Alamak! Omg! All hail the porous ceramic wick!!!

[ericska]

To all my fellow Malaysian vapers! You should try porous ceramic wick if you're using genesis style atty!!! It is much much cleaner, healthier! Flavor, it is DAMN PURE! The purest I have ever experienced! Vapor, CHOO~CHOO~! Like stream train! Too easy to rebuild! Less than 5 minutes! Too easy to get rid of annoying hot spots! No more torching, oxidizing! No more rolling! No more shorts like on ss mesh!

After read this thread:http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...stems/379380-fc-2000-porous-ceramic-wick.html and then this one: http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/modding-forum/362182-next-big-thing-porous-ceramic-wicks.html, so I started to DIY my own ceramic wick... Shopped almost every aquarium stores in my town, finally I found the right ceramic air bubble stones suited for making wick.

Stone C failed fire test... Stone A too rough, too fragile...

Torch the stone hot red, passed the test...

Cut and grind with diamond cutting wheels and grinding wheels...

Behind the papers is my mini lathe machine...

Torch it hot red with gas cooker(faster) for killing germsD), then cook it several minutes, change water, cook again 3 times(as you like).

Dried then and storage..., enough for few months vape...

Due to the stone is too fragile(like egg shell), the limit diameter I can grind is 2.8-2.9mm, but the wick hole on my AGA-T+ is less than 3mm... I have to drill the wick hole larger with 3mm drill bit... (scary...)

But... for the first time, the vapor is very poor! Lot of hot spot! And taste is awful! I have to keep vaping until half tank of juice, then it started to breaking in... Very very disappointed... Tried my second AGA-T+... same. I have to wait for the coil to oxidize and builds its coating! But when it started breaking in, WOW! The flavor tasted so so pure! But I hate to wait!?!
A week trying to find a way to solve this problem... Google everything about ceramic wick... Thinking of giving up... wasted my precious times...

UNTIL I FOUND THIS WONDERFUL VIDEO!!!


Tried it... YES! And EVERYTHING SOLVED! TASTE AWESOME! NO MORE HOT SPOTS!! NO MORE WAITING!!! Few days of hard works cutting and grinding those ceramic wicks, NOTHING WASTED! (tear dropped...)

Picture of rebuild again using Rip Trippers' method...

Due to the AGA-T+'s wick hole is still too far away to center post, I have to twist the coil end backward to the wick, this will get rid of hot spots there... This method I learnt from eHuman here: http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...a-tiamat-plus-w-glass-tank-9.html#post8382872. Or washer can be help too.

The coil must be completely snug against to the wick to avoid hot spots.

Video on next post.

 

[ericska]

Here the video in action.



If you can't DIY for yourself, you can just order online here:
discountvapers.com

or here:
FC-2000 Porous Ceramic Wicks

But seem like they are out of stock... sorry

And if you don't want to get risk to drill your AGA-T+'s wick hole larger, remember to order size 3/32"(2.4mm) diameter. But I think 1/8" diameter is better, much durable. You don't want to break it while installing it. It will break if you accident drop your APV, even fall on table...

If DIY, remember to fire test first. This ceramic stone may look like grinding stone, but it is not the same. Go read the thread here: http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/modding-forum/362182-next-big-thing-porous-ceramic-wicks.html. Read and ask there, there's many professional people and experts there if you wanna DIY your own porous ceramic wick. Good luck!

Vape safe, vape healthy, happy vaping my fellow Malaysian Vapers!

 

[ericska]

I am still looking for this brand... Top Fin. Anyone see this in Malaysia?

 

[momiloco]

Too bad I cant try that, as i do not have the tool to do it. Maybe you can start supplying it in Malaysia . If so, I want to book first hehe..

 

[kzariman]

Wow nice! Hehe. Are u taking orders? I need only 2

 

[ericska]

Too bad I cant try that, as i do not have the tool to do it. Maybe you can start supplying it in Malaysia . If so, I want to book first hehe..

Wow nice! Hehe. Are u taking orders? I need only 2

You can order online from discountvapers dot com. I believe they will have stock soon...

Otherwise try ask your friends who are good at handcraft... Like I've said in my third post here, I'm still looking for more bubble stones that suit for this stone wick... my place here(Sibu) is too difficult to find. I'd ran all the aquarium stores here, only ONE store carry the right stone! And they have only 2 pieces that suitable... And it is pain in the ... to make! (maybe it's just me...)

First piece I'd ruined, it just kept broken in short length while grinding it! The second piece(also the last piece) I can only made 10 sticks out of it. And those are for my own!

I can't find where to order online those bubble stone, and what if it's not the correct stone when it arrived..? Asked the aquarium store where I found the stone to order more for me, they said those was very old product. Nobody want it but most preferred the color one...

But those all failed the fire test...

That's very nice if I can be a supplier, but unless I found the stone again.

Oh by the way, I can "HAZE" my toilet full of "SMOKE" in a minute with porous stone wick!

 

[ericska]

Here from scubabatdan, Porous wick making 101

 

[ericska]

Whole morning after a tank of Hangsen 12mg 100% VG based cappuccino juice diluted with 50% PG(6mg, 50%PG/50%VG), fired at 8 watts on Vamo, here's what the coil and wick looked like.

Not much gunk huh?

 

[ericska]

HA! Found some more aquarium air bubble stone today!

8 cm long.

Plus new diamond cutting wheel. Jeez... This thing won't last long...

Fire testing...

PASSED!!!

 

[momiloco]

Bro.. Instead of cutting the stone into a small wick maybe you can consider making a big tank to fit that stone hehehe

 

[kzariman]

Yeay i can get 2 ericska's porous wicks on pre order! Bahaha

 

[hatta]

terbaik bro...!!! thumbs up!!!

 

[ericska]

Bro.. Instead of cutting the stone into a small wick maybe you can consider making a big tank to fit that stone hehehe

No way! That big air bubble stone is a 3" long and over half inch wide! You don't want to carry big tank and a big APV around like that Ah Peh in the picture below... although he is not carries gigantic APV...

 

[ericska]

Yeay i can get 2 ericska's porous wicks on pre order! Bahaha

Are you sure you wanna order? But I don't have times to do now... too busy on works after Chinese New Year.
Maybe next month...

 

[ericska]

terbaik bro...!!! thumbs up!!!

Thank you! Good stuff must share mah, right?

 

[kzariman]

Are you sure you wanna order? But I don't have times to do now... too busy on works after Chinese New Year.
Maybe next month...

Nxt month is around the corner bro. I can wait if u willing to do for me. PM me price bro. Maybe when im not busy i can help u source out airstone from fishshop since my 1st hobby is reefing.

 

[ericska]

Nxt month is around the corner bro. I can wait if u willing to do for me. PM me price bro. Maybe when im not busy i can help u source out airstone from fishshop since my 1st hobby is reefing.

But please note that I'd said maybe. How will I know when my customers call or send in any office equipment for repair... Am a self employed technician who has many bosses(customers)... not really not a free man. LOL! But no worry, once I have time I'll let you know, okay?

Actually I just read on http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/modding-forum/362182-next-big-thing-porous-ceramic-wicks-190.html#post8735246 few minutes ago that a member(mpires) from Portugal found another nice stuff better than aquarium air bubble stone... It is a ceramic from water filter cartridge, this is definitely much safe and clean than air stone I think. Water filter for drinking..., what do you think? But wonder can it pass fire test...

Here few pictures from mpires of Portugal.

And the video he tested. Wow! Just see how fast the ceramic wicking!


Seem like I have to run around some stores again... Or go digging my water tap filter and see whether there's any ceramic in there or not...

So kzariman, do you still want air stone or water filter ceramic? But I can't confirm I can find it here, maybe it's much easy for you to find in KL?

 

[kzariman]

I take what u think best. Sure i can try n look around for u but not in near future as me too going to be busy from now till early april. I know a place that sells a lot of water filtering stuffs.

 

[ericska]

I take what u think best. Sure i can try n look around for u but not in near future as me too going to be busy from now till early april. I know a place that sells a lot of water filtering stuffs.

Thank you bro! So we're in the same "busy boat". I'll let you know once I have the stone wick made. And let see who found the water filter ceramic first.

 

[ericska]

WHOA! Found the ceramic water filter Malaysia online! Alamak, so many brands! They have Doulton too!

http://malaysiawaterfilter.com.my/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&page=shop.browse&category_id=26&Itemid=29
Jeez... but not cheap...

I think I know where to find at my place here.