Micki wrote:
I bought a used Babylock sewing machine (not a serger) at a yard sale
for $40. The yard sale was at a storage unit that had been abandoned
and the property owner was selling off the contents. It looked okay,
the owner let me plug it in and use it long enough to determine that it
was working. I took the machine home and cleaned it, then opened it up
to oil it. There was a NEST OF ROACHES inside the machine!!! I saw tiny
ones, medium ones, and big ones...............alive. Of course the first
thing I did was carry it outside to my back yard and sprayed the blazes
out of it with ant and roach spray. Now I am wondering do I even want
this machine? That is, if the spray hasn't killed the electronics
and/or motherboard. What would you do? Would you keep the machine if
you could determine that the roaches were dead and gone? Do you think
it would help to use an air compressor (my hubby has one) and blow the
machine out? Taking the machine back is NOT an option. There were signs
up all over saying "All sales final". I can't in good conscience sell
this machine to anyone without disclosing the disgusting
details........and frankly.....who would want it knowing that?
Any suggestions would be welcome.

I'd try stripping all the coverings you can get off it off and hoovering
it out thoroughly. Then clean off the ant and roach stuff anf lubricate
properly. Then see how you feel.

If ir runs OK, and you know there are no bugs left in it, you'll be fine.

Little anecdote:

We lived in Malta for a few years when I was a kid. When we moved to
the flat, everything LOOKED OK But the first time mum turned the oven
on, HUNDREDS of huge roaches (about and inch to an inch and a half long)
crawled out!

After she'd done screaming, she started on the landlord. Next day we
got a new cooker!

We still got roaches though... Dad heard scrabbling noises in the
cupboard, and thinking it was mice, he set traps. The baid would
vanish, the traps failed to trip. One morning he pulled the frying pan
out to cook breakfast. There was a yell anmd an almighty crash! A 2"
long one was in the frying pan. The crash happened when he tipped it
out an flattened it! Broke a tile in the kitchen floor, and mum's
fryingpan still has a dent in the bottom...

After Malta, I STILL tap spaghetti on the counter to knock the weevils
out!
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