Cleaning patches

[Bazoo]

I only get bout a year out of a tshirt. My gun wears little holes in it on the starboard side and my flashlight and reload wear holes on the port side. I have dehorned all of it but still get the wear. Guess it's just the cost you pay for being armed 24/7.

[1911sw45]

You get that wear pattern too Bazoo?

[Thunder1964]

Picked up some flannel remants form fabric shop and cut them up. $4.00 for 250 patches.

[StrawHat]

I wait for cotton balls to go on sale. They work great for swabbing a bore.

Kevin

[abunaitoo]

I'll have to try some drier sheets.
I wrap my patch around a long jag.
MONTANA X-TREME
Not poked through the center.

[Bazoo]

You get that wear pattern too Bazoo?

Wife says it looks like someone shot me with a 410.

[Shopdog]

Viva here,wrapped around a 1 or 2 size smaller,bronze brush. I like the length of this system vs patches on jags.The white is easier to see the black powder fouling. 90% of my CB cleaning is dry mopping,so am looking at the white for several indicators. We have all manor of equipment to cut the rolls down,my favorite is a 1939 16" W/T bandsaw but,don't cut the rolls anymore...... just pull off a sheet,tear it,wrap it,shove it.

The dryer sheets have been on the "roundtoit" list for sometime now. Good luck with your project.

[gnoahhh]

All my life I've gone to fabric shops and bought white flannel by the yard and cut it into custom sized patches suitable for whatever job was at hand. It's dirt cheap and has saved me from buying any "store bought" patches, ever. Then, a couple years ago I hit the mother lode. I scored three huge bolts of white flannel at a yard sale- six feet long and over a foot in diameter, all of them- enough for cleaning patches for myself and my friends for the rest of our lives. The best part: $15 total for all three of them. Life is good.

[Froogal]

Wife says it looks like someone shot me with a 410.

Shortly after my tee shirts look like that is when they usually fall apart in the washing machine. THEN they get retired.

[Streetwalker]

Being naturally frugal, I still use old T shirts for my patches. I am always on the lookout for inexpensive sheets of any kind, especially flannel ones, at flea markets and garage sales. It's amazing how many patches can be cut from those sheets on cold, snowbound winter nights!

[B R Shooter]

For those that cut their own patches, it may be worth while, in the interest of time, to get a cutting mat and a rotary cutter. My wife is a quilter and uses these rotary cutters, they are THE way to cut fabric. Fast, accurate, good stuff!

[Bazoo]

When I have to cut patches I normally just cut what I need when I'm cleaning. Maybe half a dozen more for those in between sessions. I am using patches I got off the PIF section as well as cutting my own at present. Cutting patches as needed doesnt add but a few minutes to the cleaning session, if I cut them all at once it'd become work in short order.

[izzyjoe]

I use old shirts, and under drawers for patches. Years ago my first gun cleaning kit had a box of flannel material that you cut you're own size patches, I guess that what ever works for you. I find that store bought patches don't work well with certain calibers. 50 cal is one of them!

[John Boy]

Harry Pope used cotton balls. THy work better than flannel or cotton cloth patches
Plus the price is right for balls that will clean any caliber bore ...
100 for a buck at Best Buy or Dollar General

[abunaitoo]

Got around to trying drier sheets.
Really thin, so I used three of them at once.
Worked well.
It kind of had a scrubbing action to it.
Still had to use a paper one for the last go through.
Going to try and wrap it around a cloth patch for the first clean out.

[greenwart]

I thought I was the only one frugal enough to cut up old shirts for gun patches. If it is worn enough to get rid of the thrift stores dont want it so I will cut it up while watching a ball game. Those nice white corporate button downs are the most pleasent to cut into shreds. Down to one white shirt and a couple of ties for funerals and weddings.