Alternative to Tack Cloth

[ship]

Refuse to pay for tac cloth. Must be some ways out there for creating your own but currently I'm using paper towel and dentaured alcohol. The paper towel tears up a bit but not in a way that isn't cleanly removable, and while I go thru the denatured alcohol fast, it also in doing this seems to clean the surface really well.

What other ways of doing this dust removal from a surface before you stain or finish are there? This beyond various pre-treat cheicals that close the grain and at times I use but doesn't work as well to remove dust persay, or might also in question but not work between the stain and finish layer or between finish layers.

[David Ashton]

And what is tack cloth?

[derekleffew]

A rag dampened with boiled linseed oil is traditional, but be sure to let the rag dry throughly without folds before disposal, as it can spontaneously combust. Store appropriately.