I rebuilt a Nova head for the first time today using this exact procedure, except:
I used 32ga Kanthal A-1 for the coil
I used Blue Sky Alpacas Organic Cotton yarn, Bone color (no dyes, natural color)
Removed the metal disc inside the silicon sleeve
And WOW. The flavor is on par with my ibtank and smok 2.4 carto. Throat hit is reduced but it's very subtle. The cotton definitely mellows the flavor compared to stock silica. There's less harshness by a LOT. Right now I'm using some random bottle of 18mg Blubacco, no idea on pg/vg ratio, but I usually use 100% vg. I just didn't want to blow a tankfull of it in case this didn't work out. I'll see how it works with 100% vg once I blow through this tank.
I did 6 loops in the coil and came up with 2.0 ohms. Running it at 4v, on the high end and it's great. No cotton burning.
I want to see how the cotton holds up. I think I can drop to 4 wraps and really get down there. My fear is that the cotton, which is very, very fine, will gunk up with 100% vg. We shall see.
I used 32ga Kanthal A-1 for the coil
I used Blue Sky Alpacas Organic Cotton yarn, Bone color (no dyes, natural color)
Removed the metal disc inside the silicon sleeve
And WOW. The flavor is on par with my ibtank and smok 2.4 carto. Throat hit is reduced but it's very subtle. The cotton definitely mellows the flavor compared to stock silica. There's less harshness by a LOT. Right now I'm using some random bottle of 18mg Blubacco, no idea on pg/vg ratio, but I usually use 100% vg. I just didn't want to blow a tankfull of it in case this didn't work out. I'll see how it works with 100% vg once I blow through this tank.
I did 6 loops in the coil and came up with 2.0 ohms. Running it at 4v, on the high end and it's great. No cotton burning.
I want to see how the cotton holds up. I think I can drop to 4 wraps and really get down there. My fear is that the cotton, which is very, very fine, will gunk up with 100% vg. We shall see.
