Pillow ticking

[Crockford]

Ran into Hobby Lobby last night with my wife. I ventured back to the fabric area and asked if they had any pillow ticking. Neither lady knew what I was asking for. I searched around and found three different "bolts" I guess it is called that, in the very back. I didn't have anything to measure thickness, so went with the red. Measured at home and it appears .017 . I felt the price was pretty reasonable at $7.00 for a yard. If anyone is looking for some bulk ticking just a heads up.

 

[Frontier's]

Wash it a few times. No soap or softener. You have to remove the starch that makes it a little stiff.

 

[Crockford]

Thank you Frontier's, I plan on washing it today. I measured it unwashed. I know sometimes folks are wanting exact thickness. So if anyone needs .017 they have it at a good price. A yard will last me a long time for sure.

 

[Snapshot in Norway]

Every time I run in to a fabric store and start measuring fabric with calipers I get those weird looks, like I am insane or something. Is it not a normal procedure..? I got some .020 tight weave cotton that work very good in my Old Virginia "Klette" .custom reproduction 47 cal. rifle!

 

[golden sky]

how about using old t-shirt or underwear?

 

[golden sky]

Every time I run in to a fabric store and start measuring fabric with calipers I get those weird looks, like I am insane or something. Is it not a normal procedure..? I got some .020 tight weave cotton that work very good in my Old Virginia "Klette" .custom reproduction 47 cal. rifle!

anytime i go into a hardware store with calipers i get wierd looks,, they start wispering stuff like it's one of "those guys" lol

 

[leadhoarder]

how about using old underwear?

That is only for use in a brown bess.

 

[leadhoarder]

I bet some of those weird looks are because you are wearing your bag.

 

[Snapshot in Norway]

how about using old t-shirt or underwear?

Good for cleaning patches, shooting patch need to bee all natural fabric and that is when I get those second weird expressions from behind the counter..! And color dos not matter even.! (third funny looks, and I may read their faces: "He is not at all on this planet..!"

 

[Snapshot in Norway]

I bet some of those weird looks are because you are wearing your bag.

Or if you use pillow ticking for a fabric to make your suspended breaches,! LOL

 

[Woody Morgan]

I bet some of those weird looks are because you are wearing your bag.

Colostomy?

Oh stop. You know you thought of that too.

wm

 

[andy52]

I generally get my ticking at Jo-Ann's and the first time I bought some I got the same look, came to find that they call it mattress ticking not pillow.

 

[Crockford]

The two ladies that worked the fabric department seemed very surprised, they asked me what it was for and I told them to shoot my old Muzzleloader. Told them it was used to wrap the balls before you pushed them down the barrel. One of the ladies said her husband was having a hard time finding ammo for his hunting rifles..... But she said she had no Idea that people where having to resort to old Muzzleloaders to hunt now due to the ammo shortage. I just said yep.. it is getting pretty bad!

 

[andy52]

I had just taken in an 1897 model 27 hand-crank singer to Jo-ann's to be serviced and there were several ladies there that wanted to see the machine. We started talking and they asked me what I sewed on the old singer I told them I made leather and cloth garments for people that do re-enacting they were fascinated with all the garments I've made over the years. I explained that I only use the machine for cloth and that my leather items are entirely hand-sewn. As I was leaving they told me that they seemed to be amateurs after hearing me explain the process I go through.

 

[Rifleman1776]

how about using old t-shirt or underwear?

Not consistent in weave or thickness. Ticking is cheap.

 

[Grenadier1758]

T-shirts are not necessarily 100% cotton. The material is too thin to be used to patch a lead round ball. Okay for cleaning and you may need two thicknesses of t-shirt material.

 

[golden sky]

its a Musket purse, MURSE

I bet some of those weird looks are because you are wearing your bag.

 

[ohio ramrod]

While I agree that using old t shirts as shooting patches is not recomended. I was at a local shoot know for it's serious shooters once and a man came in shooting a CVA kentucky, using wheel weight lead balls, and T shirts for patches and he won the shoot .Why, because he was a good shooter and had practiced with that combination.

 

[hanshi]

There's a difference between pillow and mattress ticking with the mattress being a bit heavier & thicker. I have a good supply of both although I have limited use for the thinner pillow ticking. The mattress stuff does very well in rifles with less-deep rifling, say, under .012". The feel of the two fabrics is very noticeable if you rub them between your finger & thumb. If you are looking for the "striped" ticking make sure it's pure cotton and both feel it and measure it with a caliper. I've seen some red striped ticking that barely made .010" with a caliper. When held up to the light the weave was open and flimsy. The good stuff I've found was either blue or brown.

 

[Ed Pilkington]

“Yep”…i’m still on the floor laughing from Crockford’s comment!