blue and red pillow tacking?

[doubleset]

OH and I have seen green striped ticking too.

You need to get out more. There is now ticking available in a frightening range of colors. Unfortunately, the individual colors do not seem to correspond uniquely to specific thicknesses.

 

[doubleset]

Buy it, try it. If it works go get a lot of it.

Don't worry about how thick it is. :hmm:

Ah, the totally random approach. Count me out on that one. I've got enough piles of junk around here without adding piles of fabric I'll never use.

 

[doubleset]

As for the .006 variant in ticking that came directly from the manufacturer.

You inclined to tell us which manufacturer that was?

 

[Doc]

You inclined to tell us which manufacturer that was?

Honestly can’t remember it was at least 5/8 years ago

 

[Snydly]

I was my ticking before I prepare it for shooting.

 

[smoothshooter]

any difference between blue and red pillow tacking?

You mean “ ticking “.

 

[Graybeard2A]

Pillow ticking is just a form of twill woven fabric. Thickness can vary from 1 bolt to another. If you are buying patch material it is a good idea to measure before you buy.

A yard or two will last a very long time! Keeps em smoken & me grinning!

 

[Erwan]

The micrometer makes the difference.
For the rest, I use only white patches : it's easier to find the white patches on the green grass than the green patches on white grass...

 

[doubleset]

The micrometer makes the difference.
For the rest, I use only white patches : it's easier to find the white patches on the green grass than the green patches on white grass...

Unless you're shooting in snow! And it's hard to find .32 patches just about anywhere.

 

[Erwan]

Unless you're shooting in snow!

That's right, I didn't think 'bout shooting on/in the snow....

 

[hanshi]

I have plenty of brown and blue ticking that measures around .018" and some blue stripe that measures .015". Years ago I also bought some red stripe ticking which was worthless for patches. Holding it up to light I could see through it.

Washing patch material cleans away the starch, tightens the weave and causes it to become ever-so-slightly thicker. The red? Well I only use it for cleaning.

 

[BadDaditood]

My JoAnns has blue ticking .018”, the red and floral felt so thin I didn’t measure it.
Along with .020” drill I picked up some denim in .020”, .022”, .024”. The thin denim is a loose weave and falls apart easily, just right for carding rust blue.
Funny how some guns love a really tight patch, but not so tight I need a hammer!
I cut up some jeans that measure .035”, but haven’t found a gun that likes it… yet!
If it’s too thin for patches it makes a nice liner for a suede or cotton duck case.

 

[Two Feathers]

Howdy folks:
Welllll, I've got some ticking here from Wally world that measures .009" and had no color, it was natural. Except for where I slopped Grape juice on it when I was cutting it. Now, does that make it "Purple" Ticking?
Seriously, I agree with ebiggs1 Buy some, try it, if it does what you want....buy a bunch!!
My God...2 sq. yards @ 1" per patch, will give you almost 2,600 patches. How many do you need? I, for one, would need 2 lifetimes to shoot up 2,600 patches.
Just sayin'
God bless:
Two Feathers