Cotton Waste

[weidner]

I have googled it . Shoddy was recycled woolen fibre , re spun into an inferior fabric . The waste from shoddy production , including seams and the like , together with short fibres from carding , was marketed as a slow release nitrogen manure and mulch , and was a great favourite among market gardeners . It is still used to grow the best rhubarb , but is now hard to get with the decline of the woolen industry .

[C.M.FANCE]

Younger members would think that Scrim, Mungo and Shoddy were a firm of dodgy solicitors, and wouldn't remember the 'Rag and Bone' man. I thought shoddy came from cotton and mungo from wool waste. It was cotton shoddy that was used in some engine sheds.

[the highwayman]

I saw Mutton Cloth on the shelf today at Galleywood Motor Spares

[steamy1]

There is lots of Mutton cloth on Ebay.

[DTM537]

http://www.axminstertools.com/libero...te-250g-400311

[weidner]

But to return to the original question , where can we get reasonable quantities of cotton waste , the real stuff , at a reasonable price , because there is nothing like it for cleaning and wiping and soaking up all the muck on an engine .

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Originally Posted by weidner

But to return to the original question , where can we get reasonable quantities of cotton waste , the real stuff , at a reasonable price , because there is nothing like it for cleaning and wiping and soaking up all the muck on an engine .

I have sent off several e mails to the companies advertised on the Europages. Only one reply From a firm in Ireland so far which was negative.

Are there any working cotton mills in the UK as the term cotton waste is exactly that I believe it is the sweepings off the floor. Most of the advertiser were cotton recyclers so tbh cotton waste to them is shredded clothing I suspect

[Rod Boesing]

This company do what i would call Waste, still priced as a luxury product compared to times past though !.

It's under "Polishing Rag Wipers"


https://www.smartora.co.uk

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Originally Posted by Rod Boesing

This company do what i would call Waste, still priced as a luxury product compared to times past though !.

It's under "Polishing Rag Wipers"


https://www.smartora.co.uk

Eureka.

Thanks Rod

[113043]

Originally Posted by Rod Boesing

This company do what i would call Waste, still priced as a luxury product compared to times past though !.

It's under "Polishing Rag Wipers"


https://www.smartora.co.uk

Had a call from Smartora earlier today. Guess what... they have had a run on sales of Cotton Waste and I have to wait for the next shipment !!

Hey ho that’s life... feel certain my post on TT must have caused a spike in sales for them!!