Cotton pad question

[Papa_Lazarou]

Okay, so I'm thinking that I'm liking what I'm hearing about using Koh Gen Do cotton for wicking.

The problem is that I can't find any available that will ship to Canada. What I can find is this:

The Makeup Facial Cotton - Shiseido | Sephora

Does anyone have any experience with this product (for wicking) and/or know if it's a suitable alternative while the world's supply of KGD regenerates?

Domo arigato gozaima....a in advance.

<edit> heh, my japanese got sensored

 

[super_X_drifter]

Okay, so I'm thinking that I'm liking what I'm hearing about using Koh Gen Do cotton for wicking.

The problem is that I can't find any available that will ship to Canada. What I can find is this:

The Makeup Facial Cotton - Shiseido | Sephora

Does anyone have any experience with this product (for wicking) and/or know if it's a suitable alternative while the world's supply of KGD regenerates?

Domo arigato gozaima....a in advance.

<edit> heh, my japanese got sensored

I hear that shisheido and muji are the same as KGD

 

[Papa_Lazarou]

I hear that shisheido and muji are the same as KGD

It doesn't look as raw as KDG (and no seeds). Liable to be more chemicals involved (as in a need to boil)?

 

[ElConquistador]

I haven't compared it to KGD, but I'm very happy with the Shesheido pads. Very good wicking with no weird cottony taste. I don't boil mine.

 

[SoftSell]

Hmmm do they not have a Sephora on Vancouver? First search result on google, and if we have one in Saskatoon, there must be one in Vancouver.
Unless I'm confused on what KGD is..

 

[tmel]

I still get a cotton taste with my KGD, maybe I use too much....but it goes away after a few vapes.

 

[super_X_drifter]

I still get a cotton taste with my KGD, maybe I use too much....but it goes away after a few vapes.

Yep. Too thick

 

[tmel]

I kind of have to make it thick....I run 24G at 0.5 ohms around a 3/32 bit. If I used any less, the I/D of my cotton would be smaller then my coil and I don't think it would work well without my cotton actually touching the coil completely.

Am I wrong?

 

[Papa_Lazarou]

Hmmm do they not have a Sephora on Vancouver? First search result on google, and if we have one in Saskatoon, there must be one in Vancouver.
Unless I'm confused on what KGD is..

Yep, they have them in Vancity (although I'm NOT looking forward to going into one to get some ), but they're claiming they've never heard of KGD (as an entire cosmetic line, let alone with respect to the cotton pads). The only cotton they stock is the Shiseido and suggest that the KGD is an online/US thing. I tried 3 stores.

If your Saskatoon store carries it, let me know and I'll drive out

 

[ElConquistador]

Get the Shesheido and use it while you search for KGD. A package of the Shesheido will probably last you long enough to find the KGD, or 3 years, whichever comes first.

It's good stuff.

 

[ElConquistador]

Oh, and as for not looking forward to going into the Sephora store, I would suggest that the ladies who work there are quite attractive. If you're still hesitant, you could stand outside the store, approach a few women walking into the store and ask them if you could give them money to buy you some cotton. Then walk around the outside of the store whistling and acting innocent while you wait on them to bring you the stuff. Be warned, however, that it will come out, not in a plain brown paper bag, but in a flashy, girly little shopping bag with little ribbon handles and "SEPHORA" boldly emblazoned on it in a pink feminine font.

Man up and boldly march in there...or make your wife do it like I did.

 

[Papa_Lazarou]

Oh, and as for not looking forward to going into the Sephora store, I would suggest that the ladies who work there are quite attractive. If you're still hesitant, you could stand outside the store, approach a few women walking into the store and ask them if you could give them money to buy you some cotton. Then walk around the outside of the store whistling and acting innocent while you wait on them to bring you the stuff. Be warned, however, that it will come out, not in a plain brown paper bag, but in a flashy, girly little shopping bag with little ribbon handles and "SEPHORA" boldly emblazoned on it in a pink feminine font.

Man up and boldly march in there...or make your wife do it like I did.

This is Vancouver. They won't bat an eye at a dude in a make-up store (we're the San Francisco of Canada).

I would, however, get pepper sprayed in a heartbeat if I lurked outside.

The wife option feels most promising, all things considered.