How I re-wick my T3's with cheesecloth (pictues)

[zazzlefrazz]

I have never rebuilt an atty before in my life. Wasn't a big fan of silica just because of some of the stuff I've read about it. Silica fibres breaking off true? Hype? Who knows? But I like the idea of cotton as a wicking material. I didn't have any of the stuff (wire, Ohm tester, etc) I would need to rebuild so I was searching around to see what I would need and found this thread. Went out and bought some 100% untreated cotton cheesecloth and tried this out.

WOW it was awesome! I did about 6 attys I was saving to rebuild in about and hour and a half. Both for my EVODs and the Protank 2. Tons of vapour using Juggies 100% VG and some 40/60 pg/vg both 18mg. Taste is great as well as the TH. TH actually increased for me on the juice. I may have to try some 12mg to see what the TH is like on that. If its still good I may be able to drop mg. Always found 12mg too airy.

I read on a post on this threat that someone said if they had to count out individual threads of the cheesecloth they would have quit rebuilding attys a long time ago. I actually found it quite easy using a pair of tweezers and just sliding out long pieces of thread. Laid them out, cut the length I needed and did a few attys with each length of cotton thread I had made. I think that this method may actually work better than rolling the cheesecloth into wicks ( not that I really know as this is my first experience) because the wick will be made out of individual threads all laying perfectly the same way. I think this would help it wick better.

I'm on day three with the same atty I rebuilt and it is going strong. Little snaps and crackles while I'm vaping, which I like, same as silica. Still tastes great and the vapor is amazing. I sometimes chain vape and have had no dry hits or leaking at all. I used 20 or 21 threads for both the wick and the flavour wick, so about 40 and 40. Really like the idea of changing the wicks out this easy any time I want and saving cash not buying attys is great too. Thanks for the idea Mitey.

 

[Mrskoon1]

Can you use kanthal wire for this?

 

[livethechoice]

Day 1 (hour 3, specifically) of using cheesecloth wicks in my EVOD on a 2.4 coil with 100%vg. It took an hour or so of semi-constant vaping to "break in " the wick. Flavor doesn't seem as muted, but there is definitely a, I don't know, "cottony" flavor that's present. Gonna try it with a 1.8 tomorrow in my T3S.

 

[Mitey F]

Can you use kanthal wire for this?

This tutorial was (is) only for re-WICKING, not re-coiling.

 

[ingerri]

Can you use kanthal wire for this?

I use 32 kanthal when I rebuild coil

 

[clone1008]

Isn't gauze about the same thing as cheesecloth?

 

[livethechoice]

So I've been using cheesecloth now for about a week and I'm sold. The new wicks last about 5 days with my constant vaping, and seem to work slightly better with a pg/vg mix than with pure vg, but not so much that pure vg is unvapable. I learned today that once the wick is burned even slightly that it's beyond saving, no dry burns with this at all. The upside? No gurgling, no leaking, flavor is strong and vapor production is great. $5.00 worth of cheesecloth and I have enough wicks to last me for the next few years. No idea how long the coils will last, but re-wicking should cut down on my cost of replacements significantly.
Still testing on what works better, 1.8 or 2.4, so far I'm leaning towards 1.8 working just fine. The one thing I'd suggest is using a vv battery and increasing the voltage once the liquid drops below 1.0ml, or just topping it off.
Ohh, almost forgot, the new wicks tend to leave a residue during refills. Not sure what it is, doesn't affect the flavor but there's definitely a dark residue left over. Looks kinda cool, actually.

 

[pnut599]

I've have done this a few times now and it works great. Very easy, but I have to admit, I have nothing to compare it to. I've never tried anything else. I did a funny thing tho. The first time I did it, I spent an hour or more pulling strands, cutting, trimming, lining it up nice and pretty and all that stuff, then without thinking I hit the button for a dry burn.....POOF just like that my beautiful wick was gone. After banging my head on the table and saying a few expletives I did it again. This time no dry burn and it went much faster.
Hopefully this will make someone laugh and remind them not to dry burn.

 

[spider362]

I found an easy way to make a batch of wicks all at once...

• I opened up the cheesecloth on the bed and cut a slit a foot or so long 32" up its length.
• Then I pull the threads out in pairs and lay them on the bed.
• After I have 6 or 8 pairs I take each pair and fold it in half, then in half again.
• This gave me a bundle of 8 threads 4" long.
• Then I thread 2" of the bundle into a beading needle and fold it in half and pull it through the coil. This results in a wick with 16 strands.
• I pull the wick just a little off center in the coil so there is one long side and one short side.
• I cut each side of the wick to length and then use the remaining long side as the flavor wick and cut it to length.

It takes 10 - 15 minutes to make the 6 - 8 bundles which I store in small plastic ziplock bags used for jewelry for future use.
It takes less than 5 minutes to thread a new wick into the coil, add the flavor wick, and put everything back together again.