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Had to laugh at this one Nick. I do nearly the same thing although I have a overhead furnace that blows down nicely on a bench to dry them, the oily ones I reuse again because they're good for wiping down certain steam items, they're not thrown away until they become so oil soaked that they put more oil down than they pick up. I use the blue shop towels, I pick them up at Walmart 3 pack for like $3 and they seem pretty durable.

Oh yes, I save the ones with a little oil on them    They go through a 3-step process here... the new ones are used for mainly water, then on their second use they get used for a little oily-water mix and by the third time I use them on the oily mess and they're usually shot after that    Gotta save that money for more engines!