The Only Motor & Gear Lubricant Formulated for Vintage Machines Your Featherweight's hard-working motor and gears need just a few touches of grease to keep running beautifully—but not any lubricant will do. Other lubricants run too thin, wick too fast, or worst of all, can soak into the motor wiring and cause real damage. That's why SEW-RETRO Grease™ is specially formulated with exactly the right melting point and lubricating qualities for vintage and antique sewing machines, including the Singer Featherweight 221 and 222K. It stays put until your motor warms up and gently needs it, working just the way those motors were designed to be cared for. Remember, some attachments need grease occasionally, too! Is It Right for Your Machine? SEW-RETRO Grease™ is appropriate for any and all sewing machines with all-metal gears. (Do not use this lubricant with any plastic or nylon gears.) And yes—it suits other vintage Singer motors as well, so long as your motor has lubricant ports with a felt wick inside. If you're unsure, check your manual: if it calls for motor lubricant, SEW-RETRO Grease™ is exactly what you need. (Most White Featherweight machines do not require motor lubricant. You'll know if yours does, because it will have lubricant ports right on the motor itself.) How to Apply Most Featherweight motors have two little holes—one for each motor port. Push a pea-size amount of SEW-RETRO Grease™ into each port; as the motor heats up during use, it wicks the grease in as needed. Twice a year is usually adequate—or about once a quarter if you sew day-in and day-out or do free-motion quilting. Each bottle comes with an instruction sheet and a port-cleaning tool so you can clear the old grease out of the motor ports first and start fresh. (In a pinch, a hollow cotton swab with both ends cut off works as a replacement port-cleaning tool.) Be sure to read our tutorial on how and where to lubricate your Singer Featherweight, and watch the video under the video tab for lubricant and melting-point comparisons. ENDORSED by fellow Featherweight expert, Dave McCallum! TAKE NOTE: DO NOT USE OIL in your Singer Motor. Your motor should only have SEW-RETRO Grease™ and not oil. Keep out of reach of children, and do not ingest. Click here for the safety data sheet info.
