Carpentry and Woodworking - Making a Tack Cloth
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02-06-01, 03:48 PM
I read somewhere that you can make your own tack cloth? I know that they don't cost much but, if I have the materials available why spend 69 - 97 cents for one?
George
02-09-01, 05:18 PM
Why indeed - I don't! Gives me something to do while a finish is drying, too.
Buy some cheese cloth - as tight a weave as you can get for the material.
Cut the material into 2 foot squares. Fold evenly until you have a 6 inch square pad. Apply 2-4 (your choice because of the variance of weave in the cheesecloth) tablespoons of standard (not polyurethane) varnish to the folded pad. Work it in until the pad is uniformly moist. Store your tack rag in an airtight container. I use a quart paint can - ziploc bags will work as well.
Buy some cheese cloth - as tight a weave as you can get for the material.
Cut the material into 2 foot squares. Fold evenly until you have a 6 inch square pad. Apply 2-4 (your choice because of the variance of weave in the cheesecloth) tablespoons of standard (not polyurethane) varnish to the folded pad. Work it in until the pad is uniformly moist. Store your tack rag in an airtight container. I use a quart paint can - ziploc bags will work as well.