Method of cleaning a rotating object

A method of cleaning a rotatable object, comprising:

• obtaining a cleaning apparatus including:
• a flexible line including a central portion disposed between first line end and a second line end;
• and
• a plurality of cleaning elements disposed along said central portion of said flexible line, each of said cleaning elements having body configured as a flat sheet having a pair of opposed faces and a plurality of tufts each coupled in spaced relation to a first one of said pair of opposed faces by a tuft first end, each of said plurality of tufts comprising a plurality of elongate fibers extending outwardly from said first one of said pair of opposed faces to terminate in a tuft second end;
• affixing said first line end to a first support having a fixed location proximate a first end said rotatable object;
• affixing said second line end to a second support having a fixed location proximate a second end of said rotatable object, said rotatable object disposed between said first and second supports, said plurality of tufts coupled to said first one of said pair of opposed faces of said plurality of cleaning elements contacting said rotatable object;
• and
• rotating said rotatable object to clean said rotatable object.