[jonnyboy]

:)Hi, wondering if any of you guys can help with this.  I'm kinda new to this arent't chammies better than scrim for wiping up excess water.  If not, why not ?  

Cheers,

Jonnyboy

[allseasons]

SCRIM
I only use dry scrims for touching up or polishing the glass, and I don’t like chammies they end in holes and bits that I can’t use.

I use old rags, cheap tea towels or cloths to mop up any water I leave on the sills or frames.  

[paul]

i use scrim all the time its personal preference

[T_W_CONTRACTS]

i use towling thats been recycled by local authority
hospitals ect for mopping up it cant be beaten

[Simon_King]

I like microfiber cloths. Used to use a lot of scrim but I feel that microfiber is better. Mrs likes it too cos it do'snt clog the washing machine filter like scrim does. Does anyone agree?

[g_griffin]

I`ve thought about trying huck towels but believe they`re a bit  small.
So I thought maybe get two stitched together by machine (not mine   ) this will be bigger and cheaper than scrim and less breaking in.
 Has anyone any ideas or see a problem ? Maybe too big  :-/.
        Cheers,

        Gerry.

[Londoner]

I use both depending on how much liquid you are taking up.
I was always taught that leathers were for drying and scrim was for polishing it off afterwards.
when I first started using this discussion group I was suprised to see other WCs used scrim for drying.

I have always bought unbleached calico from shops that sell fabrics for dress making. It works out about 50p a cloth. I believe scrim is the old sailors name for calico.

[jontydog]

Scrim because it is all I have ever used and the bloke I used to work for did too

[Rob_B]

Scrim definately. Keep away from huck towels they are rubbish. You are lucky if a huck towel lasts for a full house before getting too wet.