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What is a lint-free cloth, and where can I get one?
I've loads of pieces of cloth, and loads of scraps, and loads of
rags. I especially save a piece of cloth if I have not got one like
it. But I never know what is "lint-free" and what is not.
My immediate need is to clean the printhead of a bubblejet printer,
because I do not want any lint particles clogging the print jets. I
have a commercial head cleaner (although being commercial just means
someone was selling it. There is no evidence yet that it works. But
if I use a lint free cloth, I know it won't make it worse.) So I need
something porous that will hold a little liquid cleaner, but not
linty.
My first inclination is that any man-made fiber would work. I still
have scraps from 1971 when I was a nightwatchman at a fabric dying
factory in Queens. True scraps, nothing more than triangles 4 inches
by 12. It's 100% polyester, or something like that. Does that mean
it's lint free?
But this question has come up in my mind many times, and I finally
thought to ask you folk. What is a lint-free cloth, and do I already
have one?
If you are inclined to email me
for some reason, remove NOPSAM :-)
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What is a lint-free cloth
