tuf glide/tuf cloth questions

Mongo

Mongo

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Greetings all. I gotta recharge my tuf-cloth. Is there any size of tuf-glide other than the little bitty 0.5 oz. bottle? Just exactly how do you "recharge" the tuf-cloth?
Thanks in advance for your answers,
Mongo
 
Ya' know, I've never purchased the little bottles. I'm usually a 'good customer' where I shop, and if the cloths are a standard product there, I ask for one as a 'gimmee' in the deal. I must have five or six of the cloths around the house.

I'm careful to firmly close the zip-lock, and I get about 2 years out of each cloth. Even when the first one felt a tad dry, it was still leaving a mark on the blade, and the aroma hung around.

If you're really cheap, cut the new cloth in half and really seal one of those halves for the future. I used to do that with silicone cloths I used for handling blue guns.
 
The 8 oz. bottles retail for about $23. If you use the Tuff Cloths on a regular basis, which retail for about $6- $10 each, then the price for the bottle is well worth it. About a teaspoon will reactivate the cloth to full function. Use more or less to suit your tastes. I have been using this product for years. And they are tops for light cleaning of metal and for long term storage.

N.
 
Tuff cloths are great for knives. It gives blades that quick layer of protection that saves the owner a lot of hassle.
 
Thanks everybody so far, I did find the 8 oz bottle at www.knifeworks.com for $15.99. But I'm still unclear on how you "recharge" the cloth. Do you just pour the tuf glide onto the cloth? Teaspoon worth?
 
You can just pour a teaspoon of the stuff into the bag and let the cloth soak. Use sparingly, or the cloth will get really soaked and nasty. As The Tourist noted, the cloths still have a bit of Tuf-Glide on them even when they feel dry.
 
About every other time you "recharge" the cloth, you don't have to use Tuf-Glide. You can use a teaspoon of mineral spirits (available at any hardware or paint store). Tuf-Glide is mostly mineral spirits, and it's the mineral spirits that evaporate drying the cloth out. There's still lots of the Tuf Stuff on the cloth, you just can't get it off the cloth and onto your blade without more mineral spirits to carry it.
 
If an eight ounce bottle is ~ $16.00 and there are 48 x .5 teaspoonfuls in 8 ounces, what would be wrong with charging your own rag (17 cents for .5 teaspoonful) as opposed to purchasing Tuf Cloths at $6 to $8 per ?
 
34 cents, not 17. Sorry about that. I'm certain, however, that more than .5 ounce would be required for an initial charging, nicht war ?
 
AS Gollnick states: use mineral spirits to rewet the cloth. You do not really have to recharge it with Tuf Glide. Just a teaspoon in the bag and close it and squish it around.


Daniel
 
I use the tuf glide liquid on the surface being treated and then wipe it with the cloth.It will allways be treated doing it that way.
 
Remove cloth from bag. And lay flat. Use eye dropper or other similar device of some type and squeeze even amounts over entire cloth. Put back in bag. And let soak for a few minutes. That' s it.

A properly recharged cloth should last for quite a while. So don' t skimp too much on the Tuff Glide liquid. I use to use some mineral spirits since it is the carrier of the chemicals in the Tuff Cloth. But after a few recharges, the cloth seemed to be... well, a mineral spirit soaked cloth. :(


N.
 
you can buy it in a 17 oz bottle I believe. I bought one about 2 years ago and havent used it all yet!!
 
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