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Old 2nd August 2020, 04:52 PM
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What I remember of cotton waste was prominently white with different coloured strands, and you had to pull it apart we used it to pack tractor air filters.
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Old 3rd August 2020, 11:33 AM
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I have a tin which contains graphite impregnated cotton wasn’t, The instructions on the tin say it is for gland packing eg valves and taps. I use it on the water glass taps on my engine.
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Old 3rd August 2020, 09:45 PM
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This company do what i would call Waste, still priced as a luxury product compared to times past though !.

It's under "Polishing Rag Wipers"


https://www.smartora.co.uk
Had a call from Smartora earlier today. Guess what... they have had a run on sales of Cotton Waste and I have to wait for the next shipment !!

Hey ho that’s life... feel certain my post on TT must have caused a spike in sales for them!!
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Old 4th August 2020, 07:36 AM
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A reasonably good source of old rags is 'freecycle'. It's a website where people offer or want items. I've often put a call out for any old towels / bed linen / quilts / curtains. I must have four bin bags of cleaning rags in the garage attic at the moment.

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Old 2nd September 2020, 02:20 PM
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Well worth the wait! Bale of cotton waste has arrived. 25kg last me out hopefully !!

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We used to get that at work (over 30 years ago) and it got stopped because we used to find sewing needles in it occasionally.
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Old 7th September 2020, 07:21 PM
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We used to get that at work (over 30 years ago) and it got stopped because we used to find sewing needles in it occasionally.
Many thanks for the heads up, I will holler if I find any...

Joking aside, thanks for pointing this out. Cheers JW
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