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Noticed that the majority of the sugar-candy syndrom threads were actually Singer Fusion threads. A quick search on google came up with a bunch of other people having the same problem. At least I know my house isn't toxic, though I don't know if that musty smell is going to go away any time soon. Seems to have permeated the entire room.
LESSON LEARNED : Don't buy Singer thread!!
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I put some thread on my machine, started sewing, and then noticed as the spool ends just crumbled away! I have thread that is 80 years old that doesn't have this problem and this stuff can't be more than 6 or so at the most. What gives? I picked up another spool of thread out of the spool holder and it just crumbled in my hand! Upon closer examination, I noticed that I had a number of these spools that were doing this! The thread isn't affected at all, just the plastic spools. They seem to be all Gutermann Singer with the metal ends on them and they were all in the same little plastic spool holder (though, non-GutermannSinger threads in the same holder were not affected). Some are crumbling in the holder without me even touching them! And they are also giving off a musty smell (that I had noticed before but assumed it was some old thread I'd bought at some time). Is there a bacteria that eats plastic?? What is causing this? Will my other threads catch the disease? Should I just throw everything out?! Should I vacate the room and soak my hands in sanitizer???! AHHH!!! I'm under attack!
It feels like the spools are made out of sugar and just crumbling apart. Any thoughts on what caused this? Has this happened to any of you?
~Nikki