Replacing cartridge wool

[Tarzan]

Oh, hi there.

After a while the wool in my cartridges seems to lose its fluffiness and that stops the liquid from flowing through it easily. It'd be nice not to have to keep buying new empty cartridges, so is there anything you can replace the wool with once it stops working?

[surbitonPete]

There are many things people have found work great as a substitute for the filler ...just lately I have been experimenting with very loosely rolling up a piece of kitchen paper towel to just fit easily into the cart and trimming it to the length of the cart. After some trial and error I have found it seems to work great if you make sure it isn't too tightly rolled or packed into the cart.

I am trying to get away from using any polyester fibre because I am convinced it gets onto the coil and I don't want any chance of inhaling the fumes from polyester.

[cosican]

Originally Posted by surbitonPete

There are many things people have found work great as a substitute for the filler ...just lately I have been experimenting with very loosely rolling up a piece of kitchen paper towel to just fit easily into the cart and trimming it to the length of the cart. After some trial and error I have found it seems to work great if you make sure it isn't too tightly rolled or packed into the cart.

I am trying to get away from using any polyester fibre because I am convinced it gets onto the coil and I don't want any chance of inhaling the fumes from polyester.

Morning, or I guess it is afternoon, by you

The paper towel idea sounds very smart, I plan on trying it asap
are you allowing the ptowel to touch the coil??
what else have you tried?? that appears to work as well??

[surbitonPete]

Originally Posted by cosican

Morning, or I guess it is afternoon, by you

The paper towel idea sounds very smart, I plan on trying it asap
are you allowing the ptowel to touch the coil??
what else have you tried?? that appears to work as well??

Hi cosican....it's still morning for me.lol......I have been using the paper towel for a few days now and am thinking this might be what I stick with ...now that I seem to have worked out how loose it has to be to work right and yes every time I fill or replace it I make sure it is level with the top of the cart to ensure it touches the wicking mesh over the coil. ( I had thought the paper towel was going to be useless at first but the art is in making sure you don't roll it too tight or pack it in the cart too tight)

I have tried filling a cart with the metal wicking mesh from old coils and that did work but there was also some problems in keeping it in contact with the actual wicking mesh of the coil.

[cosican]

Originally Posted by surbitonPete

Hi cosican....it's still morning for me.lol......I have been using the paper towel for a few days now and am thinking this might be what I stick with now that I seem to have worked out how loose it has to be to work right and yes every time I fill or replace it I make sure it is level with the top of the cart to ensure it touches the wicking mesh over the coil.

I have tried filling a cart with the metal wicking mesh from old coils and that did work but there was also some problems in keeping it in contact with the actual wicking mesh of the coil.

I am on it,, although I buy my paper towels w/ little duckies printed on it, so maybe I should look for a plain napkin, which might work as well, if it aint to thick

have a great vape

[surbitonPete]

Originally Posted by cosican

I am on it,, although I buy my paper towels w/ little duckies printed on it, so maybe I should look for a plain napkin, which might work as well, if it aint to thick

have a great vape

Good luck I would be interested to hear if you find it any good as well. .....I must stress that I found for it to work it mustn't be compressed in the cart it has to fit without any compression.

[Banqer]

Originally Posted by surbitonPete

There are many things people have found work great as a substitute for the filler ...just lately I have been experimenting with very loosely rolling up a piece of kitchen paper towel to just fit easily into the cart and trimming it to the length of the cart. After some trial and error I have found it seems to work great if you make sure it isn't too tightly rolled or packed into the cart.

I am trying to get away from using any polyester fibre because I am convinced it gets onto the coil and I don't want any chance of inhaling the fumes from polyester.

Hey Pete,

Do you think you could take a picture of how papertowel you put into a cart? How you bunch it up? etc... as well, is it one ply or two ply? Specific brand?

Thanks!

[surbitonPete]

Originally Posted by Banqer

Hey Pete,

Do you think you could take a picture of how papertowel you put into a cart? How you bunch it up? etc... as well, is it one ply or two ply? Specific brand?

Thanks!

Roll just a small peice of the paper towel just the way you would roll a carpet the thickness of the roll tube being just right to push into the cart without compressing it....then trim it off with scissors.... it really seems to work great as long as you get it to fit without compressing it at all.....I haven't experimented with any particular types of kitchen roll ...I guess some might be better than others....I only have the cheap supermaket own brand rolls. I am quite pleased with how well it works now that I understand that it mustn't be compressed or squashed into the cart. My tendency at first was to roll it too tight and squash it into the cart but the art is to go for just the opposite and use as little as possible to fill the cart it needs all the 'air' space. I nearly gave up on this idea until I realized that.

[Banqer]

Originally Posted by surbitonPete

Roll just a small peice of the paper towel just the way you would roll a carpet the thickness of the roll tube being just right to push into the cart without compressing it....then trim it off with scissors.... it really seems to work great as long as you get it to fit without compressing it at all.....I haven't experimented with any particular types of kitchen roll ...I guess some might be better than others....I only have the cheap supermaket own brand rolls. I am quite pleased with how well it works now that I understand that it mustn't be compressed or squashed into the cart. My tendency at first was to roll it too tight and squash it into the cart but the art is to go for just the opposite and use as little as possible to fill the cart it needs all the 'air' space. I nearly gave up on this idea until I realized that.

How would you say it compares to the normal material? Does it hold more liquid? Get more out of it?

[surbitonPete]

Originally Posted by Banqer

How would you say it compares to the normal material? Does it hold more liquid? Get more out of it?

I have only been using it for a couple of days....but it seems to be wicking 'better' than the original cart material now that I have got the idea of how to do it...it takes possibly just a couple of drops more liquid than the polyester did.