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Glass cloth is a textile material woven from glass fiber yarn.
Glass cloth is also a term for a type of tea towel suited for polishing glass. The cloth is usually woven with the plain weave, and may be patterned in various ways, though checked cloths are the most common. The original cloth was made from linen, but a large quantity is made with cotton warp and tow weft, and in some cases they are composed entirely of cotton. Short fibres of the cheaper kind are easily detached from the cloth.
In the Southern Plains during the Dust Bowl, states' health officials recommended attaching translucent glass cloth to the inside frames of to help in keeping the dust out of buildings, although people also used paperboard, canvas or blankets. Eyewitness accounts indicate they were not completely successful. Dust Bowl, The Southern Plains in the 1930s... by Donald Worster. Oxford University Press.
Due to its poor flexibility and ability to cause skin irritation, glass fibers are typically inadequate for use in apparel. However, the bi-directional strength of glass cloth has found utility in some fiberglass reinforced plastics. The Rutan VariEze homebuilt aircraft uses a moldless glass-cloth/epoxy composite, which acts as a protective skin.
Glass cloth is also commonly used as a reinforcing lattice for .
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