Thread: Polishing: Shop cloth vs paper towel

I do my final polishing with Mothers Mag & Aluminium polish.
Decided to try using a paper towel instead of a generic red cotton shop cloth.
This was based on something my optometrist told me: never clean your glasses with a kleenex or a paper towel - they are made out of wood fibers. Use a soft cloth - made from cotton fibers.
To me, the paper towel produced a higher shine in a shorter period of time.

Yup. Paper is much better for polishing than cloth, I especially like the Blue, Shop Towles, they last a long time. Buy them by the case at Sam’s club.

They are also great for cleaning razors with WD40.

After I am done with them for polishing, I save and use them for cleaning. By the time I toss them, usually because it has torn, they are pretty thrashed and dirty.

I have cut new towels to size and used for cleaning rifle bores, they work great following a nylon brush and Sweets, because of the slight abrasive quality. Super for drying a wet stored bore.

If you want to see your eye care professional come unglued, let them catch you polishing $600 plastic lenses with a Kleenex.

On polishing scales, I get my best results by starting with paper towels and then finish with T-shirt material. YMMV

The optometrist told me to clean/polish my plastic lenses with Kleenex, never with paper towels. Said the paper towels have wood chips the kleenex does not I'm not sure , but I've been using the Kleenex for years and so far so good. Maybe my Doc has stock in the company ?

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

The optometrist told me to clean/polish my plastic lenses with Kleenex, never with paper towels. Said the paper towels have wood chips the kleenex does not I'm not sure , but I've been using the Kleenex for years and so far so good. Maybe my Doc has stock in the company ?

Just checked with my eye doc and he says it is a no-no.

Originally Posted by rolodave

Just checked with my eye doc and he says it is a no-no.

I'll PM you my eye doc's contact info ..... save you some money ....... Kleenex is cheaper than the 'good' stuff ....... ........