K-Lite setup with Hemp Twine
3mm Hemp Twine, Single strand 4cms long, 28AWG Kanthal, 7 wraps, 1Ω Coil
TRIM WICK ENDS:
Cut the wick ends to 1cm each. Effective wick size: 3cms.
PREPARATION:
Hemp is a natural fibre with awesome wicking properties, which also lasts long. However, when wet, it smells like sheep's .... Thus, pre-treating it is a must, else you'd have a smelly Atty forever! I washed the twine under running lukewarm water, then kept it rinsed overnight in a saline solution (5 teaspoons of salt in a cup of water). Washed it up again the next day AND now boiled it for 15-20 minutes in saline water. Then, put it thru running water while gently scrubbing it with an old toothbrush. Whereafter, boiled it once again in regular water for 15-20 minutes. Remove, rinse, squeeze and blow dry. And now you have a superb wick there. Yep, lots of work!
PLACING THE WICK ENDS:
Slightly moist the wick ends and place them on either sides of the deck. Then screw-in the chamber tube section without the chimney top. The tube will screw-in unhindered as the moist wick ends will not budge from the deck. Drop some e-juice and fire it up. There should be nice vapour. Continue dripping and burning some more... that takes away any leftover smells. Now screw-in the chimney top while keeping the wick & coil saturated.
NOTE: The correct size of the wick is very important... we don't want longer wicks, else it'd take time to saturate between vape draws and we'd've dry-hits. 1cm on either end is fine. Also, with Hemp, we should loosen up the fibre strands a bit after coiling it up -- that assists in wicking.
THE COIL PLACEMENT:
It's wise to keep the coil as low as possible over the central Airflow Channel of the K-Lite. That ensures good vapor production, nice flavor and enough TH. The farther it's from the air channel vapor production will continue to get compromised. There's actually not much playing field in the Kayfuns, which is good. We can at max play around in +/- 4mm tolerances. I choose to keep my coil around 1mm from the Airflow Channel, see image below:
Ensure that the coil ends (wire tails) are in the same plane. Then fix the ends into the +ve & -ve posts of the Kayfun keeping the coil head upwards. This, in effect, keeps the coil exactly at 1mm from the airflow channel. We could test it by passing a needle-tip underneath the coil. The distance can be increased by passing the 'eye' end of the needle and wriggling it a bit. But, with the 'tip' end going thru I get that 1mm gap, which suits me fine. U may try a few setups with varied gaps and see what satisfies u best.
NOTE: The coil 'must not' touch the Airflow Channel, else we'd've a dead short there. -DANGER
BOTTOMLINE:
It's been 24hrs. now with this setup and I'm finding it pretty good. Did it yesterday, but chose to post it today b'coz I wanted to test it well. The wick preparation (boiling et all) is of paramount importance for two reasons -- it removes all that nasty smell AND makes the chord more affable to wicking our e-liquids. As of now I'm very happy with the results. It vapes great!
3mm Hemp Twine, Single strand 4cms long, 28AWG Kanthal, 7 wraps, 1Ω Coil
TRIM WICK ENDS:
Cut the wick ends to 1cm each. Effective wick size: 3cms.
PREPARATION:
Hemp is a natural fibre with awesome wicking properties, which also lasts long. However, when wet, it smells like sheep's .... Thus, pre-treating it is a must, else you'd have a smelly Atty forever! I washed the twine under running lukewarm water, then kept it rinsed overnight in a saline solution (5 teaspoons of salt in a cup of water). Washed it up again the next day AND now boiled it for 15-20 minutes in saline water. Then, put it thru running water while gently scrubbing it with an old toothbrush. Whereafter, boiled it once again in regular water for 15-20 minutes. Remove, rinse, squeeze and blow dry. And now you have a superb wick there. Yep, lots of work!
PLACING THE WICK ENDS:
Slightly moist the wick ends and place them on either sides of the deck. Then screw-in the chamber tube section without the chimney top. The tube will screw-in unhindered as the moist wick ends will not budge from the deck. Drop some e-juice and fire it up. There should be nice vapour. Continue dripping and burning some more... that takes away any leftover smells. Now screw-in the chimney top while keeping the wick & coil saturated.
NOTE: The correct size of the wick is very important... we don't want longer wicks, else it'd take time to saturate between vape draws and we'd've dry-hits. 1cm on either end is fine. Also, with Hemp, we should loosen up the fibre strands a bit after coiling it up -- that assists in wicking.
THE COIL PLACEMENT:
It's wise to keep the coil as low as possible over the central Airflow Channel of the K-Lite. That ensures good vapor production, nice flavor and enough TH. The farther it's from the air channel vapor production will continue to get compromised. There's actually not much playing field in the Kayfuns, which is good. We can at max play around in +/- 4mm tolerances. I choose to keep my coil around 1mm from the Airflow Channel, see image below:
Ensure that the coil ends (wire tails) are in the same plane. Then fix the ends into the +ve & -ve posts of the Kayfun keeping the coil head upwards. This, in effect, keeps the coil exactly at 1mm from the airflow channel. We could test it by passing a needle-tip underneath the coil. The distance can be increased by passing the 'eye' end of the needle and wriggling it a bit. But, with the 'tip' end going thru I get that 1mm gap, which suits me fine. U may try a few setups with varied gaps and see what satisfies u best.
NOTE: The coil 'must not' touch the Airflow Channel, else we'd've a dead short there. -DANGER
BOTTOMLINE:
It's been 24hrs. now with this setup and I'm finding it pretty good. Did it yesterday, but chose to post it today b'coz I wanted to test it well. The wick preparation (boiling et all) is of paramount importance for two reasons -- it removes all that nasty smell AND makes the chord more affable to wicking our e-liquids. As of now I'm very happy with the results. It vapes great!
