Cotton Wicking Kanger Coils ... Need some advice

[WaynesWorld]

Just tried my hand at re-wicking some Kanger coils using some Organic Cotton. (coils for the Mini Pro & Evod). I understand the premise and used the steps I saw on several you tube videos and itvapes Blog: Stop throwing away your protank coils – ITCVapes

What I've had problems with about 50% of them is that I wasn't able to get the silica wick out of the actual coil ... it seemed to be "welded" to the coil. I then cleaned it under water, then did a dry burn several times as in the instructions above till it glowed clean but the inside silica wick would not budge. Even used a paper clip to try and push through, but to no avail. The ends of the silica wick came off but there was sill enough in the coil that there was no way to thread the new cotton wick through

I finally just stuffed a thick cotton wick above the coil, and so far it's been working fine. Any Tips or tricks to get the wrapped wick out of the coil without killing the coil itself??

Thanks for any help!

 

[Nightshard]

If you're already doing half the job, why not finish it and rebuild your own coils?
Those premade coils are not good to start with and by playing with them you're degrading them even further.
Mini Protank Micro Coil Rebuild - YouTube

 

[Sthur]

Junk the stock coils and get some 30 guage wire a 1/16 bit and 8/9 wraps 1.8 ohms. Build like vid and works awesome and refs easier as you go.

http://youtu.be/CkB5LRGNcn4

 

[JeremyR]

Try using tweezers to remove single strands of the silica preferably From the middle first, not the whole thing at once. Your seeing the main problem with stock coils.. They're wrapped too tight that's why they don't feed well.

 

[alisa1970]

Yep, that's how I (sort of) got started rebuilding. Killed a few coils, and only had a couple of pre-wrapped ones from Fasttech I had been using to replace them. Didn't want to run out of pre-wrapped so I figured WTH and decided to re-coil the old one. Worked good for a few days, then someone was kind enough to send me a spool of wire gratis. That was the end of using stock coils for me.

I still try to save them, but a lot of times the wick really just gets fused to the coil and just won't come out without taking the coil with it.

 

[v1k1ng1001]

rebuilding the coils and inserting them into the heads is easier than it looks...and the results are amazing

I just built a long 2.3 ohm nano coil with organic cotton and it is crushing the stock coils

 

[bover907]

Gotta echo everyone else with the rebuilding your own coils. You have to buy an ohm checker if your device doesn't have one, but You'll still end up saving money in the long run. I shoot for 2.2ohms on my builds, and then rewick them with cotton. After a couple tank fulls, you pull the cotton out, wash, dry fire, and rewick with cotton. 50 feet of 30gauge Kanthal is only like $3.69, and then you just get some cotton balls or cotton yarn, and you're set for months!

 

[danny4x4]

I'm worried why you're unable to get the silica out of the coil, even with a paper clip. The only reason I can think of is that it has fused with the gunked up flavourings which in turn fused with the coil. Thereby joining them as one. Highly highly improbable, but I can't think of anything else.

So like what the others said, better to recoil it, or use another head.

 

[coalyard]

Junk the stock coils and get some 30 guage wire a 1/16 bit and 8/9 wraps 1.8 ohms. Build like vid and works awesome and refs easier as you go.

Kanger Mini Protank II (Easy Cotton Rebuild Tutorial) - YouTube

Best advice. A 1.8 ohm micro coil properly wicked with cotton will transform your PT. It's really worth it.