satim19454 Posted November 4, 2011 Report Posted November 4, 2011 Can anyone recommend a website where i can buy ONLY the cleaning cloth. Mine is yellowed from the oil. Quote
Curran Posted November 4, 2011 Report Posted November 4, 2011 Do you mean: (1) Microdear ? (2) Traditional paper ? #1 cleans with proper soap and water. Then water again.... Can be purchased at many photographyshops as appropriate for lenses. Quote
pcfarrar Posted November 4, 2011 Report Posted November 4, 2011 Just buy a roll of cleaning cloth from a gunshop. Quote
Grey Doffin Posted November 4, 2011 Report Posted November 4, 2011 Hi Timothy, Unscented and without added lotion, white, not made from recycled paper, facial or toilet tissue will work fine for removing oil. Done properly it will not damage a polish. Grey Quote
Lindus Posted November 4, 2011 Report Posted November 4, 2011 Tim, goto your local Jewelers, the cloths they use are perfect. Roy Quote
Ray Singer Posted November 4, 2011 Report Posted November 4, 2011 A few years ago, Cary Condell gave me a microdear cloth from Etsumi to try as an alternative to uchiko. I have never gone back (at least as far as swords which are in fresh polish). Here is the cloth I have been using... http://www.amazon.com/Microdear-Microfi ... pd_sim_p_1 Quote
Ted Tenold Posted November 4, 2011 Report Posted November 4, 2011 The microdear clothes (as Ray linked) are excellent, and with good care will last many years. They're also good for handling nice tsuba and such, though I keep a seperate one for that one. They will strip a great deal of the oil from a blade so one could keep a seperate one for that too. The larger sized ones are pretty big, so they can be cut into a couple pieces or folded over themselves a few times for rotation to a fresh part. I maintain them by washing periodically in cold water with Woolite, rinsing thoroughly then hang dry. They're probably dryer safe, but I just hang them. Quote
David Flynn Posted November 5, 2011 Report Posted November 5, 2011 can get microfibre cloths cheap on ebay. Quote
Brian Posted November 5, 2011 Report Posted November 5, 2011 Paul Martin sells a nice one too: http://www.thejapanesesword.com/store-2 ... word-cloth Brian Quote
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