Originally Posted by
charlie b
I've also used cotton batting 'fluffed up'. It works, but, as Larry pointed out it does keep burning when it leaves the tube.
Dacron (along with the various polyester batting products) basically melts. I suspect it either is consumed by the burning gun powder or is ejected in a liquid form.
If you don't want to go to the store, and don't mind risking the fallout, most pillows and cushions have some poly batting in them. :)
Go back and read up on Larry's filler sticky. Just in case you don't, this is not a 'wad'. Very, very little is used. It is not compressed at all, actually the opposite, fluff it up a bit.