Honest to God WOODEN shanked Q-tips with 100% COTTON on the end,....
Back in the 80's my Wife worked for an old Dr. and He had the nurses make the ones He used. Fluff a piece of cotton and twirl the stick into. Sounds simple but those nurses were good at it, and they looked store bought. He also made a purple medicine that He used on lots of things. Good stuff, but the recipe died with Him. He would never tell all of the ingredients. miles