I've been hearing a lot about the dangers of silica, and I very lightly browsed the wicking materials thread (took about 5 hours or so lol). I want to try cotton in my penelope, but I'm not sure what's currently considered the best route to go. The best I extrapolated is I can get #2 candle wick, 2 strands at the top and one strand down the sides. Does this need to be boiled first? What is the process for this? Are there better options? Consider me ......ed on the subject, but I'd like to give this a shot.
RDA How-To For A Cotton Wick On A Penelope?
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Aunt Lydia's Bamboo Crochet Viscose, # 10 from Michael's
Set up your NR wire however you normally do, and wrap your coil on a 14 awg needle (I use 9-10 wraps of 30 awg kanthal)
Lock your coil in and keep the 14 gauge needle inside so it keeps its shape
Loop the bamboo around two fingers 3 full times
use a piece of kanthal to hook the loop and then feed it through the coil (after taking out the 14 gauge needle).
Cut loop ends and pull on strand out gently for a total of 5 threads
vape away
When you're ready for a new wick (5-7 days for me) just pull out the old one, and slide a new one through. Don't disturb the coil.
I never boil the wick (almost), but many people do. Probably best to boil it.
EDIT: The 5 thread wick may seem loose at first. It will swell and expand with a vengeance over a day or so. Sometime I end up pulling out another strand for a 4 strand wick.
I've never used candle wick, but gauze or cheese cloth work excellent as well. I just like the aunt lydias because its easier for me to do the same thing everytime in a matter of seconds, and it seems to last longer for me as well
Aunt Lydia's Bamboo Crochet Viscose, # 10 from Michael's
Set up your NR wire however you normally do, and wrap your coil on a 14 awg needle (I use 9-10 wraps of 30 awg kanthal)
Lock your coil in and keep the 14 gauge needle inside so it keeps its shape
Loop the bamboo around two fingers 3 full times
use a piece of kanthal to hook the loop and then feed it through the coil (after taking out the 14 gauge needle).
Cut loop ends and pull on strand out gently for a total of 5 threads
vape away
When you're ready for a new wick (5-7 days for me) just pull out the old one, and slide a new one through. Don't disturb the coil.
I never boil the wick (almost), but many people do. Probably best to boil it.
EDIT: The 5 thread wick may seem loose at first. It will swell and expand with a vengeance over a day or so. Sometime I end up pulling out another strand for a 4 strand wick.
I've never used candle wick, but gauze or cheese cloth work excellent as well. I just like the aunt lydias because its easier for me to do the same thing everytime in a matter of seconds, and it seems to last longer for me as well
Wow thanks for the input! I actually have some 100% cotton candle wick sitting around, so I planned on giving that a shot first. Do I have to plan on expansion? Should I make the coil loose in the beginning to account for that?
I've never used the candle wick, but I would imagine yes it will expand. I know in the wick materials thread many have used the braided cotton, stop in
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