Cleaning patches

[Gatorade]

I hate buying cleaning patches. I go by Bass Pro and $3.99 for 50! I always thought it was highway robbery! I remember hearing stories about people tearing cloth and using shoe laces to clean weapons during harsh times. Well my wife decided our comforter cover had seen its last night but wanted to keep the heavy duty fabric to cover some chairs. So I cut the heavy top fabric off and it hits me. The bottom fabric is the same cotton cloth they make patches out of. Next thing you know I am cutting strips for .30 cal and .22 cal patches. I have only got a third of the way through and I have thousands of patches from something I was going to throw away. You can also use old tshirts I think but this is awesome. If I strip and cut it all I may never pay for patches again! More money for other gun stuff! Pics later.

[RKP]

Great karma, I am in; .... all kidding aside, that's a great idea.

[Riverpigusmc]

there ya go

[Gatorade]

Got a little tired of cutting the squares so now that I have a bunch I am going to cut into strips and then cut into squares later as needed. Literally thousands of cleaning patches! I could Karma some off but would feel guilty because it was trash and it's just too darn easy!

[sdmc530]

I agree its super easy to make patches but I am super lazy and would rather buy them. I give you a big two thumbs up for the efforts!!

[Caleb]

Old tshirts and linen is what I have using the last couple of years. Well done Sir.

[TLE2]

I buy mine. Your method seems like too much work.

[edgehill]

When my wife goes to the fabric store, I'll usually look through their remnant stack and see if there are any cotton scraps and make my patches from that.

[DaFadda]

I go to Joann's Fabrics on a regular basis to check the prices on their 1000 count Egyptian cotton. If I can get it for less than $149 a yard, I'll purchase some. Then when I get home, I cut it down for 30, 45, 9 and 22 caliber. Each caliber is cut to a specific size. But I do have to cut each blank a little oversize so that I can use the sewing machine to sew in the little piping around the outside edges. After sewing, I hand darn the caliber into the center of each patch. This is why I keep a pair of lighted magnifying glasses in my shop. Finally, I sort through everything for quality control, then they all go into my wife's fine mesh washing machine bag for a final wash and rinse. I only use LG washing and drying machines, as I have found that the use of an older model Maytag gave less than spectacular results. I never use "dryer sheets", since that might leave a stray piece of lint on my patches. At the very end, I place each caliber patch into its own mini plastic bag for storage. Each 100 patches is then placed into a exquisite black onyx box with handcut dovetail joints, made by one of our very own grip makers here at Cotep.

Nothing is too good for my Dan Wessons!

Man I can't believe you actually read all of that! I really need to come out of retirement and get a life!

Muuuuaaaaahhhhhh!
Da

[pitor]

Hahaha, biker preacher at joannes, hahaha. And about the older may tag washer models, so true...