Lint-free cloth for staining jobs

Jul 12, 2004 7 Replies

Hello,



I'm about to apply a second coat of stain+varnish combo on a little shelf i built out of salvaged slats of pinewood.



Yesterday, I applied a first layer of varnish with a foam-tip brush, and then i tried wiping-off excess varnish with an old kitchen cloth. That was a BAD idea because the varnish had already started to set and had gotten really sticky, and the kitchen cloth released quite an amount of lint which adhered to the freshly-stained wood....



anyway, what kind of lint-free cloths do you pros use for wiping-off excess varnish? anything i can find around the household?



thanks


Home Depot sells rags in their paint section. They come in a box, I forget how much. They work well for me.

Jim web site:

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For that kind of application, I use Scott Rags in a Box. They are sort of a lint-free elephant wipe. :-) mahalo, jo4hn

Got a significant other? Undershirts are great. Too sticky, little bit of mineral spirits.

Goodwill, St Vinnies, etc. sell t-shirt rags for next to nothing. Some, of course, are imprinted with things you wouldn't want others to see....

scott rags in a box(yellow box of paper towels lint free) buy them anywhere

"Around-the-house" sources of lint-free rag material: old cotton bed linens any all-cotton underwear old cotton shirts

I apply and wipe off gel varnish using paper towels.

todd

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