They could skip all the fancy labeling and write 'Competition fibers" with a sharpie. Would sell out in seconds.
Fiber Freaks - a new wicking option?
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Haha yes you are so right.
My love- Kawa Reo LP w/ TRA SL door & LokiLab Odin.. Mmm Mmm
Never said it was not a natural component, just Man Made cellulose.
But I see I got everyone thinking!
Nothing wrong with buying a Sampling to see if it is something of interest. However Hyping a $1 Bag of Cellucotton as something new and High Tech might be going overboard. Man made Cellulose has been around for over a century.
I went the review route and when the Thread hit 50 pages of good to great reviews I new it would be a good investment.
One Warning - Dry hits can lead to MELTED Wicks. Nope this wood don't burn - It melts to nothing - I Know for a fact.
But I see I got everyone thinking!
Nothing wrong with buying a Sampling to see if it is something of interest. However Hyping a $1 Bag of Cellucotton as something new and High Tech might be going overboard. Man made Cellulose has been around for over a century.
I went the review route and when the Thread hit 50 pages of good to great reviews I new it would be a good investment.
One Warning - Dry hits can lead to MELTED Wicks. Nope this wood don't burn - It melts to nothing - I Know for a fact.
^ im alittle confused.. are you talking about this fiber freaks? Or are you talking about regular sallys rayon? I love rayon my box from sallys barely has a dent in it and i rewick every two days because i can.. so if your talking about rayon how did you manage to "melt" a wick!?!I went the review route and when the Thread hit 50 pages of good to great reviews I new it would be a good investment.
One Warning - Dry hits can lead to MELTED Wicks. Nope this wood don't burn - It melts to nothing - I Know for a fact.
My love- Kawa Reo LP w/ TRA SL door & LokiLab Odin.. Mmm Mmm
Does rayon wick better than Japanese cotton? Thanks a lot in advance.
Both have their advantages.. i think rayon wicks faster, slightly. But the Japanese(kgd) lasts longer than rayon..
My love- Kawa Reo LP w/ TRA SL door & LokiLab Odin.. Mmm Mmm
Never said it was not a natural component, just Man Made cellulose.
But I see I got everyone thinking!
Nothing wrong with buying a Sampling to see if it is something of interest. However Hyping a $1 Bag of Cellucotton as something new and High Tech might be going overboard. Man made Cellulose has been around for over a century.
I went the review route and when the Thread hit 50 pages of good to great reviews I new it would be a good investment.
One Warning - Dry hits can lead to MELTED Wicks. Nope this wood don't burn - It melts to nothing - I Know for a fact.
It's not man made cellulose. It is cellulose, a natural not man made product, turned into a fiber by man. And it burns. Does not melt. Nothing melts away to nothing.
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You think so? My rayon builds last several weeks without a problem. Someone gifted me some Japanese-style cotton pads, but I just haven't had the heart to use them. Maybe I'll try them some day. I really should, but rayon just works so well.
Rayon is man-made cotton, chemically processed from NON cotton, natural cellulose fiber. Generally is made from wood pulp, can be made from nearly any plant fiber.
It is lyocell rayon aka tencel. That goes back to the beginning of the rayon thread.
They claim its a new wick but its not. They didn't read far enough in the thread to see its not as good as standard rayon. All they did was "card" the tencel into a sheet. Other than that, its tencel top.
I do not care for lyocell/tencle, it doesn't seem as pure as standard rayon. The lyocell process is not as good imo has a funny taste to me.
Rayon was created in Europe. Lyocell is made in Europe... Oh yeah European cellulose is not special.
Fiber freaks wick is viscose/rayon made by lenzing
They claim its a new wick but its not. They didn't read far enough in the thread to see its not as good as standard rayon. All they did was "card" the tencel into a sheet. Other than that, its tencel top.
I do not care for lyocell/tencle, it doesn't seem as pure as standard rayon. The lyocell process is not as good imo has a funny taste to me.
Rayon was created in Europe. Lyocell is made in Europe... Oh yeah European cellulose is not special.
Fiber freaks wick is viscose/rayon made by lenzing
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It is quite confusing.
Lyocell still produces viscose just different chemicals used. There is no positive benifit with lyocell in the end product.
It was only easier to dispose of the byproducts back in the old days. Today they repurpose the byproducts of rayon production to other industries.
The same basic principals apply between the two, only difference is the chemicals to produce a cellulose chain.
I believe the lyocell type is not as pure, based on taste. I was the first to get tencel/lyocell type rayon.
Viscose is the liquid cellulose mix before its run through the spinneret.
Tencel - Viscose produced with the lenzing chemicals.
More confused yet? Lol
Its been so long since I've talked about tencel.. But I have plenty of documented posts on it early in the rayon thread.
Lyocell still produces viscose just different chemicals used. There is no positive benifit with lyocell in the end product.
It was only easier to dispose of the byproducts back in the old days. Today they repurpose the byproducts of rayon production to other industries.
The same basic principals apply between the two, only difference is the chemicals to produce a cellulose chain.
I believe the lyocell type is not as pure, based on taste. I was the first to get tencel/lyocell type rayon.
Viscose is the liquid cellulose mix before its run through the spinneret.
Tencel - Viscose produced with the lenzing chemicals.
More confused yet? Lol
Its been so long since I've talked about tencel.. But I have plenty of documented posts on it early in the rayon thread.
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Tencel is just a brand name of lyocell. It's the same thing. It's still made from chemically melted cellulose before being run through the spinner. Viscose is the same thing made with harsher chemicals. It's not the liquid.
Btw, I'm not confused at all. But someone is.
Lol.. Whatever..
Its lyocell rayon, use it if its all you can get.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...E-gzW7sp5MVzviIdw&sig2=vTmUY1axCGU9TWpX8mTHdA
Its lyocell rayon, use it if its all you can get.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...E-gzW7sp5MVzviIdw&sig2=vTmUY1axCGU9TWpX8mTHdA
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Yes, that's what you should read. Slowly and carefully.
Viscose vs. Lyocell
What differentiates these two methods is simple. There are approximately 13 different toxic chemical solvent processes in the Viscose Rayon (Bamboo) method. There is only one solvent in the Lyocell (Tencel+Plus[emoji769] Eucalyptus) method; and the FTC has recognized the Lyocell solvent as a non-toxic solvent and in that process is almost 100 percent recycled and reused. Additionally, with every stage of processing comes further energy and water savings.
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Rayon or "Cellucotton" is a man-made product derived from a natural substance. It is neither purely natural or synthetic. It is made from taking cellulose (usually wood pulp), and treating it with chemicals until it resembles cotton in texture. Cellucotton literally means "looks like cotton".
Rayon is not cellulose; It is derived from cellulose
Rayon is not cellulose; It is derived from cellulose
STILL like it in my Rose, but the Erls are just wonderful with the Sally's...always a pleasure, my friend.
I am curious to know what is the filler inside cartomizers made of? Isn't it called poly-fill? It has directional fibers, and if it works inside cartomizers, it should work with atomizers as well.
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