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[xpen]

Hey, another source for us Europeans: 100% hemp twine & Leather cord,Beads & body jewellery

They sell this 1mm twine - also on ebay, handle "etnico", but with slightly higher shipping prices - which would look similar to Lovepedal's 1mm. On paper, that is.. we'll see.

Ordered 1 ball (some 400'/130mt ), will let you know how it goes when I get it.

 

[xpen]

I tend to unravel that way the bigger twines (2 or especially 3mm), I couldn't see any advantages for the 1mm size; some 2mm twines, the stiffer ones, seems to improve some if you loosen their twist a bit, at the ends.

Twisting strands seems to work better for wicks than braiding them, in my experience.

(...) I unraveled the 1mm hemp into what looked like about 7 separate strands and just kind of laid them together before threading through the newly made coil. I did no braiding, twisting, or knotting and my wicks look rather scraggly. I've read and have seen pics of some wicks on this and other threads that look fatter or braided, maybe just using the 1mm or 2mm as it is packaged. Does braiding or thick wick have a benefit? My thinking was to increase the surface area contacting the juice by having many separate smaller strands soaking in the juice.

 

[xpen]

Any thoughts on this stuff?? Had some laying around and was thinking about boiling it and giving it a whirl tonigh.

Thnx

No clues, sorry... heck, just boil it a couple times, and see how it goes

 

[BJ43]

Received the 2mm sample from Lovepedal today. I washed it between my fingers with dish detergent for 5 minutes and boiled it twice for ten minutes. It is now drying. It was stiffer than the original at first and seems to be thicker. Got whiter and softer after washing with detergent. I will test it later for capillary action on the mini kerosene lantern and vape it for comparison. Pics and report later....

 

[dakrido]

Went to naturellementchanvre.com to place an order and the three sizes I wanted came to 5.93E but then the shipping was 24E. Me thinks that is too much for three 10m pieces of hemp.

Totally agree. Do mail Alain though, and ask him to check if he can reduce price for shipping.


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[dakrido]

it is, indeed

The owner of the shop, Alain, seems to have some things to iron out about shipping (prices & methods)... in my case I had to go through an off-website order, managed directly via email and paypal, but that way he was eventually able to ship me a full reel - or close to that, not sure yet - for as low as 2.5€.

The best shipping option when ordering via website was 13.90€ (yikes!), and please note that I'm next door to him so to speak, so there's definitely something wrong there... All I could gather is that he seems to be framed with a compulsory shipping method if you order via his website; not that it makes sense to me, mind you

Unfortunately my French isn't up to par, as his English, so we had to jump thru some extra hoops just because of language barriers... but he's definitely willing to cooperate.

The owner still has no clues as to why we're now hammering him from everywhere out of the blue ; perhaps dakrido may explain him the situation, and try to streamline things in native language?

Mailed him just now. I'll post his answer as soon as I get it.


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[bapgood]

BJ you should have some Canadian 2mm to the island sometime next week to try. Plus I threw in a bonus surprise.

Received the 2mm sample from Lovepedal today. I washed it between my fingers with dish detergent for 5 minutes and boiled it twice for ten minutes. It is now drying. It was stiffer than the original at first and seems to be thicker. Got whiter and softer after washing with detergent. I will test it later for capillary action on the mini kerosene lantern and vape it for comparison. Pics and report later....

 

[BJ43]

Personally in all my lab tests with cotton, bamboo, and hemp. The hemp was always the best at wicking, next the bamboo, the cotton will soak up a lot of juice but the capillary action just doesn't keep up with the other two. Cotton makes a great reservoir for the juice, but not the best at replacing the juice to the coil.

Some interesting facts:
Different Materials Which Can Absorb Water:

Cotton:

Cotton is a natural fiber and most efficient fabric at soaking or absorbing water. The amount of water which it can absorb depends upon the quality of the cotton. Since cotton is extremely porous by nature, it can absorb good amount of moisture content. It can absorb approximately 27 times its weight in liquid form.

Hemp:

Hemp is a natural – cellulose fibre. When compared with cotton, hemp proves to be stronger and better absorbent.

Bamboo:

Bamboo is an extremely versatile fabric. Due to its antibacterial, antimicrobial and water absorbing capability qualities bamboo has proved to be very beneficial in textile industry. Since bamboo fibers are extremely porous they prove to be good water absorbent.

 

[BJ43]

Original Lovepedal 2mm on the left and new 2mm? (looks to be 3mm) on the right.
Have the new setup in a Evod BCC and a Vivi with an oval coil, will report back after they have been vaped a while , good so far.

 

[xpen]

there's a hell of a difference, in size... color aside, the new 2(?)mm looks similar to the canadian 2mm: bigger strands, somehow rougher, prone to fraying.

I'd have expected (hoped) the 2mm to be made with the very same strands as the 1mm, just doubled in number... but that's not been the case for any 2mm twine I could get so far, though, so no big surprise there.

All in all, I think I'll keep on quadrupling (is that English? ) the 1mm...

 

[BJ43]

You can't go wrong with the 1mm, single, doubled, quadrupled, or more. The first 2mm I got from Lovepedal was the 1mm 12 strand with 12 larger strands, very soft and great wicking. She ran out and hasn't been able to replace with what she had. I am now on my second tank in the Evod with the new and it is very good. Wahing and scubbing with detergent before boiling removes most of the strange breakin flavors. It is not better than the original 2mm, but it is very good and usable. I am going to try an 2mm by 3mm oval coil with this.

there's a hell of a difference, in size... color aside, the new 2(?)mm looks similar to the canadian 2mm: bigger strands, somehow rougher, prone to fraying.

I'd have expected (hoped) the 2mm to be made with the very same strands as the 1mm, just doubled in number... but that's not been the case for any 2mm twine I could get so far, though, so no big surprise there.

All in all, I think I'll keep on quadrupling (is that English? ) the 1mm...

 

[BJ43]

Just to keep things clear, all the hemp I have from Lovepedal is 12 strand. I have seen here that some of you have 1mm with 6 strands, my 1mm is 12 strands. In the pic, from left to right, the 1mm, 2mm, new 2?mm.

 

[chet]

the 1mm hemp I got from lovepedal was 7 strands.

and you did an oval on evod BJ? would love to see that! I thought it would be too small to do oval on evod head that even has top cap.

 

[BJ43]

Oval on the Vivi, just did a normal 30g coil around the new hemp for the Evod....

the 1mm hemp I got from lovepedal was 7 strands.

and you did an oval on evod BJ? would love to see that! I thought it would be too small to do oval on evod head that even has top cap.

 

[xpen]

Just to keep things clear, all the hemp I have from Lovepedal is 12 strand. I have seen here that some of you have 1mm with 6 strands, my 1mm is 12 strands. In the pic, from left to right, the 1mm, 2mm, new 2?mm.

Great reference, thank you.

Funny thing is, the 1mm I've received from Lovepedal is made of 7 strands, not 6, 1 bigger and 6 relatively smaller... despite - or possibly because of - that, it's the best 1mm twine I've found so far.

Which brings me back to the reason for ordering one ball of 1mm from etnico.co.uk: a friend bought one 1mm ball there, and reported the twine to be made of 7 'soft' strands, 1 bigger 6 smaller. He also reported the twine to wick flawlessly, much like the lovepedal's 1mm sample I gave to him. Hmmmm...

 

[BJ43]

Yep i meant 7 strands not six, but my point was my first 1mm from Lovepedal was 12 strands and my second order for 2mm was also a very soft 2mm 12 strand, neither of these seam to be available any more.

Great reference, thank you.

Funny thing is, the 1mm I've received from Lovepedal is made of 7 strands, not 6, 1 bigger and 6 relatively smaller... despite - or possibly because of - that, it's the best 1mm twine I've found so far.

Which brings me back to the reason for ordering one ball of 1mm from etnico.co.uk: a friend bought one 1mm ball there, and reported the twine to be made of 7 'soft' strands, 1 bigger 6 smaller. He also reported the twine to wick flawlessly, much like the lovepedal's 1mm sample I gave to him. Hmmmm...

 

[xpen]

yes, I was in fact confirming that the 1mm/12 was never seen [any more] from lovepedal, nor from any other vendors for that matter... you're the only one I know of, the rest of us just got the 7-strand variety. same goes for the 2mm/12-strand made of small strands like the 1mm. unfortunately.

PS: I seem to recall that we've seen both a 6- and 7-strand 1mm twine from lovepedal, FWIW

Yep i meant 7 strands not six, but my point was my first 1mm from Lovepedal was 12 strands and my second order for 2mm was also a very soft 2mm 12 strand, neither of these seam to be available any more.

 

[Bmays]

My 1mm is 7 strand too. I missed the 12 strand boat. It does do okay for me however. Having a hard time getting past the earthy taste. Maybe I need to boil it again, I only did one 10 min boil.

 

[BJ43]

I find washing it with dish detergent before boiling gets rid of a lot of the breakin flavors.

My 1mm is 7 strand too. I missed the 12 strand boat. It does do okay for me however. Having a hard time getting past the earthy taste. Maybe I need to boil it again, I only did one 10 min boil.

 

[xpen]

My 1mm is 7 strand too. I missed the 12 strand boat. It does do okay for me however. Having a hard time getting past the earthy taste. Maybe I need to boil it again, I only did one 10 min boil.

I believe there's general consensus about 2x 20min boilings - with rinsing before/in between/after - for the 1mm twine, so that'd a possible cause for the persistent smell. for me it goes away after 1ml, give or take.

Or you may try BJ's trick with the detergent... never tried that, personally, but when the hemp master says so...