On Sun, 29 May 2005 21:05:40 -0500, Hax Planx
wrote:

I use a vacuum, a tack cloth and a wipe down with naphtha in that order.
The naphtha will take away any tack rag residue and it is good for
removing all the other gunk sticking to your wood like skin oil, and
oil, grease and wax from machines. There are also tack rags available
that don't use a sticky residue, but collect the dust in the fibers of
the cloth.

You'll find a ton of other similarly dangerous solvents to do the same
job. However, I'd recommend alcohol as being the lesser of all evils
[when used externally :-) ]. Volatile naphtha is positively
definitely out in my book.

Also recommended, likely understood, but worth a mention ...a lightly
damped cloth, used quickly enough to avoid evaporation, not a soaking
of the wood.