Hello BP Wisepeople,
I messed with patches again this weekend.
My pillow ticking measures 0.16 heavily lubed.
The store-bought patches measure 0.16 soaked in some kind of oil.
Why will the store-bought patches go down the bore of my .54 while the pillow ticking patches won't even make it to the start of the rifling in my Hawken?
The weave appears to be different. There is no stretch in either of the "forward" or "crosswise" directions of the pillow ticking, but it's nice and stretchy across the diagonals.
I'd really love to use this stuff, or another bulk fabric, but without understanding the variables I'm not going to buy anything new.
Thanks,
-Daizee
I messed with patches again this weekend.
My pillow ticking measures 0.16 heavily lubed.
The store-bought patches measure 0.16 soaked in some kind of oil.
Why will the store-bought patches go down the bore of my .54 while the pillow ticking patches won't even make it to the start of the rifling in my Hawken?
The weave appears to be different. There is no stretch in either of the "forward" or "crosswise" directions of the pillow ticking, but it's nice and stretchy across the diagonals.
I'd really love to use this stuff, or another bulk fabric, but without understanding the variables I'm not going to buy anything new.
Thanks,
-Daizee