From the article linked above by zoiDman: "There are no (zero!) producers of viscose rayon in North America."
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From the article linked above by zoiDman: "There are no (zero!) producers of viscose rayon in North America."
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what I found to be the best is all natural sea sponges harvested from the islands of Hawaii by red headed mermaids during the full moon in August...
I don't my phone camera isn't any good. Basically just make a coil like you would normally. Then instead of running cotton inside the coil like normal, use mesh first. Cut a small piece that you can roll into a tube, like a straw. Only need it to be one wrap, not layered. Then put cotton in center of mesh, the mesh touches the coil, not the cotton. Mesh only has to stick out past the coil a couple of mm.
Look at how people sleeve ss rope with eco-wool. I do the opposite, sleeve the cotton with mesh.
EDIT: Found a pic, similar to this, coil only goes around mesh. Pic they're using silica I think, I just use what ever cotton I have.
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I would be interested to know how it compares to straight rayon?
Here's 1200 feet of rayon for $20.
Graham 100% Rayon Fiber 1200 Feet/dispenser Box Cs
LOL, that's enough to wick around 14,400 coils.
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Here's 1200 feet of rayon for $20.
Graham 100% Rayon Fiber 1200 Feet/dispenser Box Cs
LOL, that's enough to wick around 14,400 coils.
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That's what I bought - the 1200' box. I figure there'll be so much left when I die it can be willed forward 2 or 3 generations
it's a genny wick with a little cotton..I don't my phone camera isn't any good. Basically just make a coil like you would normally. Then instead of running cotton inside the coil like normal, use mesh first. Cut a small piece that you can roll into a tube, like a straw. Only need it to be one wrap, not layered. Then put cotton in center of mesh, the mesh touches the coil, not the cotton. Mesh only has to stick out past the coil a couple of mm.
Look at how people sleeve ss rope with eco-wool. I do the opposite, sleeve the cotton with mesh.
EDIT: Found a pic, similar to this, coil only goes around mesh. Pic they're using silica I think, I just use what ever cotton I have.
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LOL, create a trust!
The issue with property that doesn't vest for a couple of generations is that it runs into an old Common Law rule:
"No interest is good unless it must vest, if at all, not later than twenty-one years after some life in being at the creation of the interest."
— John Chipman Gray, Rule Against Perpetuities §201
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Once you oxidize the mesh, it doesn't short and just becomes a wicking material just like any other wick....you don't even need cotton for it to wick in a tank that is set up for mesh wicks
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It's 6.22 for 1.2 meters.
So, let's say $6 for 3 feet.
1200 feet of rayon is $20.
1200 feet of this stuff works out to $2800.
I guess that would be a good price if it was 140 times better.
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So, let's say $6 for 3 feet.
1200 feet of rayon is $20.
1200 feet of this stuff works out to $2800.
I guess that would be a good price if it was 140 times better.
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I bought a big bag of the organic cotton pads for $12. While not as cheap as the 1200 ft pf rayon it will still last me decades. Is it "the best"? I don't know and don't really care. It works, keeps me from smoking and was cheap enough to be a negligible cost. I don't see me trying anything else until this is gone.
Unless of course some miracle wick is invented that is 100% tasteless, greatly improves vapor flavor, doesn't burn, doesn't get gunked up, never needs replacing and can be dry burned. In that case I might consider switching.
Unless of course some miracle wick is invented that is 100% tasteless, greatly improves vapor flavor, doesn't burn, doesn't get gunked up, never needs replacing and can be dry burned. In that case I might consider switching.
Same here. I've got a big bag of Japanese organic cotton, and around 40 feet of rayon.
I think even with shipping, I spent under $20, and I have enough wicking material to last until retirement.
I like rayon, but between rayon and cotton, I can't see how a blend would be better. In my experience, rayon wicks better and doesn't really burn like cotton can.
However, cotton is easier to work with and easier to get "right."
But it comes down to personal preference. It would seem that a rayon cotton blend wouldn't have the best parts of each material. Rather, it would have the worst parts.
It would be easier to burn than pure rayon, and would be harder to work with than pure cotton.
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Yes if I only specified those 2 points silica would work. I don't like silica either for several reasons. Including, but not limited to, the possibility of getting silica fibers in your lungs.
but mesh can't be used in most tanks.
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