French Polish Linen Source

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I buy old table cloths at antique stores when I can find them. Mohawk sells washed cotton that I have used and is OK.
 
Linen handkerchiefs are made from very fine linen. If you have a mother/mother-in-law like mine, you'll have a drawer full of unused hankies. Multiple laundering improves them.
 
I would think a decent fabric store would have it. Joanne fabics shows it in their inventory. Call ahead. I would think you could find linen clothing in the second hand stores as well, look in the women's section.
Mike
 
I've not been able to find anything at fabrics stores, but I might not be using terminology which they are used to. I used to purchase good linen from woodfinishingsupplies.com, but have not found a suitable source since. Basically looking for durable linen with mild abrasive qualities that doesn't shed into the finish. Sure hope there's a supply out there outside of old tablecloths and handkerchiefs.

Millcreek, do you have a URL for the Mowhawk cotton product? I'm not seeing it with a simple google search, but again my keywords may not be correct for the fabric industry.

Thanks.
 
Here is a link to the Mohawk product, as I said it's not linen but it's OK not great.

http://www.mohawk-finishing.com/catalog_browse.asp?ictNbr=326
 
Hi Joel
  I don't use linen anymore but this is where I got it. http://www.johnengland.com

I had too much trouble finding it on the road so I switched to food grade cheese cloth. You can get it at most hardware stores. Its a little different to use but works well. Give me a call , I found some book titles you can track down, help with finish.
  Randy
 
Here is a link about a source of Irish linen.

http://guitarluthier.blogspot.com/2012/03/cloth-for-french-polishing.html
 
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