How do you do your cotton?

[xan13x]

Hey guys, so I've been experimenting with different wicks, the quantity length etc. and I was curious how people do cotton wicks, or are there rules? The reason I ask is that I decided to give it a whirl on a super tightly would coil that can really only fit .5-1mm of silica in it, and trying to get a corkscrew 1/4 of a 2mm in there was frustrating me

First lesson I learned.... don't dry burn cotton when checking for atty ohms lol. I found out real quick when I took that first vape that cotton burns a lot cooler than silica After removing the charred halves of my first cotton wick, I rewicked and soaked it. A bit of a burnt taste, but I figured since I lazy replaced the first one I would have to work through some burn.... vaped and vaped... still the burned taste. Gave it a look, and the center was grey.... burned

Long story short, I'm back to silica and managed to tweeze/toothpick the corkscrew of silica in and I'm vaping away just fine. Also worth noting, I tried the cotton on a 1.8 coil first, thought maybe that was too low and caused burnage, so tried it on a 2.4 with the same effect. What is the magical trick to using cotton without burning???

 

[RickCain]

what i found is 1) plenty of juice 2) not too tight 3) never dry burn

 

[IrishUpstart]

Is it cool to dry burn after removing wick? Like to clean coil/change flavors?

 

[mightymen]

What are you useing.

Cotton has to be primed and soaked before being used.

 

[vapdivrr]

yes as you know cannot dry burn cotton, i find the best wicking from cotton is to not use to much, roll up a piece fairly dense and feed it through, as you pull it, it should only have a slight resistance, if you are misshaping the cotton as you are pulling it through then its to big of a piece. the cotton should be of the sterile nature. and like mentioned above soak the heck out of it first then assemble everything and your good to go. when handeling the cotton its a good idea to have clean hands because the cotton can absorb oils and such. also, and not that it matters but the higher you go in resistance the hotter the coil will be.

 

[Statistic]

Is it cool to dry burn after removing wick? Like to clean coil/change flavors?

Yes, when you are switchnig out cotton wicks take that opportunity to dry burn the coil clean before you put another wick in it

 

[IrishUpstart]

Is it cool to dry burn after removing wick? Like to clean coil/change flavors?

Yes, when you are switchnig out cotton wicks take that opportunity to dry burn the coil clean before you put another wick in it

Great! Thank you!