Talking to the wife this morning over a coffee about this paper patch thing - and internet advice/instructions in general.
Her being a retired English teacher and genealogical researcher posed the same question she always does " Is the evidence for accuracy anecdotal or scientific?"
"I dunno truthfully, some say you have to do such and such, others say the opposite and never the twain shall meet!" I said!
Experts on both sides for sure, as far as grease cookies, cleaning, and paper patching in general! LOL
However, one thing I have discovered over the 55 or so years whether it is traditional muzzle loading, smallbore, fullbore, Palma match ,BPCR, or any of the other disciplines I have pursued is that for every one thing that a person says, another will dispute, so you had best figure a lot of it out for yourself as to what works!
The basics you can learn with books and talking to people, "separating the wheat from the chaff" is another matter however and that can only be done with trigger time!
There is a mountain of advice on this and other forums, some good, some bad, all of it entertaining though, and for that I thank everyone here for it!
David