Hey guys I have a question. Is it fine to use normal facial cotton for wicking? or does it have to be organic cotton.
Cotton for vaping
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It'd be best to be unbleached organic cotton. Regular cotton balls are probably bleached and some may have other things in them like Hydrogen Peroxide. When cotton was first being used for vaping some would use regular cotton after boiling it, but I'd suggest staying safe and getting unbleached and organic.
I used to use Organic cotton balls for wicking before switching to Rayon m
Just curious how do u use cotton balls to wick. Isn't it a bit hard to work with them?
Not hard at all.
I tried kogendo but i wasted more of the cotton than i used.
With cotton balls i didn't waste hardly anything.
If the wick is too thin. Add a few fibers to the wick abd try again.
If the wick is too fat for the coil hold the. Wick with both hands and pull a few fibers oyt of the end that was too thick. I loved using organic cotton balls for wicks.
Alright I'm going to try wicking with cotton balls. Thanks for the info
I haven't used them but I've seen vids and as said... they unroll into a narrow sheet.
Just get the right product (no bleach or chemicals) whether balls or pads and don't worry about cost/waste.
I've got a 170 pads/$11 sack of Muji and I don't think I've used a third of it after 14 months or so.
You may spend a little deciding what you prefer, but once you get a bulk supply... wicking is an extremely minor cost in vaping.
Whichever you get used to working with works equally well for wick material. The cotton balls are fluffier from the beginning and all the fibers are combed in the same direction. The pads have the cotton combed in the same direction too but have a pressed stuck together outer surface on both sides that needs to be fluffed up and separated after inserting with a needle or something.
Use to use cvs sterile cotton for years and loved it, no boiling. Yep as others mentioned, just unroll the ball, stretch it out slightly and cut a strip lenght wise
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CVS has organic cotton balls for around $5 for 80 count. So does Walgreens and Target. They also have organic cotton pads. A huge supply if only using for wicks.
All have been bleached with Hydrogen Peroxide most likely but that isn't a big deal.
All have been bleached with Hydrogen Peroxide most likely but that isn't a big deal.
I used to use organic cotton balls. They work just fine. Unroll and rip off a chunk, it's easy. Nowadays I only wick rayon. It's even cheaper and (IMHO) better for both wicking and flavor.
I use Cotton Bacon V2. Clean taste and tried the organic Japanese. KGD is ok, but love the way Cotton Bacon pulls apart making it easier to wick for me.
I use Rayon and Ko Gen Do depending on which coil I'm rebuilding. I have about 55 Ko Gen Do pads and about 490' of Rayon
I used to just grab a little pinch off of a cotton ball and pull (gently) to get a strip. These days I'm all fancy and use the facial pads (pull off the top and bottom layers) and even use scissors to cut it! What I'm trying to say is that you can use whatever you want for wicking. Most of the super expensive stuff is the same as you'd find at a pharmacy, only repackaged and marked up for vaping.
You might get a "cotton taste" for the first tank. Don't let that stop you. It goes away.
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