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What Is Tack Cloth – How to Get a Professional Finish With It – Bond Corp

bondcorp11 February 4, 2021

Tack cloth is a specialized type of cleaning cloth or wiping cloth that is treated with a tacky material. It is designed to remove loose particles of dust, dirt, and lint from the surface and gives you a perfect finishing.


In a simple way, it acts as a magnet for dust. Tack cloth is more effective than any other cleaning tool.

Get a smooth and blemish-free finish always with Bond Corp Tack Cloth. While working on virtually any surface, our cloth is excellent for cleaning and removing dust and dirt between coats of paint or stain. Also, our tack cloth is popular in the automotive industry.

How To Get a Professional Finish

Tack cloth is the professional’s choice for pre-paint cleaning of small particles on wood, metal, plastic, drywall, any surface. It is used on automobiles, furniture, boats, airplanes, appliances, and electronics.

Before using tack cloth, it is important to remove heavy soil and larger particles from the surface.

We know very well that, whenever we do a paint job so our work surface is exposed to dust and other particles at every stage of the painting process. So, to achieve a mirror-like professional finish, you need to remove small particles of dust, with the help of tack cloth remove small particles of dust and dirt and get the professional finishing.

For over 75 years, a wide variety of industry professionals have relied upon Bond Corp Tack Cloth because we are dedicated to being the highest quality manufacturer and supplier of tack cloth and related products for the surface preparation industry worldwide.

Choose the Right Tack Cloth

Bond Corp.’s product superiority is a direct result of the combination of high-quality materials, application-specific formulas, and our tight specification manufacturing process. Our exclusive ‘thermoset’ process sets a quality standard only Bond Tack Cloth is manufactured under and adheres to. Using a high temperature and pressure tack ‘thermoset’ impregnation process guarantees a shelf and working life that other brands simply can’t match. 

Thermosetting also significantly reduces invisible residue buildup that may react with other finishing materials to cause coating defects such as marring, streaking, and fisheyes. The Bond Tack cloth and Crystal brand have a reputation for product reliability that is unsurpassed and sure to please your most demanding customers.

Materials are available to suit every need. We only use the highest grades of bleached woven cotton and knit polyester. This ensures that each piece of Bond® Tack Cloth will resist fraying, drying, hardening, snagging, and linting longer than any other brand. A full range of cotton meshes (threads per square inch) is available including 28/24, 24/20, 20/16, and 20/12 to best suit your specific application.

In addition, two PolyKnit materials are also available. This synthetic, polyester-based fabric is a continuous knit filament with a knitted selvage which is hotwire-cut to eliminate contamination from loose or frayed fibers. This has become the new standard in the automotive industry.

Choosing the correct and right amount of ‘tack’ for your specific application is an important quality consideration. Our wide variety of unique, application-specific formulas are all designed and manufactured in our factory by highly skilled technicians who appreciate the special finishing challenges you may face.

Too much “tack” can cause invisible residue buildup which can react with paints and varnishes. Too little and your finish will be contaminated with unwanted particulates. Getting it just right is why Bond technicians have developed a full range of cloth treatments. From Lite & Dry to Extra Tacky, we have the right treatment and formula for the most demanding applications.

Awesome tack cloths can make your life easier.

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