On 2/13/2011 9:50 PM, mm wrote:
Two friends are arguing about rags. One says they have to be all
cotton to work well, and the other says 30 or 60 or 80% cotton and the
rest polyester will work well too.

Who is right?

They need to start collecting rags for a big cleaning job they have
coming up.

I'll let you guess who is the husband and who the wife.

100% cotton. The local Goodwill store throws out any clothing that is
dirty (it wouldn't pay for them to wash it). I stop in now and then and
ask for some cleaning rags. If they ask I specify 100% cotton, if not I
just throw out the polyester blends in the trash. Some days they have a
big pile going to the trash and I can pick through it myself. I take
them home and wash them before I use them. I normally get 1 or 2 trash
bags full so I'm good for a little while.