Do you wash shop rags or just toss them?

[juanbenae]

Originally Posted by onewhippedpuppy

This, my wife would murder me. Old and oily goes into the trash, but I always have plenty of retired household towels to draw from. One old bath towel can be cut into a lot of small shop rags.

Takes a minute, but I will dissect my old flannel sheets for shop rags. You'll get different "gauges" of fabric from the worn middles to the very sweet, absorbent edges that my jimmy leg has not worn thin.

And no, don't wash them. If it's worth washing it gets used for more dirty business before it's tossed. Old tee shirts and cotton boxers will also make it into my rag bin. I do wash the fruit of the looms one last time before they head to the rag box cause I will use the "new" shop rags for blowing my nose now and again....

[KFC911]

^^^^ Yer never become a "brown nozer" if you wash 'em first!