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[USMCotaku]

True story for ya.....
When we lived in GA, Bad Ninja cut his hand on a piece if glass tubing, he came in the house white as a sheet and about to pass out. I calmly went to the bathroom and grab a maxi pad, cut it in half, then the duct tape
When I get back to the kitchen, he gives me an odd look, at this point he's down for whatever lol.
After I got done with duct tape combo and he had time to get something for pain in him, he realized that we must keep pads in the go bags for situations just like this.
The funny part was when he went to Walgreens to pick up the right supplies, he gets to the counter and the cashier asks if he just got back from the hospital. His reply, "yeah this is what you get when you don't have insurance, duct tape and a maxi pad

It's a common practice in the service to carry a few pads in your pack when deployed. They make better dressings then the supplied ones

 

[USMCotaku]

Forgot about the o.b. ones...lol....just found a site where someone was removing wicks from Kanger coils and retHreading organic cotton back in without taking the whole thing apart and rewinding. Thinking I may have to try that! I usually just soak in vodka, rinse and dry burn them....but if I can thread new cotton it, even better!!!!!

Rewicking them is a snap. At least the old style ones that you could pull the chimney tops off on.
Some people omitted the little "flavor wick", the little strip of wicking placed on top of the upper coil.....it would always leak on me when I tried that.

 

[redrebel821]

I can pop off chimney tops... It's being patient enough to wiggle strands out without messing up the coils

 

[redrebel821]

Well, did one...not too impressed...maybe I need to poof out the ends a little more. Took one I did a dry burn on the other day, rolled up a little cotton to use as the flavor wick, dripped a dab of juice on the whole thing and fired it up. not bad!!!

 

[USMCotaku]

Well, did one...not too impressed...maybe I need to poof out the ends a little more. Took one I did a dry burn on the other day, rolled up a little cotton to use as the flavor wick, dripped a dab of juice on the whole thing and fired it up. not bad!!!

Wicking density is crucial.
When you say not impressed, describe the flavor.... With cotton, too much will mute your flavor and give a wet t-shirt like taste, too little, you get hot coil burned juice and wick taste. Depending on the cotton, you may need a break in period even if wick density is correct. If the flavor isn't bad, just not what you are used to, give it about 1/4th a tank and you may find the flavor has improved

 

[USMCotaku]

I can pop off chimney tops... It's being patient enough to wiggle strands out without messing up the coils

Twist as you pull
I have a pair of tweezers that are backwards.. You have to squeeze to open them. They work great for pulling wicks... Clamp them on to the end of the wick and twist it out

 

[DingerCPA]

@redrebel821 - I have a blog article on rebuilding/rewicking those kanger heads. I found that if you wiggle the chimney in the direction of the wicks, it makes it easier to pop them off.

I normally take a wisp of a cotton ball and twist it a bit (you don't need much) and then thread through. It's long enough to go beyond the base. I trim to the edge of the base....

Easy Peasy

 

[redrebel821]

First tasted like mud.....lol...using the cotton twisted as the flavor wick tasted a little stronger than it normally does

 

[redrebel821]

the chimneys are easy to pop off, it's getting old wick out that drives me nuts...stubborn little suckers don't want out,,,,

 

[DingerCPA]

maybe soak them first? and twist them with tweezers while you're pulling them out

 

[USMCotaku]

First tasted like mud.....lol...using the cotton twisted as the flavor wick tasted a little stronger than it normally does

Mud.... Probably a tad too much cotton on that one

 

[redrebel821]

They have been soaked in vodka....ready good vodka....easier to pull when dry, I think....I'm just gonna have to
Kay around with them. The ones I've done a dry burn on before work well, but leak a little because the flavor wick got taken out. A very thin wisp of rolled cotton seems to help that...that might be my solution....dry burn to clean, then just use cotton as flavor wich

 

[redrebel821]

Play around...not Kay....soooopid iPad

 

[redrebel821]

Nasty!!! That's after they've soaked... Blechhhhhhhh...and one cute coil all cleaned, burned, new wicking

 

[DingerCPA]

whoo-weeeeee, them's nasty looking wicks.....

 

[redrebel821]

whoo-weeeeee, them's nasty looking wicks.....

I know!!! That's the stupid flavor wicks you can't clean!

 

[DingerCPA]

I know!!! That's the stupid flavor wicks you can't clean!

Yup. That's why I finally learned to rewick and rebuild

 

[USMCotaku]

I know!!! That's the stupid flavor wicks you can't clean!

Send me your address and I'll send you a sample of rayon. Rayon wicks a kanger head perfect

 

[redrebel821]

I'll get there at some point, I'm sure....

 

[DingerCPA]

Yup.... Takes a bit of practice It's all good!