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Another question, what's the best thing to wipe the dust off after sanding varnish so it dust speck up the next coat?
Old T-shirt?
Wet with something? Water? Alcohol?
Gail Hester
May-12-2006, 12:24pm
I use micro fiber dish towels, available at most stores (Walmart). They are very soft and seem to get all of the dust. I don’t use water or alcohol. I’d probably use Naphtha if I needed to.
billhay4
May-12-2006, 12:32pm
Get a tack cloth from a paint store. It'll beat an old cloth in getting up dust.
I thought there was some reason not to use a tack cloth, like it left some residue that was not compatible with something (I forget what)???
sunburst
May-12-2006, 2:57pm
Tac cloths are usually soaked with bee's wax. It's compatible with most varnishes.
I have an electrostatic "tac cloth" that supposedly attracts the dust and holds it 'til you wash the cloth. It seems to work pretty well.
Michael Lewis
May-12-2006, 11:56pm
John, where did you find that tac cloth? Inquiring minds want to know. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif
PaulD
May-13-2006, 12:03am
I've got one of those electrostatic-tac-thingys, or I think it's the same thing you're talking about. I never would have thought to use it for finishing. Good idea, John!
Mine was a sample from a computer supplies vendor... for suckin' dust off the old CRT.
pd
sunburst
May-13-2006, 8:30am
John, where did you find that tac cloth? Inquiring minds want to know. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif
A friend of mine gave it to me. He works here (http://www.mcfeelys.com/product.asp?pid=MFT-3884), and often has samples of things.
(edit) click on the word "here" above. It's a link, but might not look like it with the new face of the message board http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif .
Ward Elliott
May-13-2006, 9:38am
kvk......what you might thinking of is.....they warn against using traditional tack cloths with the Oxford water-based finishes.
Bill Snyder
May-13-2006, 10:37am
Perhaps I should start another thread for this, but I was looking around the website John posted for the wiping cloth and came across CrytaLac. (http://www.mcfeelys.com/product.asp?pid=CLP-1900) It is a gloss, waterwhite, waterborne finish for instruments. Has anyone tried it?
sunburst
May-13-2006, 11:09am
Well, my friend gave me a damaged can of that to try, but I never got around to trying it before I let it freeze.
There are luthiers using it with good results, so I'm told.