Patch Cloth

[fffg100grns]

What is your favorite patch?
If you care to say.

[Flinter]

Pillow ticking...buy it by the yard at Walmart.

[RIKA]

I use the old striped pillow ticking also.

RIKA

[fffg100grns]

I was given a whole bunch of this stuff years ago and its all gone,, thanks for the tips.

[Cornbread2]

According to one muzzleloading expert "pure Irish linen" is supposed to be even better but I can't find any in my area.

[fffg100grns]

I was told this stuff I had was linen from an old hospital in Wyoming. I loved it.

But thanks for the tips, I got some .018 Pillow Ticking and it works just fine in the rifle. Its a bit too tight in my hog leg though.

[Flinter]

I was told this stuff I had was linen from an old hospital in Wyoming. I loved it.

But thanks for the tips, I got some .018 Pillow Ticking and it works just fine in the rifle. Its a bit too tight in my hog leg though.
Linen is an easy fabric to identify because if you wrinkle it in your hands......it stays wrinkled. Cotton and blends tend to lose the wrinkles quick.

There are 2 kinds of ticking at Walmart. The striped kind tends to run in the .015-.018 range. There is another that is plain white. It runs closer to .010.

[fffg100grns]

Thanks Flinter, The Old Lady drags me through Wal-Mart every week and I have yet to see the Fabric Dept., I just gotta look, I would like to try some of that Ticking you speak of, this stuff I bought is .018-.020.