Pillow Ticking

[Hanshi]

I bought a couple of flannel "baby blankets" at a thrift store a few years ago.  They only measured about .012" in thickness.  But they make nice cleaning patches, and; they work okay as ball patches in the smoothbore.

Back to pillow ticking.  I've used a lot of it for shooting patches and like it pretty well.  But for a good while I've bought mattress ticking, which I like better.  After washing, pillow ticking measures .015" but mattress ticking measures .020".  I also like denim, .024" and cotton canvas duck at .022".  The thicker materials work best for me although denim can be a struggle to seat in some guns.

[Ohio Joe]

I cut some patches with this OLF material this morning and just for the heck of it, I took a mic reading on several of them and they actually read at a hard press reading .019 to .020... So, I'm going to update my previous post and call them - (.019 to .020). 

The other night when I was taking readings, I didn't have the best light - but in actual daylight I believe I'm getting a better reading. The old Walmart material I've been using also measured .019 to .020 with a good hard press and good light to read the results in.