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Originally Posted by hcmbanjo

Years back, I bought a few packs of the Centuri Stellar wadding on sale.
https://modelrocketbuilding.blogspo...ri-wadding.html
After getting used to it, I prefer it over the Estes treated toilet paper. I pick it up and re-use it if the upper layaers of wadding aren't charred.

Looks like some of the suppliers are running out of lighter colors. Michael's seems to have a good price on the rolled sheets:
https://www.michaels.com/7.5-ft.-cr...w/D048266S.html
I know you can get narrow crepe rolls at the Dollar Store, but I like to cut larger than 2" squares. I cut my squares at about 4.5".
I know dog barf is cheaper, but this seems to help with ejection charge "blow-bys".

I remember way back in the day after cutting my own that I looked at the rolls of crepe paper, thinking that would make the cutting even easier. But, like you, I too decided that those rolls were just too narrow to make effective wadding from.

And it did seem that the used sheets above the one sheet closest to the engine were often not even scorched. If I found them in the field after a flight, I would often try to reuse them. Back in those days, every penny counted because engines to fly seemed so expensive on my meager budget.

Earl