Wick materials. Safe vs dangerous.

[Quigsworth]

Silk?, you want to vape on the stuff that comes out of a worms bum?, ewwww...

So can I change horses mid race...starting to really embrace cheese cloth...the end product is not as aesthetically pleasing as rolled but in regards to being able to reproduce a wick again and again is proving to be most helpful. Here's a pic of the piece of cheese cloth I install in my V3:

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In reference to the above pic, there are aprox. 65 vertical threads in an 85mm wide cut. The horizontal threads prove to be too arbitrarily spaced and simply can't be relied upon for anything approaching scientific methodology so I have dismissed them (note to self, send a stern letter of condemnation to the cheese cloth manufacturer re: QC)...I have taken 20 random 85mm cuttings with the same weave bias and counted the vertical threads...65 +/- 3, 19 times out of 20, for the purpose of rewicking my V3, I'm good with that...next, find the "best vert. thread count" for my Line.

I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested

Add: the 85mm (65 thread) cutting also performs very well in my Ody

[BigPoppa17211]

How big of a piece for the ody? I'm assuming just rolling it up?

Edit: just read your add

[ratpack7]

Any opinions on 70% bamboo / 30% silk yarn for wick material?

I have been wanting to try that myself.

[ratpack7]

Silk?, you want to vape on the stuff that comes out of a worms bum?, ewwww...

So can I change horses mid race...starting to really embrace cheese cloth...the end product is not as aesthetically pleasing as rolled but in regards to being able to reproduce a wick again and again is proving to be most helpful. Here's a pic of the piece of cheese cloth I install in my V3:

2012-07-08 20.39.04.jpg

In reference to the above pic, there are aprox. 65 vertical threads in an 85mm wide cut. The horizontal threads prove to be too arbitrarily spaced and simply can't be relied upon for anything approaching scientific methodology so I have dismissed them (note to self, send a stern letter of condemnation to the cheese cloth manufacturer re: QC)...I have taken 20 random 85mm cuttings with the same weave bias and counted the vertical threads...65 +/- 3, 19 times out of 20, for the purpose of rewicking my V3, I'm good with that...next, find the "best vert. thread count" for my Line.

I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested

Add: the 85mm (65 thread) cutting also performs very well in my Ody

100% cotton yarn this is what I have been using and it works great no rolling or doubling just cut of a length wrap your coil and vape.

[Quigsworth]

How big of a piece for the ody? I'm assuming just rolling it up?

Edit: just read your add

Yup, fold the edges into the center so you don't get any end frays sticking out and then roll it up as tight as you can, wrap your coil around it and a pin...snug but don't choke it...

[BigPoppa17211]

Yup, fold the edges into the center so you don't get any end frays sticking out and then roll it up as tight as you can, wrap your coil around it and a pin...snug but don't choke it...

Ody still in the mail, so will have to wait to try this. Already picked up a roll of cotton from Shoppers the other day. Been playing around with it trying to get a handle on making wicks before the Ody arrives. Noticed it is a little tricky to get the consistency even across the length of an entire wick. Cheese cloth might be a bit more user friendly.

[Quigsworth]

Ody still in the mail, so will have to wait to try this. Already picked up a roll of cotton from Shoppers the other day. Been playing around with it trying to get a handle on making wicks before the Ody arrives. Noticed it is a little tricky to get the consistency even across the length of an entire wick. Cheese cloth might be a bit more user friendly.

Congrats for getting one, you're gonna love the Ody, still my favourite RBA (though the SS lines are a close 2nd)...the cheese cloth is more user friendly...I got mine at Safeway, and you get a huge piece, like a square yard...I like the rolled, but ya, because of the thread count, cheese cloth is so much easier to get an exact repeat performance once you find a sweet spot and it's food grade un-dyed, no sizing, no boiling, no bounce dryer sheet taste and it wicks as good, if not better than rolled cotton but I notice that it does seem to crud up faster...maybe cause there's more nooks and crannies for goop to collect who knows?

[BigPoppa17211]

Yeah, first venture into the RBA world. I'm sure there will be many more added to the collection over time. Thanks for posting all your tips and tricks. Im sure it will make the learning curve not so steep for us noobs, lol. Picked up a roll of kanthal and a roll of silver, was kinda worried that I wouldn't be able to locate a good source for wicks. Nice to see some readily available materials working well!

[Quigsworth]

Yeah, first venture into the RBA world. I'm sure there will be many more added to the collection over time. Thanks for posting all your tips and tricks. Im sure it will make the learning curve not so steep for us noobs, lol. Picked up a roll of kanthal and a roll of silver, was kinda worried that I wouldn't be able to locate a good source for wicks. Nice to see some readily available materials working well!

I never used the silver wire fro my NR...I just had a 50' or so roll of this 10 awg stranded wire left over from something, when I stripped one of the wires I got 20 or so nickel plated copper strands, works great and use it still today...I got stuck once down at the cottage and cut a 6" chunk off a lamp cord, same thing just not as many strands...the NR/kanthal/NR thing isn't all that fussy, and that type of wire isn't in there long enough for any corrosion concerns...but ya, with these RBA's on cotton, once you get your kanthal and juice everything else is a Safeway and Canadian Tire away and it's so cheap it may as well be free.

[kwalka]

Congrats for getting one, you're gonna love the Ody, still my favourite RBA (though the SS lines are a close 2nd)...the cheese cloth is more user friendly...I got mine at Safeway, and you get a huge piece, like a square yard...I like the rolled, but ya, because of the thread count, cheese cloth is so much easier to get an exact repeat performance once you find a sweet spot and it's food grade un-dyed, no sizing, no boiling, no bounce dryer sheet taste and it wicks as good, if not better than rolled cotton but I notice that it does seem to crud up faster...maybe cause there's more nooks and crannies for goop to collect who knows?

Whats the difference between the cheesecloth and the gauze sponges? Besides that the gauze is multi ply cheesecloth.