I purchase 100% cotton blue or red stripe pillow tick. I wash that material in the washing machine. Then line dry. Do not put it in the dryer or it will frazzle.

You then count off five stripes for a .50 caliber, and 6 stripes for anything bigger. This material will tear very easy into strips. You then apply the lube of your choice as in photo #1.

Lay that strip of cloth over the muzzle and set the ball in the center. You will not have a perfectly centered ball. As in #2. Then in #3 using the short end of the starter, set the ball under the lip of the muzzle.

#4 shows how you pinch the material together. And then using a patch knife, utility knife, pocket knife, scissors, just about anything with a blade, cut the material off at the tip of the muzzle.

With the long nose of the starter drive the ball and patch into the bore. The ramrod will finish it all off. I use pillow tick because it is all cotton. It accepts my moosemilk lube excellent. It never burns of shreds for me. It is cost effective. I can use it wet or dry. And I only have to lube enough for the day or the hunt.

Hope this helps.