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What do you say in Japanese about the paper used to clean the seal?

印鑑拭き(いんかんふき)

ハンコの拭き(かんこのふき)

Japanese often use verbs to translate into nouns to refer to a class of things.

For example, the original form of "拭き" is "拭く."  The word "拭く" means "wipe."

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