Anybody here experiment with a woven cotton gun cleaning patch as a wick/wrap?
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Other than ease of install, any other thoughts or comments? Any difference in taste, longevity, etc?
I've been using them off and on for the past month... when I realized I had millions of CC flannel patches from my benchrest days.
Compared to organic ball cotton and make-up pad cotton, I really don't perceive much of a difference in flavor. They wick about as well, and last about as long as KohGenDo, Muji or Shiseido pads... but do not wick quite as well as rayon - sort of splits the difference.
They are thinner than make-up pads - and if you choose to roll them around a mandrel, you can produce a sort of "hollow tube" affair, which I've not decided is actually better than just a normal roll-up.
I have an inquiries with a few cleaning patch manufacturers (interesting timing coincidence, eh'), requesting information on any chemical residue I should be aware of... bleach, hydrogen peroxide, etc etc.
I can't taste anything unique or obvious... but that doesn't necessarily mean anything. I'm old, with an equally old "taster" that can't really pick out the finer nuances of a flavor.
I'm also looking into obtaining a sample of, and more specific information on, Butch's "Triple Twill" patches.
I'll post in this thread, Darryl... if I can obtain any new information. Stay tuned. ;-)
I've been using them off and on for the past month... when I realized I had millions of CC flannel patches from my benchrest days.
Compared to organic ball cotton and make-up pad cotton, I really don't perceive much of a difference in flavor. They wick about as well, and last about as long as KohGenDo, Muji or Shiseido pads... but do not wick quite as well as rayon - sort of splits the difference.
They are thinner than make-up pads - and if you choose to roll them around a mandrel, you can produce a sort of "hollow tube" affair, which I've not decided is actually better than just a normal roll-up.
I have an inquiries with a few cleaning patch manufacturers (interesting timing coincidence, eh'), requesting information on any chemical residue I should be aware of... bleach, hydrogen peroxide, etc etc.
I can't taste anything unique or obvious... but that doesn't necessarily mean anything. I'm old, with an equally old "taster" that can't really pick out the finer nuances of a flavor.
I'm also looking into obtaining a sample of, and more specific information on, Butch's "Triple Twill" patches.
I'll post in this thread, Darryl... if I can obtain any new information. Stay tuned. ;-)
I'm just disassembled a burnt Atlantis coil/atomizer head and the similarity to of the silica wick is what started this thought. Along with the fact I'm a shooter/hunter and the abundance of cotton patches got me curious, as they are cheap and seem just right for a rollup. Thanks for your input and I look forward to hearing back on this topic!
I don;t think I would trust them. They're made for cleaning guns so I wouldn't think they would be very "clean". Maybe if you boil them? I would just shoot more and use them for cleaning your guns
I'll await State O Flux's report on chems used in them by manufacturers...
I don;t think I would trust them. They're made for cleaning guns so I wouldn't think they would be very "clean". Maybe if you boil them? I would just shoot more and use them for cleaning your guns
Why would a gun cleaning cotton be different than other cotton??????? If CLEAN is the standard, Metal is much more sensitive to contaminants than the Human body.
I'm apprehensive. Who knows what they used to clean the cotton, could be a solvent in there we don't know about. That said, I know Brownells cotton can be used for bluing so it would have to be pretty pure for that.
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