eGo-t ?'n: silica vs. fiberglass for wick mod

[MasonD]

I just got my eGo-T; happy as can be!

But, I want to do the wick mod with the pyramid tea-bag, just to ensure good wicking.

Here's the question: how hot does the atty burn? See, I can go and get wood-stove rope at my local hardware store... the which is made of fiberglass. I looked it up, and it's rated for 1000° F; silica is rated @ 2300°. The oft cited wick-mod dude uses strands of silica rope, which is used for the same thing: insulating wood-stoves, &c.

Being so conveniently handy, I'm wondering if I should go ahead with the 1000° rated fiberglass strands--

FYI: I'm vaping the stock res atty, and the stock voltage batt.

-D

 

[tazboyvt]

I'm looking to do the same thing - I have three atties that I pulled the wicks out of by pulling out the needle plate - the wick stuck to the atty burner.

Can't find the rope locally, but am still looking!

 

[MasonD]

One thing I'm gonna try first thing tomorrow, is go to a fireplace shop that does maintenance-- I figure they might just have some silica around, and maybe I could buy a foot off of 'em. Heck-- maybe they'll just give it to me; when I went to rite-aid to get a syringe to fill cartos for my first system, when I told 'em what it was for, they gladly gave it to me, and wished me the best of luck!

So, maybe you could google around, find a repair shop, and try that, too.

 

[MasonD]

Don't use fiberglass-- I went to the fireplace shop, and they did give me some rope, but I found out the hard way that it wasn't silica. Fiberglass doesn't hold up to the temperature at the atty.

 

[darkpoet]

Sorry if this is awaking an old thread... but it seems like the right thread to wake up to talk about substitutes for silica rope... I can't seem to find the stuff in Korea. It may be my lack of language skills (I don't even know much about it in English lol).

I assume most poly materials are out... and nylon rope would almost certainly disintegrate (and taste awful)... PTB is made out of PET, isn't it? That would also melt. Browsing a fire-......ant site, I saw graphite rope, too... rated at 1500F, which might be alright. I've seen ceramic rope, too...

Coming back to Fiberglass, isn't it fiberglass originally in the eGo-T? Perhaps there are different types, some better than others?

 

[darkpoet]

Hm. Actually get on over to this thread: http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/atomizer-mods/129327-wick-material-question.html