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Sotumariku
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I would just go out and buy a cloth, they're really cheap so it shouldn't be a problem. 
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schoolgirl0125
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Heehee, i have to admit. I've used a paper towel once...wasn't that great!^_^ Hey, i couldn't find my swabing cloth.
Umm..i used to use this hankerchef(sp?)and that worked okay for me. I don't know..it did the swabing job. What's the difference between a cloth at a music store and a hankerchef?
OH!...and also the difference between a silk cloth? i always wondered that.
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Micron
(1329 points)
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A handkerchief does the job reasonably well. A woman's handkerchief is a bit on the small side. A man's a bit on the large side, so it bunches up a bit too thick. However if you fold a new corner, about 2" down the side of the man's one, and put this through the eye of the cleaning rod, it spreads the bunching and works just fine.
Handkerchiefs are normally polyester-cotton, which is less absorbent that a pure cotton cloth.
Cotton tends to drop lint unless it is high quality.
Silk drops no lint but low grade silk can be resistant to absorbing moisture unless it is alreaady damp.
High grade "Charmeuse" silk - I think it is mainly to do with the weave - silk drops no lint and also absorbs well when dry.
(I am no expert on silk)
<Added>
Wow... Ijust found 19+ different weaves of silk. No wonder some pieces of silk behave very differently to others....
http://www.fabrics.net/silk.asp
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schoolgirl0125
(613 points)
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Yea..cool. SO, a handkercheif works fine. Yay! I tried usind a old shirt..but stuff came out. I guess that's called lint? Yup, and your right. I had my mom's and dad's handkercheif..and my dad's was much bigger. It didn't fit in my case..and i had to stuff it up my flute.
WOW..i didn't know much about silk cloth. Didn't know all the types of silk cloth too! thanks..^_^
heehee, i'll be a expert on swabing cloth now
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Leporello
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The real secret with using a gent's handkerchief, is to use one that has been frequently washed. This greatly imporves the absorbtion, as well as removing any fluff. (It's kind of like a new towel that improves with washing.) I wouldn't keep it bunched up inside my flute though, it'll never dry that way, and what's the point of removing the moisture, only to stuff it right back in again?
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I meant "improves" of course. (I don't know how that got past my spell checker...)
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Micron
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Yes, any handkerchief is much better after a lot of washes, to get rid of the dressing which stiffens the fabric when new.
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flutepiccmanic09
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I used an old tee shirt of my brothers and cut it up in to pieces and used it. cheap and easy to fined. lol
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Micron
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And absorbency is excellent because it is 100% cotton. Probably best to do something where you have cut the fabric though, so that the knitted edges do not drop lint.
Not so good inside a clarinet, because knitted fabric is more likely to catch on the protrusions inside the bore.
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