Tack Cloth

[Alan Peck]

Any sugustions on how to make your own tack cloths to remove sanding dust without leaving an oily residue on the wood?

Thanks

[Ron Williamson]

Before I spray coat anything,I make a tack cloth by spraying a clean cotton cloth with the material that I've got in the gun.This ensures compatibility,and works very well.
R

[Bob Cleek]

Cheesecloth and linseed oil. Wring it out well and let the linseed oil dry until tacky. But remember to store it carefully, even under water.... it can spontaneously combust.

[ 01-16-2005, 08:16 PM: Message edited by: Bob Cleek ]

[Paul Scheuer]

"TAAK RAAG ! "

Whatever happened to the Furniture Guys ?

I use unmedicated surgical gause, from sterile packs - No lint, No dust.

Just enough varnish, cut 50%, to about half-wet the gause. It migrates throughout to be just about the right tackiness. I store in tightly wrapped plastic in the freezer.

[Andrew Craig-Bennett]

Thanks, folks. I have bought my last one...wish I had been the one to ask the question, years ago.

[TomHaven12]

"Bounce" sheets from your wife's dryer.

[hoz]

I used to mix varnish and thinner 50/50 and apply that to a rag. Lately I have been wiping down with an acetone soaked rag and after drying using a "Swiffer". The Swiffer will pick up any dust motes left and not leave a residue.

[Nicholas Carey]

Another option is to use a good vacuum cleaner.

Norton makes a reusable micro-fiber tack cloth (http://www.nortonconsumer.com/Data/Element/Node/ProductLine/product_line_edit.asp?ele_ch_id=L00000000000000025 74) (just wash it in the washing machine and dry it in the drier).

It works pretty well.

Available at Rockler (http://www.rockler.com/findit.cfm?page=11202), among other places for about $4.00 US.

[For those that don't know, 'microfiber' refers to ultra-fine polyester fibers, smaller even that silk fibers. The size of the fibers involved creates all sorts of interesting properties. You've probably tried the new fabric lens cloths you can get from opticians and camera stores: they're made from microfiber.

More here (http://www.fibersource.com/f-tutor/micro.htm) and here (http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/5000/5546.html).]