Wick materials. Safe vs dangerous.

[ratpack7]

Im not actually sure the wick is any different then cotton yarn but I thought i'd try it as liquid wax is more or less the same viscosity as e-liquid. I don't know if the square braid or any of the other factors make any difference or have any advantage over yarn. The square braid wick is very tight and stays together really well which I appreciate for the GG pieces.

I'll know more about the longevity and general performance in a few weeks. For now though it's perfect. Truthfully the silica doesn't last that long anyway so anything over a week on the wick and it will be another win over the silica.

One advantage to yarn is it is $1.77 for 120 yards

[Cool_Breeze]

My square braided cotton candle wick didn't arrive today as I had expected. ...perhaps tomorrow.

Im not actually sure the wick is any different then cotton yarn but I thought i'd try it as liquid wax is more or less the same viscosity as e-liquid. I don't know if the square braid or any of the other factors make any difference or have any advantage over yarn. The square braid wick is very tight and stays together really well which I appreciate for the GG pieces.

I'll know more about the longevity and general performance in a few weeks. For now though it's perfect. Truthfully the silica doesn't last that long anyway so anything over a week on the wick and it will be another win over the silica.

[roadrash]

Ya know with diy joose and cotton wicks and nichrome/kanthal wire being as cheap as it is, I think all the modders should give themselves a big hand/high5 for getting to this point. We took something that was only supplied by vendors. atties/cartos and kept at it until we could make our own for next to nothing.

[blackwater]

Ya know with diy joose and cotton wicks and nichrome/kanthal wire being as cheap as it is, I think all the modders should give themselves a big hand/high5 for getting to this point. We took something that was only supplied by vendors. atties/cartos and kept at it until we could make our own for next to nothing.

I so love this post. I never minded paying a lot for a great mod. Ever. The only thing that ever killed me and made me angry was $6-$11 Attys. It always pissed me off. Yes you guys eventually made them better but damn, I make them so much better here at my house for $ 0.15

Cheers to all who have gone this route.

Chris

[ED-209]

Anyway, I figured I'd see if anyone had any feedback regarding the weird taste from the cotton wick I experience...did I maybe not boil it enough, too much, etc. (I did the entire wicking for 20 minutes on a rapid high boil)? I didn't wrap the coil THAT tight and when I removed the wick there were no burn marks as well as when I did this the rubber wire insulator wasn't scorched at all.

I just found the product for the cotton wicking I got and it was the same one in the YT video I watched:

Amazon.com: Cotton Square Braid Candle Wick - #1/0: Arts, Crafts & Sewing

Thanks for any and all info\help\feedback, I truly appreesh

Can anyone confirm if the candle wick (with no chemicals) that everyone is recently posting pics of and discussing is the same wick in the above link and if not if this one is ok to use since the description states no chemicals and lead free?

Also, does anyone know what might cause that hint of weird taste I got when I tried it that I mentioned from my previous post from above? I didn't see any replies so just figured I'd try again.

Thanks for any and all help\info..

[roadrash]

Ok Ed, I'll give it a shot.
From what I could see the wick you got should be alright. I can't say if anybody else has used it.
The weird taste could be from a dirty coil wire, joose or the cotton wick or some flavor transference from your fingers while handling the wick.I put joose on my wick before I even touch it.
After that the best help I can give you is to make sure your wick is saturated with joose and start out with the lowest voltage you possibly can.

Are you getting the carpet/rug taste? Does it go away after a while?

[Ezkill]

I'm not sure ED, that's the one I'm using. I'm not getting weird taste or anything strange happening with it. I found no break in time at all in this wick and the flavor was spot on from the first time I fired the coil. I caught a hint of a burned taste when I drained my tank for the first time. I didn't realize it had used everything to the last drop lol. Pulled it apart, no burn marks on wick, refilled with juice and no burned taste.

I boiled mine for roughly 30 minutes to start and expected to see a bunch of stuff on top of the water. I did not see anything of note on top of the water after a 30 minute boil but I flushed the pot with cold water instead of pulling the wick out to make sure.

[Ezkill]

One advantage to yarn is it is $1.77 for 120 yards

Yep, that certainly would be an advantage to yarn. But 80 cents for a yard (36 inches)of the wick it won't break the bank either lol.

With the "expensive" stuff it's like 12-15 cents to rebuild one of these including the cost of the wire. Truthfully I'd spend 10 dollars to rebuild these if it was healthier. It's just a benefit that the natural fibre is much cheaper and is also probably better for you.

Personally I'm just much more comfortable using a fibre my lungs can expel as opposed to something that would stay in them for ever.

[MickeyRat]

I boiled mine for roughly 30 minutes to start and expected to see a bunch of stuff on top of the water. I did not see anything of note on top of the water after a 30 minute boil but I flushed the pot with cold water instead of pulling the wick out to make sure.

When I boiled the cotton yarn I'm using now, I didn't really see anything in the pot but, I happened to have some water standing in the sink when I poured the water in. I could see it in the sink. It's colorless and it looks like starch.

[rondasherrill]

I am having great luck using this: http://www.walmart.com/ip/Pacon-Corp...00yds/17618873