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Old 04-16-2009, 07:55 PM   #101
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almost forgot sorry...walmart carries all the fiberfill youneed in the craft section.. section.. just roll it around tweezers..stuff it in, not too much though.. then cut off the excess w/scissors
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Old 04-16-2009, 10:30 PM   #102
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Mix of hemp (bleached), wood fibers. You can buy your own fillable tea bags as well, I've only ever seen them in specialty tea shops. My only concern with tea bags would be the glue, but it's easy to just trim that bit off.
If the hemp is beached that means it has bleach in it. you know thats a poison don't you?
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Old 04-16-2009, 11:34 PM   #103
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Not if bleached by oxygen or ultraviolet light. You are thinking of chlorine bleach and i doubt they use that for teabags.
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Old 04-17-2009, 03:31 AM   #104
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Just wanted to thank everyone for the great information. I've been using my 901 & loved it, but I also just started using the 801, & from the first was having problems with the cartridge filler. I bought a bunch of the empty carts to fill myself, & also had the prefilled that came with the kit. From the start, the material in both types of the carts would slide out into the atomizer. I tried everything to get this to stop. On the rare times it didn't slide out, there would be a lot of the fibers stuck to the bridge?. I was about to throw it out the window. The tea bags & coffee filters seem to be doing the trick. So thank you all for saving my sanity.
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As a scientist, I feel that the wadding should have a very high scorch temperature, and Polyester doesn't. Stainless Steel would be OK, but would probably draw heat away from the element.

I've been considering Glass Fibre (Glass Fiber in the US), but this has a risk of inhalation.
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Thanks for the Tea Bag idea Pete!

Can someone post a picture of how the carts look filled with tea bag material? If it's on a 801 cart better
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Thanks for the Tea Bag idea Pete!

Can someone post a picture of how the carts look filled with tea bag material? If it's on a 801 cart better
Ditto,

Would love it if someone could post pics. I tried it in one of my devices, feel like I got it quite stuffed and it started leaking everywhere. I was excited because it held a lot more drops than the polyfill and it looked as if it had all been absorbed, but then it started leaking like crazy. I just had a tiny hole left in the middle. Tried to stuff more in and then I had a diminished draw.
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Ditto,

Would love it if someone could post pics. I tried it in one of my devices, feel like I got it quite stuffed and it started leaking everywhere. I was excited because it held a lot more drops than the polyfill and it looked as if it had all been absorbed, but then it started leaking like crazy. I just had a tiny hole left in the middle. Tried to stuff more in and then I had a diminished draw.
I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong, but you don't want to "stuff" your cart. I unfolded one of those Lipton triangle bags and cut it in half. Rolled and loaded into a pen style cartridge, it looks like there's a lot of space left. It's that "space" that provides the consistent flow everyone speaks about. Using too much of the tea bag diminishes the draw.

I might add that it's not necessary to thoroughly soak the tea bag either. For me, about 7 drops is sufficient. It doesn't take much effort to add a few more drops whenever the cart starts to dry.

Give it another shot and let us know how it works out.
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Old 04-19-2009, 04:53 AM   #109
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Cigarette butts are fiberglass. (Possibly the number 1 cause of most mouth and lip soars. Related to the dust.)

Woven fiberglass would be the best. This is a common "Wick" sold for most oil lamps. Woven fibers also come as a giant sheet, for fiberglass bondo work. Looks like a cloth of white semi-glistening fabric.

The Polyester (Polyethylene terephthalate) is fine, the melting point is 260C or 500F. If it burns the byproduct is carbon dioxide (CO2) and water (H2O). If not burned, just over-heated... it produces small levels of *acetaldehyde (CH3CHO) or (MeCHO) {C2H4O} which can produce an off-taste.

Polyethylene terephthalate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Acetaldehyde - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

*Acetaldehyde is toxic when applied externally for prolonged periods, an irritant, and a probable carcinogen. (EU Cat. 3, "Unknown, but probable, as it is similar to other known chemicals.")

Now, there are low-melt and high-melt versions. But those are not as common at the consumer level. (One is more flame retardant, and is used in conjunction with other retardants. While the other is designed for soft flexible plastic, which must stay flexible when frozen.)

I would rather use the fiberglass, but I am having a hard time getting my hands on a thick-strand material sample. Thin strands burn like plastic. As do the ones found in a cigarette butt. They also don't flow well, as they like to retain a LOT of the liquid. Thicker strands have better flow, and less hold-back ability. They also don't burn as easily, or have as much glass-dust.
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Old 04-19-2009, 06:33 AM   #110
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Hello newbee Syrus here. Has anyone tried a sponge to stuff carts? Not the household sponge but like a printer cartridge. I fill a lot of printer cartridges and sometimes really surprised how much ink they hold and how well they dispense ink on paper. I would try it myself but I don't have a e-cigarette yet and just gathering information before I purchase.........Syrus
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