Paper Towels

[PelicanPines]

Interesting idea.

Lint free... not sure if they are all used medically before I get them... they appear washed and consistently colored, cleaned.

They are a 100% quality improvement over red shop rags... thicker... soaks up much much more.

 

[Shadowdog500]

I buy bulk surgical towels... keep a covered garbage bin as a dirty rag holder... I wash then at a local laundromat two or three times a year.

If I get paint or glue on a rag... it gets tossed.

Where do you get them locally? Burdette?(or whatever it is called now)

 

[ezover]

scot blue towels and wyp-al x80's

 

[Farmall450]

I've resigned to using the blue shop towels these days. They used to feel expensive, but really at $2.50 per roll, if I use an entire roll for a job, it's really a drop in the bucket when changing $500 worth of parts on a vehicle or building something with $2000 in materials or something.

Agreed. Farm & Fleet often does a buck or fifty cents off and I stock up then. Cheaper than the viva...

 

[LS6 Tommy]

I used to get used towels in bulk like my friend Mr. Pines, but when I started final assembly on my BBC I stopped using cloth and just never went back. Why? Two unrelated professional engine builders told me to use paper towels during engine assembly. Apparently paper towels "lint" will break down in engine oil and not block up the passages like cotton or cloth.

Tommy

 

[PelicanPines]

Where do you get them locally? Burdette?(or whatever it is called now)

ebay… I just search for a good deal... reputable seller, etc.

 

[PelicanPines]

I used to get used towels in bulk like my friend Mr. Pines, but when I started final assembly on my BBC I stopped using cloth and just never went back. Why? Two unrelated professional engine builders told me to use paper towels during engine assembly. Apparently paper towels "lint" will break down in engine oil and not block up the passages like cotton or cloth.

Tommy

That's why I get actual surgical towels... not shop rags... surgical towels... the real ones... won't lint...

 

[ZRX61]

Those surgical towels are called Huck towels, available in a few colors.


https://www.ercwipe.com/


https://www.ercwipe.com/p/HTNY/Huck-Towels-100-Cotton-Towel-New-Yellow.html?cid=1330


200ct:
https://affordablewipers.com/produc...MI2_S1uNSz5QIVErvsCh2DuQ6WEAAYASAAEgKk1_D_BwE


Best deal. 50ct:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00LPYYF56/?tag=atomicindus08-20

 

[PelicanPines]

Those surgical towels are called Huck towels, available in a few colors.


https://www.ercwipe.com/


https://www.ercwipe.com/p/HTNY/Huck-Towels-100-Cotton-Towel-New-Yellow.html?cid=1330

Learn something every day on Garage Journal... thanks ZRX...

 

[LS6 Tommy]

That's why I get actual surgical towels... not shop rags... surgical towels... the real ones... won't lint...

I agree with you about the no lint for "normal" use, but I guarantee if you pulled one just the right way across the mating face of a bearing cap, other such machined edge or rough spot on a casting, it would leave behind fuzz of some sort.

Tommy

 

[ZRX61]

I lay those huck towels on my workbench if I'm doing clean work like overhauling carbs etc.

 

[Tduby]

I field dress old cotton tees from the thrift store. Have a big paper cutter, 4 bucks a yard bag full. Once in a while find a great wearable tee.

I just let friends and family know I need old shirts for rags now I have more than I know what to do with.

 

[silverpanther]

That designed kitchen towel is also what we have but my wife doesn't want me to use it and I'm like "why buy it"? She said it is just for design..so what we originally use is just the ordinary white ones.

 

[Falcon67]

That's why I get actual surgical towels... not shop rags... surgical towels... the real ones... won't lint...

If you locate where local hospitals have their surgical rags cleaned, you can sometimes buy them in bulk. If other hot rodders or painting contractors in the area know about it, it will be luck of the draw. We used to split bags, about $20 a bag. I still have a bunch stashed. Our club or another would usually buy up a bunch at once if someone was there at the right time.

 

[Denali]

...recycled surgical rags...

 

[Jeepster04]

I actually made that face when I read that...

The scott towels work fine for me.

 

[FANTM58]

I buy the blue paper towels buy the case at COSTCO .

 

[Shadowdog500]

Get the red ones, they don't show the blood stains.

I’m sure they have been fully cleaned.

 

[PelicanPines]

It's not like you drink "unrecycled/never been used before" water.

 

[LS6 Tommy]

It's not like you drink "unrecycled/never been used before" water.

I drink a good amount of "distilled water".

Tommy

 

[Hammer1963]

Blue Tork towels, regular paper towels and other various wipes.