fair enough...but even being a cheapskate i'm not in this league, very few are. will say that i'm shocked to learn the Chaplain goes thru so many re-run pipe cleaners in a week.Whalehead King wrote: ↑Wed Mar 18, 2020 5:04 pmCalling [mention]avid[/mention] !Fr_Tom wrote: ↑Wed Mar 18, 2020 4:49 pm I think the cost per cleaner is neighborhood of 3 cents per cleaner. I am convinced the personal cost to me with the laundry approach would outweigh the pennies saved.
I might consider the dishwasher approach. I wonder if they dry well or require some sun to properly get dry and absorbent again? Surely there is someone who has tried this and can report on success/failure/issues_with_significant_other.
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someone here mentioned elsewhere they dry out and re-use balsa filters. i use one No. 2 coffee filter every week day @.03 cents. i don't want to clean them and stretch it to a penny per day... (wasteful, i know).
shooting my muzzleloader rifle, cotton patches are used to seat the roundball on top of the powder, and also to swab/clean the bore. I've known guys who recover the shot patch (as long as it didn't burn too much) and the swabs and launder them. the savings will add up, eh?