is very bad for the machine. I grew up on the stuff, all of a sudden had to take my machine in every 6 months or so, they kept telling me to stop using it. I thought it was a scam for me to buy the dealers thread, so every 6 months I took it in for a tune up. I now work in the industry and have seen for myself what it does to the tensions (yuck) I have not used it since. I buy gutermann when its on sale at joanns. |
User: SewBug1
Member since: 05-29-2004 Total posts: 26 |
From: RedheadNana
Date: 07-10-2004, 12:21 AM (3 of 5)
| Thanks a lot. I will go to JoAnn's and get some new thread. |
User: RedheadNana
Member since: 02-21-2004 Total posts: 2 |
From: stitchmd
Date: 07-10-2004, 10:21 AM (4 of 5)
| Ever since switching to Gutermann and Mettler I no longer have skipped stitches, shredding thread, ripped seams and a bunch of other problems. The downside is these are so strong that when you have to rip something out it's a real battle. |
User: stitchmd
Member since: 02-25-2003 Total posts: 226 |
From: LeapFrog Libby
Date: 07-10-2004, 12:52 PM (5 of 5)
Well ! ! There is my answer.. I thought I was going crazy.. I have used C & C threads for 'lo, these many years' and all of a sudden , my machine started acting up .. Sure enough , every time it shreads thread, it is C & C .. Thanks for the heads up.. I guess I will not take a short cut again and use a bobbin on top for a quickie.. It sure did not turn out to be quick.. I only wanted to hem a t-shirt for my GS.. Took more time to fix it than to make one.. No more C & C for me..Thanks! ! 
Sew With Love
Libby |
User: LeapFrog Libby
Member since: 05-01-2002 Total posts: 2022 
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