I just got into rebuildables a few weeks ago and I was wondering how long does a stainless mesh wick typically last? Weeks? Months? They seem to be easily cleaned. Do they break down over time? I plan on putting in an order for some but I'm having a hard time judging how much I need when I really don't have any idea how long they last....
How long does a stainless wick typically last?
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Months to years. Once you have a good oxidized wick, it can be cleaned by running it under warm water when you need or want to.
yea a good long time if not playing with them a lot, in the end you can just pick up like a 12in by12 in sheet from somewhere like okcvape for 10-12 bucks and just be done with worrying about more if you want to play or get more rba's to try..
Yup! I order a huge sheet from the mesh company over in England and I only used a little bit, since I started with genesis attys about a year ago. I have more than enough to last me a lifetime.
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you def wont need to buy any for a loooong loooong time lol
like 12 x 12 is around 60 to 80 wicks.. lol
i have a few wicks well into weeks old i just take em out and burn them once in a while to clean them and they still seem fine so.................
like 12 x 12 is around 60 to 80 wicks.. lol
i have a few wicks well into weeks old i just take em out and burn them once in a while to clean them and they still seem fine so.................
I've been using Gennys for 4 months or so, and have never had to replace a wick for any other reason than just not being able to resist the urge to play with it. Best advice: Once you get a Genny set up and working well, LEAVE IT ALONE!
I'm at about the same place. I bought my first genny when the Chids became available. Now I have 12 (of 4 different types) all still running on the same Chinese mystery mesh. Coils... now that's another matter. 
I've got a Griffin running well and I have no plans on touching it. I have an AGA-T I need some mesh for. I never ordered any right away because I had planned on experimenting with cotton wicks. I wasn't real impressed with stainless at first but it has really grown on me. Like anything else with vaping it comes with a slight learning curve. Now I'd rather just throw some 500 mesh in and be done with it. Speaking of the AGA-T, The new version should be showing up at stores really soon. I'll be buying a few.
I have several that will eventually be converted to 500 mesh. I have a couple sheets of it in my drawer. But they're all working well with the 400 that's in them now; so I won't take them apart until necessary.
I haven't tried 500 yet so I'm kind of curious to see if I can tell any difference between 400 and 500.
same boat, i have a big roll of 500 sitting here and no reason to use any yet lol.
sigh------ guess i will just have to force myself to get another geni. poor me.
sigh------ guess i will just have to force myself to get another geni. poor me.
Not much to add, they'll last a while. If you dry burn to clean the coil, don't overdo it or the coil can burn into the mesh creating hot spots. Just a couple quick pulses will clean the coil.
i can see the value in this statement.
my issue is that i just cracked my plastic dud tank. i need to take the thing apart to replace the tank obviously. ive got a pyrex IBT tube so im pumped to install it, yet paranoid i wont build the coil as great as ive got my current one. my current one is outstanding.
im sure i will pull it off, but for now ive been just refilling the cracked plastic tank. it doesnt leak that much, but the crack does grow by a hair each day or so.
A while back, I wanted to de knurl one of my AGA-Ts, which obviously required taking it completely apart. But it had a perfectly working coil. I carefully removed both the ground screw and the top nut on the positive post, and pulled the wick and coil up and out. After doing the work, and reassembling everything, I slid the same wick/coil back down in, and reinstalled the screw and top nut. Test fired it, and it worked fine.
All depends, the more you torch it the more brittle it gets, and will begin to fall apart sooner. I've had wicks that lasted months, and wicks that lasted less than a day. The worst thing that can possibly happen is if it's not oxidized well enough and you start to crank the voltage up, then BAM bright ... short that cuts a hole 6 layers deep into the mesh. Very hard to recover from that.
Quenching will also shorten the life of your wick. I usually roll it up, give it a real good torching to get it a nice and even dull grey, then do a couple juice burns and I'm good to go. If you want even better longevity you can skip the torching completely and just do a bunch of juice burns, but I don't have the patience for that.
Quenching will also shorten the life of your wick. I usually roll it up, give it a real good torching to get it a nice and even dull grey, then do a couple juice burns and I'm good to go. If you want even better longevity you can skip the torching completely and just do a bunch of juice burns, but I don't have the patience for that.
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