Need help with locating some patching material

[Flintlock]

Wonder if the downsized stuff is coming from China or someplace? I got my stuff at Jo-Ann but years ago. Don't know what they have now.

Hey, Flintlock, that's really neat! I bought a gun mag at a bookstore once and the cashier gal asked if I was going to the Gun Maker's Fair! She knew about such doin's.

Good feeling running into someone who gets it. lol

 

[stephenprops1]

Did you try Track of the Wolf or Dixie Gun Works?

 

[Jimi The Weed]

My sources are all out, and or have the wrong thickness. Looking for some bulk blue stripped pillow ticking. Every place around me has downsized the thickness to .013. Looking for .017/.018 thick 100% cotton.
Any help would be appreciated.
Larry

Did you try the fabric department of Walmart?
I get mine there...

 

[gerryherd]

Maybe try onlinefabricsttore(.)com

They sell Cotton, denim, duck and linen. I used to buy 6x6 inch samples for a buck apiece to measure thickness before committing to a larger purchase, and the sample was enough for a dozen test shots at the range.

 

[Snydly]

If I remember correctly, the 40 lb. drill cloth (sometimes called pocket drill) that I've been buying from JoAnn Fabrics is the thickness you are looking for. I switched from pillow ticking to the drill cloth years ago and never looked backed. If you do end up buying some drill cloth be sure to wash it at least once to remove the sizing.

Pillow ticking or mattress ticking at your local fabric store work great. Take a caliper along with you as there are differences between them.

 

[08Desert Trapper]

I totally disagree with you! You are talking cleaning patch material.
No thanks.
Larry

I’m not sure who’s smarter in your area the dirt or you cloth is cloth buddy it’s cutting cloth you take something old something to reuse can use it you must be what does millennials that when something breaks down you have to get a new one because mommy and daddy **** you everything I hope you suck on the egg and dance with the Devil

 

[Newtire]

Good feeling running into someone who gets it. lol

We ran into a friendly waitress one time named Kimber. She told us, "Just like the gun company ".

 

[Newtire]

I’m not sure who’s smarter in your area the dirt or you cloth is cloth buddy it’s cutting cloth you take something old something to reuse can use it you must be what does millennials that when something breaks down you have to get a new one because mommy and daddy **** you everything I hope you suck on the egg and dance with the Devil

Mercy boys, best way to settle this argument is, put your money down. The one whose patch doesn't burn through walks away with the money.

 

[Crowtalks]

old 100% cotton shirts often come in around .010

 

[Grenadier1758]

My sources are all out, and or have the wrong thickness. Looking for some bulk blue stripped pillow ticking. Every place around me has downsized the thickness to .013. Looking for .017/.018 thick 100% cotton.
Any help would be appreciated.
Larry

The blue striping is just a color and has no impact on the fabric. Lately, the blue stripe is printed and not woven thread. The pictured thread above is printed. Printed material is not bad or wrong as long as the basic weave is dense. What is important is the weave and the tightness of the weave. For years I have been using the #40 Drill Cloth from JoAnn's Fabrics. It is 0.018" thick and is a very tight weave with good compression for a barrel with proper round ball depth of grooves. The mattress ticking is likely to be of a tighter weave and thicker than pillow ticking. Unfortunately, down is no longer prevalent in pillow stuffing so the ticking material does not require the extreme tight weave for keeping the down feathers inside the pillow casing. You will need to get a digital Vernier caliper to take to the fabric store for measuring thickness of the fabric. Yes, at the fabric store, the material has sizing that needs to be washed out. Yes, there is a difference in the thickness measurement between a Vernier caliper and a micrometer, but that is usually only a couple of thousandths based on my experience. After washing in hot water and drying, the weave will get a bit tighter and denser and the material can be compressed more. Patch material that measures 0.015" thick can be compressed to 0.008" when one abuses the micrometer or calipers. Keep in mind that when loading a tight patched ball, the material will be compressed to 0.005" during the loading process.

There are suppliers who will measure the ticking for you and sell the material by thickness. These are good materials, but why pay for shipping when good material can be found at the fabric store. If the ticking is not correct, then look at the other utility cloth offerings. There's the mattress ticking, #40 Drill cloth, the different weights of canvas and denim.

Your son-in-law may be large and obstinate, but that doesn't make his decision correct. He should learn to think outside of the narrow limits of his previous experience.

 

[Rock Home Isle]

I go with my wife to Joann’s Fabrics…everything that I need for patching can be found there

 

[Piquant]

I bought mine on Amazon

 

[French Colonial]

Printed material is not bad or wrong as long as the basic weave is dense. What is important is the weave and the tightness of the weave. There's the mattress ticking, #40 Drill cloth, the different weights of canvas and denim.

Your son-in-law may be large and obstinate, but that doesn't make his decision correct. He should learn to think outside of the narrow limits of his previous experience.

Absolutely correct,

 

[SDSmlf]

The blue striping is just a color and has no impact on the fabric. Lately, the blue stripe is printed and not woven thread. The pictured thread above is printed. Printed material is not bad or wrong as long as the basic weave is dense. What is important is the weave and the tightness of the weave.

Agree with the above, and although you say lately the stripes are printed, I cannot remember purchasing ticking with the stripes woven in. The only ticking with woven stripes I have came from my Grandmother’s sewing supplies, likely from the 1960s or earlier. The supplier I purchased the printed ticking from in the referenced photograph I believe offered five different colors of stripes at the time. When I inquired about which ticking was the thickest, they told me it was all the same material from the same mill, the difference being the color of the printed stripes.

Patch material that measures 0.015" thick can be compressed to 0.008" when one abuses the micrometer or calipers.

If one uses a micrometer with a radius anvil there is no abuse of the micrometer. You consistently get the ‘compressed’ measurement by simply using ‘normal’ pressure or the ratchet release in the handle.

 

[Flintlock]

Mercy boys, best way to settle this argument is, put your money down. The one whose patch doesn't burn through walks away with the money.

What in hillbilly hell did he say, his English tells me he must be from some third world nation.

 

[Newtire]

Talking about patching material here right? In my backwards country, we have a system whereby both parties of each of the arguing factions places a wager on which idea bears fruit. It's a way to settle an argument. Whoever presents the winning argument walks away with the prize money.

 

[tenngun]

I wonder that Callahans bag molds hasn’t come out with a eighteenth century mich. It’s well known Boone and Meek all carried them. We have letters from American fur complaining they were all sold out, and there were barrels full of them in the Steamship Arabia wreck.
I just feel the cloth.
Track and Log Cabin or other supply houses sell bulk patching in thickness needed.

 

[Larry (Omaha)]

I’m not sure who’s smarter in your area the dirt or you cloth is cloth buddy it’s cutting cloth you take something old something to reuse can use it you must be what does millennials that when something breaks down you have to get a new one because mommy and daddy **** you everything I hope you suck on the egg and dance with the Devil

08DT,
Ask any good shooter here on the forum if they use Tee shirt material for a rifled barrel. You may use whatever you please, but Tee shirt does not have tight enough weave to make a decent seal in the bore. Peace brother!
Larry

 

[nhmoose]

My approach was to take my micrometer to fabric stores. Several were done when I found the right size, I bought the bolt of fabric. Years' worth before looking again. Never spent over 100 bucks.