Personally It depends on the reason I need one . For cleaning Brushes I use an old cotton " T " shirt . It’s so old it’s gotten religion . Yep , it’s so holey that it is getting to be time to assign the old shirt to the trash and break in a new one .
Old " T" shirts get softer and thinner with age and use .No Lint , and beautiful for polishing too . The shop rag bundles you can buy from Harbor Freight , Home Depot or Lowes are not suitable for hobby use except general cleaning and wiping up spills or cleaning .
I use Micro-Fibre rags , ( Available in the eyecare section of your favorite big box store or the Camera/Computer section .) Why ? well with a thinned amount of polish you can polish clear plastic to an extra fine clarity and a non scratched surface results .
Last but not least .Grandma’s drawers .Yup , Older women’s Panties made of cotton are awesome for final clean up and polishing on any model .They are a finer cotton that the " T " and easier to wash . But these new or go to the local thrift store for them .
These are also awesome for cleaning and polishing foil chrome . T.B.
Thanks for taking the time to let me know, you made my night.
BTW, TB… I like all of your ideas. I have to fight to keep the sorts of things you mention. I’m a bit of hoarder and my wife is on a mission to cure me.
Hmmm… old washcloths or hand towels that are frayed for one. Old flannel bed sheets - fitted and top sheet cut up in smaller squares. I’ve got quite a bit of them to last me a lifetime.
For cleaning brushes, I use paper towels. I also use them for general utility jobs around the bench, like wiping up spills (“Spills? No one ever spills anything!”).
Otherwise, if I need a rag, I use old cotton socks. When I retire my crew socks, they go in the rag locker (after one final laundering). For example, when I clean my sculpting tools, I use acetone, and I use a rag made from an old sock to wipe the tools clean. I use a rag like that when cleaning my airbrush, too.
I use paper towels to wipe my brushes and for blotting decals.
Old t shirts and cotton sheets get cut down for cleaning patches for my gun cleaning chores. A med size bag at the gun shop costs like $16! I have enough cut up to last me a looong time.
Old towels get cut down for polishing and waxing my Tundra and Crosstour and used for shop rags, etc.
