Hybrid Scottish Roll (rayon w/cotton core)

[BeerGolfClouds]

The Scottish Roll wick was a game changer for me, resulting in a consistent wick every time using either cotton or rayon. So I decided to take it a step further; I roll up a thin, pretty tight cotton wick, and roll a thin, stretched-out layer of rayon around it. The end result is the pure flavor, nic hit and fast wicking properties of rayon, with the absorbent cotton holding juice and feeding it easily from within.

At first I tried just sandwiching a layer of cotton on top of a layer of rayon and rolling it up so they were intertwined, but I've had better results since I began rolling the core first and rolling the outer layer around it.

If any wicking/fluid dynamics experts want to step in and discuss why this works as well as it seems to, or tell me that I'm crazy and just perceiving the awesomeness of this in my own head, I'd be grateful. All I know is this is the best style of wick I've used in my nearly 3 years of rebuilding. It delivers outstanding flavor, wicks very quickly, and handles high power with ease.

FWIW, my best results have been with Shiseido as the core, with Delasco rayon as the outer layer. I like the flavor obtained from the Delasco better than the Sally stuff...YMMV.

 

[Clark Kent]

Always open to new Ideas and what works well, have a big old box of rayon waiting for some use. I'll give it a-go with good old sally and ken, kind of a menage huh?

 

[chefjoosie]

Some of the companies making coilheads seem to have a similar idea. They do their vertical coils, surrounded by ceramic, or some other material that can handle higher heat than cotton, and then wrap that in cotton to get the positive properties of cotton without the worry of scorching or breakdown if you run your coils a bit too hot for cotton.