Members Kevin Posted March 29, 2009 Members Report Posted March 29, 2009 In my experience, if you want to use linen thread in a machine, you have to run it through liquid wax. Do you have a waxpot on your machine? When I got my Adler from Weaver's, the nylon thread I got from them was like yarn and looked like crap, so I ran it through wax and it worked beautifully, I could even use a smaller size needle, it lubed the thread so well. Now I would say it's been at least 5 years since I used wax and I still haven't gotten all the wax off my machine. I would not recommend linen in a modern design machine. Perhaps though, there is some other method I don't know of, I do live in an insulated small little world of my own. Kevin Quote
Members SteveBrambley Posted March 29, 2009 Members Report Posted March 29, 2009 The linen thread I tried was pre-waxed, intended for hand sewing. I only tried it on the older machines, but I don't see any reason for it not working on more modern types. Steve Quote
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