Wick material experiment...

[Terraphon]

I'm not sure how that would work. If the flow could be controlled it would be pretty nice...There'd be a LOT of vaping to be done per cartridge.

It's an interesting idea.

[Cuando]

Eerie. I went through a pretty nasty apartment fire a couple years ago, and inhaled more smoke than I'd like to mention trying to put it out.

Anyway, I was wondering what that 'familiar' taste was when vaping, especially when the cart begins to dry out.

IT'S THE DAMN COUCH/PILLOW STUFFING!!!

Damn, talk about a turn off. I was under the impression the carts used wool for the wicking material. I really don't like the idea of using anything non-organic. I wonder if wool would work in place of the batting...

Okay, from Wikipedia:

Wool fibers are hygroscopic. This means wool has the power to readily absorb and give off moisture. It can absorb moisture almost one-third of its own weight.

Hrmm, promising, right? Maybe not:

Wool fiber exteriors are hydrophobic (repel water) and the interior of the wool fiber is hygroscopic (attracts water; this makes a wool garment able to cover a wet diaper while inhibiting wicking so outer garments remain dry.

Not so sure if I'm reading this right. Any insight, guys? Could wool possibly be a good wicking alternative?

[katink]

It has been tried for use and discarded I think (not by me, I just remember reading this - no idea where,sorry).

Otoh - if you keep your cartridge and the mesh bridge as wet as they should be, no cartfilling will melt or burn or anything (after all the shell of the cartridges is plastic also... nothing happens to them either, provided you don't allow your cart and mesh to go dry).

Perhaps changing to a pen-style would suit you better, if you tend to smoke your cig too dry regularly? I find those cartridges don't need half as much care as those tiny cartridges that dry out in two winks all the time. For me it was just about the same effect as going from always-needing-charging batteries to the passthrough... what a relief...

[Kate]

What are your findings with the Kevlar Jaaxx, any good long term?

[Figurehead]

I use kevlar wick on my fire beathing torches. I don't think it would be suitible for e-juice. It is very absorbant. I use a ton of kerosene just to keep my torches burning good and after every 5 or so fire spits I have to resoak the torch kevlar.

As I mentioned, I really don't think kevlar is the routte to go with this. It absorbes alot, but also depletes quickly.

[Kate]

Sorry Figurehead, I didn't reread the thread before I bumped it.

[Banqer]

I have been thinking about how to mod a cart to make it better, specifically 901 carts. I was thinking a fabric plug, a few mm thick placed at the top of the cart after it is filled might do the trick. Anyone tried this?

[Vageorge]

3m nextel looks like the way to go if it is available in the right size.

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[kinabaloo]

Just found this thread.

The better a meterial is as a wick, the less suitable it is for a cart. The material must be worse, capillary-action-wise, than the metal wicking of the atomiser. If the cart material is too attractive for liquids it will actually suck juice out of the atomiser! What looks like just a cheap, naff cart filling is in fact a carefully chosen tradeoff between holding the juice in place and giving it up when the atomiser needs more. To put it another way, the cart is not actually a wick, it is itself a reservoir.

[Zaxx]

i bought a bag of poly batting from Walmart. Is that the same as what you are talking about? I just wondered because I used it once and it worked fine, but, it "frays" a lot.