What's the secret to tight wick wrapping?

[ChelsB]

My wick wrapping leaves much to be desired [emoji4]. I am wondering if any of you have any tips for me to get a nice tight wrap?

 

[whiteowl84]

Care to explain what a wick wrap is?
Not being facetious but I'm not familiar with the terminology.

Like what are you wrapping wick around?

 

[ChelsB]

Care to explain what a wick wrap is?
Not being facetious but I'm not familiar with the terminology.

Like what are you wrapping wick around?

When wrapping around vertical coils. [emoji4]

 

[whiteowl84]

Oh duh. Lol.
You mean so the airflow can pass through the coil vs over it?
What I did when I still needed to use vertical coils and when I used cotton was grab thin, wide strips and wrap it from the bottom to the top and back down if needed. It may help if the wick is damp but not soaked

 

[ChelsB]

Oh duh. Lol.
You mean so the airflow can pass through the coil vs over it?
What I did when I still needed to use vertical coils and when I used cotton was grab thin, wide strips and wrap it from the bottom to the top and back down if needed. It may help if the wick is damp but not soaked

Yep, that's exactly what I meant![emoji106]

 

[ChelsB]

Any other ideas for wrapping a nice tight wick? Or Is using damp cotton the secret?

 

[ChelsB]

I've searched all of YouTube and can't find a tutorial on wrapping a tight wick. I'm hoping someone can help me because my wraps are so sloppy even after much practice

 

[ChelsB]

Last call for help and then I'll stop beating this dead horse [emoji4]

 

[whiteowl84]

What RTA?

 

[ChelsB]

The joyetech bf RBA. I use it in my ego aio

 

[whiteowl84]

Oh, I thought you were talking about verticals in an RTA.
For the RBA thing you can just stuff it in there bit by bit.

 

[Adan]

Hello,
might try wrap a piece of paper around coil/cotton to help insert
Something thin and strong. a piece of a post it note? not too much paper, not too tight
Slide it in, pull the paper out. might have to hold the coil/cotton in with a pencil or something
pre roll paper to make it want to round
Not sure I have a BF, I know I have still triton rba if you need picture, but should be easy
Don't try to save the wick, it's cheap. Trim or tear as you go, and as you need, same with the paper.

 

[ChelsB]

Hello,
might try wrap a piece of paper around coil/cotton to help insert
Something thin and strong. a piece of a post it note? not too much paper, not too tight
Slide it in, pull the paper out. might have to hold the coil/cotton in with a pencil or something
pre roll paper to make it want to round
Not sure I have a BF, I know I have still triton rba if you need picture, but should be easy
Don't try to save the wick, it's cheap. Trim or tear as you go, and as you need, same with the paper.

Excellent advice, thank you!

 

[Adan]

you're welcome
If you don't already tools, you might look at the Hakko chp-170 micro cutters, and 2004 smooth jaw pliers(or something similar). The small smooth jaws make the bends easy.

 

[Nikea Tiber]

If you search my post history I should have a picture of my old Nixon dual vertical build. You might have better luck searching for "chimney coil" for the wicking technique you are referring to. Personally, I think there are only a few RDA/RTAs that even benifit from this type of setup, the ehpro Nixon, the single intake per side Kennedy, the kanger subtank rba deck, to name a few. I feel like it is a good way to make use of otherwise spitty twisted wire.
Compared to wicking the inner coil surface, juice feed isn't quite as good and the wicking material ends up gunking up/burning faster. Last time i used a chimney setup was well over a year ago.