Adam Savage’s Favorite Tools: Essential Shop Rags!

Adam’s latest tool tip is short and sweet: his pick for reusable shop rags to use around the cave for cleaning, applying paint washes, and wiping off your hands. Adam goes through the various kinds of rag materials and the benefits of each (as well as the ones to avoid) and shares his pick for most reliable shop rags that actually come from the medical field! Find surgical towels here.

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5 thoughts on “Adam Savage’s Favorite Tools: Essential Shop Rags!

  1. Costco terrycloth wash cloths. 24 – 12″x12″ rags for $12. I own a boutique winery and I go through a couple packs each year. They never wear out, I end up tossing because they get ugly with wine stains.

  2. two questions: how to you wash your rags? and how do you store oily rags to prevent spontaneous combustion? thanks.

  3. That is an easily Googleable question, but only drying oils will combust and drying oils aren’t generally used for much in machine shops.

  4. So about those red rags…

    Those aren’t meant for general use. They’re mechanic’s rags, meant for working with engines, suspensions and the like. They are about as absorbent as a penguin when it comes to water, but for working around vehicles, they are awesome. Toss a few in the Land Cruiser.

  5. Bingo on the surgical drapes. They’re also called huck towels and by far the cheapest way to buy them is by the pound from window washing supply companies on-line.

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