Just a wicking idea

[supersaiyan]

Okay so I've heard of people boiling their cotton I guess to get any bleach or chemicals off of it my idea is that when you fire up your coil with the cotton most likely vaporizes the chemicals that are in the cotton so could you saturate your newly wicked coil with just water then fire it up rather than boiling it and waiting for it to dry has anyone tried this rather than boiling cotton leave any feedback thank you

 

[93gc40]

Yes, the flavor does go away via vaping..... The point of boiling is, so you don't have to vape those chemicals for several icky tasting puffs. Fact is if you get the wick right you'd never taste the bleach or peroxide, anyway.

I boil and sun dry, cotton ALL cotton... Because, it seems to perform better that way.

 

[chefjoosie]

I used to boil and rinse my cotton in distilled water 3 times, then air dry it. It seemed to work out ok, but there was still a break in time where I'd have the odd hot wet cotton aftertaste.

After a suggestion from a friend, I then tried wearing gloves whenever I touched my cotton. No break in time, no gross cotton taste. It turns out that wasn't a cotton taste, it was the flavor of hot finger oil.
Cotton is great at wicking oil off of your fingers.

Now I don't boil anything. When it is possible I wear gloves. When it isn't, I wash my hands thoroughly, and then wipe them down with 91% IPA, and let them dry right before handling my cotton. Clean flavor from the first hit.

 

[EverPresentNoob]

The problem with your idea OP, is that yes you will be boiling out the stuff in the cotton inside the coil... But what about the tails? any chemicals your worrid about will still be in them....

 

[edyle]

I rinse cotton out with hot water by just putting about 4 cotton balls in a regular kitchen strainer, and pour hot water over that over the sink, and leave to dry for a day or 2;
that cotton goes in a Rubbermaid container and lasts me for months.