The card comes with the latest cotton BVC's and Aspire will never suggest repairing something that they expect you to purchase and replace, not fix!!!!

Obviously you cannot wash cotton wicking with water, At present, we are still seeing the ceramic material with larger juice feed holes( which you can prolong the life of with rinsing or alcohol wash) but the packs with this card in are cotton only wicks, supposedly, although I doubt Aspire will not combine some silica with it.