Tack Cloths

[NT]

From http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php?title=Tack_Cloth

Is this correct:

"Note this is only for use with oil-based paints. Using water-based paints (acrylic etc) a wipe down with a cloth dampened in clean water should suffice, and oil from a tack cloth may prevent the paint from adhering properly. For other sorts of paint such as cellulose the oils on a tack cloth may interfere with adhesion of the paint. Surfaces can possibly be wiped with a cloth dampened with the appropriate paint thinners"


And is raw or boiled linseed best? Or can either be used?


NT

 

[chuckey]

I think tack cloths were "invented" about 20 years ago, or at least thats when they were marketed to the great unwashed. No doubt Victorian craftsmen may have used them, but they knew what they were doing. " To remove hairs"??? What I do is to brush the article down with a soft broom then go over with slightly dampened toilet paper/kitchen roll, when it shows clean, move on and do another bit, takes 2 minutes for 10' of skirting board. And the water film evaporates in 10 minutes. Boiled linseed oil sets in 2 days and raw linseed in 3 weeks.
frank

 

[DaveBrigg]

"linseed oil, a few drops of turps & glycerine"
Bearing in mind the warning on my bottle of linseed oil about spontaneous combustion, this looks like a recipe for November 5th.