Emergency wick!

[Berner]

I came to work armed with my Reo, ready for a 28 hour shift, and shortly after arriving my microcoil popped. No problem, I had a little bit of 28 ga Kanthal with me, so I wrapped a little coil and put it in the Reo2. But when I opened my wallet to pull out my cotton (and I ALWAYS carry a little cotton with me in my wallet), there was NO COTTON! In looking around, the only thing I could find that seemed halfway suitable was Kleenex, so I cut a little strip, rolled it up, popped it into the coil, and have been happily vaping away since. It was white 'organic' Kleenex (no dyes or perfumes) and it doesn't seem to have any taste to it, and it wicks pretty well. Anyway, if you find yourself in a bind, tissue seems to be a reasonable emergency option for makeshift wicks...

 

[Hypatia]

Lol, if you were a woman, you could have asked a female coworker for a Tampax! That's what I'd have done, . Don't know if I'd use tissue, though. Hmm, I'd probably be so desperate, I'd cut a corner off my undershirt or underwear before thinking of the tissue trick.

 

[fropit]

i have torn a piece of gauze and used it,and it worked pretty well too.....
vape on

 

[ChrisEU]

Any first aid kit has wound dressing packs of some sort - those are sterile and the pad works quite well as wick. So, you will have wick in your car if you have a first aid kit =)

 

[BlueSnake]

Talk about being creative.......

 

[InTheClouds]

Amazing what we can come up with in desperate times, well done!

 

[johni]

Belly button lint could work.

 

[Funk Dracula]

@ MamaTried has some beard trimmings that'll probably work in a pinch.

 

[harley05]

Lol, if you were a woman, you could have asked a female coworker for a Tampax! That's what I'd have done, . Don't know if I'd use tissue, though. Hmm, I'd probably be so desperate, I'd cut a corner off my undershirt or underwear before thinking of the tissue trick.

Bites tongue...

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[BillyHill]

Big deal, I know convicts that can make a shank out of Kleenex.
Just sayin'.

 

[MamaTried]

@ MamaTried has some beard trimmings that'll probably work in a pinch.

if you think dry hits with cotton are bad...

 

[DoogieTony]

if you think dry hits with cotton are bad...

Even without dry hits it still has a faint taste of the cookie and mustard that was trapped in there.

 

[Grimjack]

I found myself without cotton at the start of a work day, couldn't find anything suitable to use as a wick. So, i spent the day squonking right onto the micro coil! Granted, I had to squonk after every hit and spent the day fearing the inevitable dry hit, but it worked. Since then I haven't been without cotton.
Of course now i realize i don't have any kanthal with me...no popping coil please!

 

[Berner]

I tried using some gauze, but the threads kept unravelling and I couldn't get it to work; hence the tissue trick. I work in a hospital and you would think that you could definitely find cotton in a hospital, but NOOOOOO. Unbelievable.

 

[c3 rolling]

I was in a similar situation and I got so desperate that I cut a hole in my t shirt and used that as a wick.

 

[CATastrophe]

Belly button lint could work.

Of course, I suppose it wouldn't be too bad if it were your own. But what about the folks with "outies"?

 

[Berner]

View attachment 316826 Of course, I suppose it wouldn't be too bad if it were your own. But what about the folks with "outies"?

I bet dryer lint would work too

 

[CATastrophe]

I bet dryer lint would work too

I bet you're right. Not that I want to use mine. It's full of cat hair.