Patch thickness, let's talk 'bout it...

No ML expert by any stretch here but the last few times I tried I used paper for patching. I used 100% cotton paper cut into strips about caliber wide and three calibers long. These paper strips were laid across the muzzle in an X pattern in sufficient number to get the fit I wanted with the thickness of paper used. This cotton bond type paper comes in different weight/thickness at 9, 16, 20, and 24 pound. I like to adjust the paper thickness to get the tight feel I want with the diameter ball I am using with three paper strips. Patching this way has produced some very accurate shooting for me.
Still experimenting with ways to lube with this patching method. Best so far is to push a couple paper strips on the powder drop in a ball of lube about half the size of the projectile ball being loaded then the ball patch as described.