Don't get this whole thing of
thinning things. Just can't get more juice or flow going with
less media. You
do want to maintain the density of cotton that produces the result you want at the power and surface area you like. Then, how then do you regulate the flow? Well I guess you can thin the tails some and deprive the coil of flow, certainly. Think about this. But you can't get more! Not without a boat to float it on. At least it's not logical to me.
How about this? You want to maintain the density but flow more juice, you'll need more media. Solution: Notch the wick at the element. Think hourglass. Adjust in millimeters not half the wick diameter. Baby steps. You use the thickness or density that you're accustomed to but you trim or cut down to that from a wider section of cotton (easier to do with measured KGD). Double the wick over and trim the bend, one way.
And do make sure to tug that wick in both directions so that the density is consistent end to end…not one end tighter than the other. In other words, center the notch; then, trim. You want
bouffants at either end.
In this way you're presenting a lot more media at the tails. As much as you need. Fill the device just don't
pack it with some care to avoid blocking airflow.
@Baditude, have to differ with you here. Whether organic or other media like Nextel, the longer the wick, the more tugs you can take (and somewhat cooler with a wetter availability). The additional difference which is often centimeter fractions doesn't add much resistance whatsoever to the flow in my experience. That is, unless you're wound too dense at the coil (too tight). It happens.
A notched wick let's you maintain the density and contact>wick relationship while providing more media (juice availability, like a longer wick). This may aid in some flow issues.
However,
@Electro108 what you describe is pretty common for cotton. To the extent it sits after warming some juices may tend to congeal more and the wetted cotton attains a jelly like consistency. Getting
that to flow again and deliver on flavor takes some repair meaning…you need to reduce that viscosity. Dabbing some light cotton tissue sometimes can draw enough off after a few times rewetting to get things going. Sometimes, if too thick it's fatal. Once drawn off though if you add some straight VG to the wick you may be able to re-prime some of those capillary spaces and start that engine up again. So in a pinch, some tissue and some VG may save you some re-wicking or a rebuild.
Or simply, unless you're living in a Northern tundra, up that VG folks. Nothing delivers like VG for flavor or vapor.
Good luck.
Foggy sinus moment there thx to our marvelous weather over the weekend. Humidity is redic this year. But you're dead on regarding saturation in time. Especially with the flavorful, savory and darker juices we most of us love. Price we pay, and gladly. No gunk is junk far as I'm concerned. Can't scorch a good steak without some char in the pan.
