Thanks Dave,

I am going to write down those recipes in my notebook, they will be very handy down the road. They gave me about a 2' piece of the ticking material to try out. I think that I will check out the WalMart here also for some of that. I had no idea what pillow ticking actually looked like until I got this strip. Do you just run the strips of ticking through your mixture of pre-melted lube and then let them drip out and dry. Do you just roll the strips back up and keep them rolled until out at the range or hunting. I like the idea of that moose milk, although the lanolin soap might be nice also, especially during these Winter Months. I think that I remember reading a post where thay were using sno-seal, would this and the mink oil be the same stuff used for boots?

When you use the ticking what do you trim the patch with, a little scissor or a razor type knife? I don't think that my pocket knife is even close to being sharp enough for trimming that material. Do these patches need to be trimmed always in the same size or would that not be a factor in accuracy?

Now I am going to have to figure out what I will tell me wife that I am cooking up in the kitchen. That might be a good project for when she is away for the day. She might not like me usingherkettles for this project.

Mike