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Rapid Robert

Rapid Robert

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there's regular bath towels cut up & blue shop paper rags & I saw something about microfiber rags & there was something about one of ems fibers wont dissolve in oil (iirc) so are bad. educate me please. thank you for your time. RR
 
Rapid Robert said:
I have a big roll of the blue paper shop towels & they are way to flimsy/shred easy.
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Those white ones to me are a lot thicker and stronger. Any of the paper ones IMO are better than anything cloth because of the lint.
 
that makes me vaguely remember that one of em had lint the would not dissolve (iirc) & that was the problem. I would think that a bath towel would shed less ???
 
Rapid Robert said:
that makes me vaguely remember that one of em had lint the would not dissolve (iirc) & that was the problem. I would think that a bath towel would shed less ???
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The thing about paper fiber VS cloth fiber is, paper fiber will get chewed up into nothing. Cloth lint can cause a problem.
 
Blue shop towels. My son uses them for everything.

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Those white towels that Rusty speaks of are a bit more robust than the blue ones. They don't seem to "shed" as much as the blue ones.
 
Bounty from under the kitchen sink and a tack cloth.
 
I use the blue paper towels as well, but I only use them for setting on the bench to rest parts on like shown in Oldmanmopar's pictures in post 7, and for drying or wiping off my hands. Even the blue paper leaves lint when you rub it on a part. Use dry compressed air for final cleaning to blow off solvents and any lint you may have left behind.
 
The blue Scott shop towels they sell at Costco are actually cheaper per sq ft than the white kitchen towels. I also get the Scott towels specific for glass.
 
If you can score some "wipes" from a paint shop or even a specialty store, they don't have lint on them..or very little. I don't like t shirts, they don't seem to absorb enough to be useful. Bath towels too much lint. Worst is cut up sheets, useless unless your using it scrub something in solvent.
 
My son never wipes parts with the blue towels. They are used to set parts on or set over parts or wipe grease of parts to be cleaned. Final clean is the Parts cleaner, hot tank, wash cabinet or sonic cleaner. After that they are sprayed off with brake clean and air dried with compressed air. Then set on a blue towel. He goes through cases of brake clean and towels.

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Auto body nothing beats pure 100% cotton T-shirts cut not torn. They must be 100% cotton or they don't absorb or dry .

Just like bath dowels did you ever dry off with 50/50 towels. They do not absorb anything. 50/50's are always at yard sales my wife buys them for us to set heavy parts on in the garage. Or wrap parts sprayed with lube on the shelf such as cranks and parts you want to protect from damage. He also sets them on machine tables to protect them

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Oldmanmopar said:
My neighbor hands them to you when you ask for a rag at his garage. And that's no bullshit. Just did it to me the last time Iwas working over there.
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You gotta sick neighbor. lol
 
Rapid Robert said:
there's regular bath towels cut up & blue shop paper rags & I saw something about microfiber rags & there was something about one of ems fibers wont dissolve in oil (iirc) so are bad. educate me please. thank you for your time. RR
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I've always used cloth baby diapers, they are lint free, absorbent and washable making them 100% reusable. I've never used any towels made from paper. I can't say anything about the blue ones as I've never used them before.
 
Oldmanmopar said:
My son never wipes parts with the blue towels. They are used to set parts on or set over parts or wipe grease of parts to be cleaned. Final clean is the Parts cleaner, hot tank, wash cabinet or sonic cleaner. After that they are sprayed off with brake clean and air dried with compressed air. Then set on a blue towel. He goes through cases of brake clean and towels.

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That's the best way to clean
 
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