Wick materials. Safe vs dangerous.

[kwalka]

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.

I have been using the pure silver (40' for $11) and its amazing how easy it is to work with. The biggest problem is its so soft that once the Kanthal is oxidized b4 wrapping, the Kanthal is rigid one must take care when wrapping them together as to twist properly b4 doing the back bend & wrap.

[Quigsworth]

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

I'm not sure, I've yet to get med. gauze sponges but from the Google images I've looked at, I'd say you're right, same weave and everything.

[TomCatt]

Washed the coil/cotton wick with hot running water just now (~1.5 to 2 weeks being used w/o cleaning). Some of the crud came off; but not all. I pulled the wick through the coil to remove the stained (burnt?) area from the coil, blotted it dry and slapped it all back together and am vaping it. Previously when it crudded up, I just removed the old wick, dry burnt the coil and added a new wick.

PICS (cause it did happen ):

A fresh cotton wick in CE2 coil:


The cruddy cotton wick in CE2 coil:


Washed and pulled cotton wick in CE2 coil:


The stained (burnt?) area of the cotton wick:

[Quigsworth]

Great pics...got to stop using my stupid phone cam

Classic example where cheese cloth may not work all that well...sliding a wick into an existing coil...too many things to snag on...

So I was thinking last night about the thread count...I wonder if you could use cotton sewing thread?, if you pulled off a say 10' or so and doubled a double of a double of a double of a double of a double (gotta count, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64)...I'm curious how it would wick with 64 individual strands floating around in a tank?

[kwalka]

I'm not sure, I've yet to get med. gauze sponges but from the Google images I've looked at, I'd say you're right, same weave and everything.

I've used cheesecloth to filter used cooking oil b4 storing it. I have the gauze in hand. I think the ply is the only diff. Where does the"cheese" term come from? Its just a cotton weave cloth right?

[ratpack7]

it's used in making cheese Cheesecloth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia to remove whey from cheese curd.

[Quigsworth]

Cool, you can get cheese cloth in different thread counts...so according to the wiki, mine is grade #10, could be useful info...good find Ratpack

[TomCatt]

Great pics...got to stop using my stupid phone cam

Classic example where cheese cloth may not work all that well...sliding a wick into an existing coil...too many things to snag on...

So I was thinking last night about the thread count...I wonder if you could use cotton sewing thread?, if you pulled off a say 10' or so and doubled a double of a double of a double of a double of a double (gotta count, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64)...I'm curious how it would wick with 64 individual strands floating around in a tank?

heh heh, used my iPod touch cam for those pics - just had a lighted 30x magnifier (from eBay) between it and the CE2. Got the magnifier to look at coils and wicks

[roadrash]

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

I have been wanting to try that myself.

WHY?????????????????

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

I thought I had to much time on my hands. LOL

Great pics...got to stop using my stupid phone cam

Classic example where cheese cloth may not work all that well...sliding a wick into an existing coil...too many things to snag on...

So I was thinking last night about the thread count...I wonder if you could use cotton sewing thread?, if you pulled off a say 10' or so and doubled a double of a double of a double of a double of a double (gotta count, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64)...I'm curious how it would wick with 64 individual strands floating around in a tank?

Well you could always make the peace sign, then wrap the 10' of thread around your fingers and get a nice even length wick.
You could also pull the individual threads out of the cheese cloth like Evilgrim did.
Keep up the good thunkin. LOL

[Quigsworth]

I thought I had to much time on my hands. LOL

, way to hot outside yesterday, thought, perfect day to catch up on my Big Bang Theory's...6 hrs of Sheldon Cooper in that post