Cleaning patches

[abunaitoo]

I've been using blue paper hand towels as patches.
Cheap and works well enough for me.
I've been meaning to try some Viva hand towels.
They are stornger and thicker than the blue ones.
Haven't bought patched for a long time.

[onelight]

I have a roll of blue towels will try them.
Thanks

[Uncle Grinch]

A very dear friend of mine, who passed away a few years ago used dryer sheets (after they were all used up ) for his patches. I tried them and was impressed how well they worked. They tend to have a scrubbing action due to their texture plus their inexpensive and you’re recycling at the same time your cleaning your bore.

[Bazoo]

I use old t shirts. Never thought of dryer sheets, I can see how they'd work well.

[RED BEAR]

Hey i will have to try the dryer sheets. As long as my dogs don't get them first .

[LAGS]

My wife takes a new dryer sheets and sits it in a frying pan that has stuff burnt on with some water.
She lets it soak over night.
The next morning, the burnt on stuff comes off easily.
I thought about stuffing the barrel of my MN with them and some water, and seeing if it could remove some of that sewer pipe crud.

[sparkyv]

I use old t shirts. Never thought of dryer sheets, I can see how they'd work well.

^^^This^^^

[Winger Ed.]

I cut up old underwear into patches. I hate to just throw them away,
and people give me strange looks when I use them in the garage for shop rags.

One time I told someone, "Toss me that rag over there".
They looked at it, took a screwdriver, and flung it to me.

Or, when I'm feeling really affluent, I'll get a flannel shirt at a garage sale for 50 cents, and cut it up.

[LAGS]

When I retired a few months ago, I cut up all my old work shirts and made cleaning patches out of them.
The company 9 years ago that fired me, I took all my old work shirts with their Logo on them, and gave them to the Homeless People standing on the freeway offramps next to their office.
The company went bankrupt three months later.
People thought all those homeless people were former employees.

[Bazoo]

Ed, I thought I and my uncle was the only ones to use old underwear for shop rags. I got a buddy that has that look if I use them in front of him. There is always a "those stains ain't from the oil" comment. I use them for rags on the gun table too , imagine a pair of stained Hanes hanging in the loading press.

[LUCKYDAWG13]

I use to cut T shirts up but i just use these now the last a long time https://www.amazon.com/Professionals...gateway&sr=8-5

[Winger Ed.]

When I retired a few months ago, I cut up all my old work shirts and made cleaning patches out of them.
The company 9 years ago that fired me, I took all my old work shirts with their Logo on them, and gave them to the Homeless People standing on the freeway offramps next to their office.
The company went bankrupt three months later.
People thought all those homeless people were former employees.

I'm ashamed of myself for laughing at that...…….

[LAGS]

Hay.
I clothed the homeless.
I did my good deed for the day.
Sure as heck that company would have never given them a job.
Maybe that is why they went broke.

[LynC2]

I'm ashamed of myself for laughing at that...…….

You weren't the only one!

[Green Frog]

When I retired a few months ago, I cut up all my old work shirts and made cleaning patches out of them.
The company 9 years ago that fired me, I took all my old work shirts with their Logo on them, and gave them to the Homeless People standing on the freeway offramps next to their office.
The company went bankrupt three months later.
People thought all those homeless people were former employees.

[Burnt Fingers]

I use to cut T shirts up but i just use these now the last a long time https://www.amazon.com/Professionals...gateway&sr=8-5

You're paying way too much.

http://store.skylinecenter.com/Gun_C...atches_s/1.htm

http://www.proshotproducts.com/Bulk-...ches_c_77.html

[Burnt Fingers]

Some of y'all must be really hard on underwear and tee shirts...or ya don't clean your guns much.

I go through a lot of patches. I haven't wore out a tee shirt or underwear in years. Not to mention I prefer flannel patches and don't wear flannel ANYTHING.

[Froogal]

I cleaned out the closet. Any shirts that were either worn out or had shrunk in the closet got cut up into squares for cleaning patches. Work shirts, flannel shirts, etc. All were fair game. I shouln't need to buy any cleaning patches for a long, long time.

[B R Shooter]

You're paying way too much.

http://store.skylinecenter.com/Gun_C...atches_s/1.htm

http://www.proshotproducts.com/Bulk-...ches_c_77.html

There you go! I use Proshot patches mostly, 15-16 bucks for a thousand. Hard to justify taking the time to cut up stuff. When you shoot matches, you clean often so I go through more patches than most. I do use the blue towels, a friend can cut the roll into 1 1/2 wide rolls. They aren't as tough as cotton, but I usually run a soaked cotton patch first to get the bulk out, then I can go to the blue. I finish with a cotton to look for fouling color.

Never heard of the skyline website, they are cheaper than Proshot!

[Winger Ed.]

Some of y'all must be really hard on underwear and tee shirts...or ya don't clean your guns much.
I haven't wore out a tee shirt or underwear in years.

I have a buddy like that. I think he goes 'camando'