Just Ramie:

[BJ43]

= "uncolored" While wick performance in terms of juice flow, etc., may be improved, I'm not finding flavor produced significantly different from silica. Enhanced perception of juice flavor has been a hallmark of earlier alternate wicking materials such as cotton and bamboo as compared to silica. I'm not finding that with ramie.

Enhanced to me also means true flavor besides more flavor. The ramie is true and more flavor than any wick I have used, but we all taste differently. I was once a SS man, even brought the 500 mesh to vaping and now I can't stand the taste SS gives to my juices.

 

[BJ43]

Another advantage oh ramie. .6 ohm triple braided 28g coil in Igo L dripper with ramie.
First pic 12 drops juice. Wet. Second pic after vaping for a while almost dry white and just a hint telling me it needs some juice. With cotton it would have burnt this dry, at 25 watts.

 

[TheKiwi]

Hey BJ43, do you boil your ramie or is it good to go from the box


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[Cool_Breeze]

Another advantage oh ramie. .6 ohm triple braided 28g coil in Igo L dripper with ramie. First pic 12 drops juice. Wet. Second pic after vaping for a while almost dry white and just a hint telling me it needs some juice. With cotton it would have burnt this dry, at 25 watts.

...and with silica?

 

[BJ43]

Hey BJ43, do you boil your ramie or is it good to go from the box


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I boiled it for 30 min just to sterilize it. Don't know who's hands or little feet could have been touching it before getting to me. I know the coil probably sterilizes it, but who knows what other organic material might be in there.

 

[Cool_Breeze]

I boiled it for 30 min just to sterilize it. Don't know who's hands or little feet could have been touching it before getting to me. I know the coil probably sterilizes it, but who knows what other organic material might be in there.

Without boiling, ramie has a definite taste to it. That taste goes away after probably less than a tank. Boiling seems to remove any taste added by ramie.

 

[BJ43]

...and with silica?

I do not use silica, except if I go into a shop and try juices on their demos. All juices I have liked in a store on silica were much better when I got them home on organic wicks. Besides all my lab wick tests showed silica a very poor wick (capillary action). Would not keep a kerosene lamp test burning and would not keep up on my high watt long double inhale style of vaping. But as I said we all vape and taste different, this is just my opinion and what works for me.

 

[TheKiwi]

Ahh... Thanks for the answer. Seems like that's smth I'm gonna hafta do. Hmm.

So I'm completely new to the idea of boiling to clean wick materials, but help me out here as detailedly as possible. I'm assuming I can just use a normal stainless steel pot for this. Any "guide" on preparing it? Stuff like what you boil it with (I see some mention of VG + distilled water. Is there a reason for VG? Would distilled water alone be fine?), how to dry it etc.

Apologies if this is smth super simple, but I figured the only source I can find for it is a huge box and I really wanna just clean it all at one shot so I wanna make sure I'm doing it right


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[BJ43]

Ahh... Thanks for the answer. Seems like that's smth I'm gonna hafta do. Hmm.

So I'm completely new to the idea of boiling to clean wick materials, but help me out here as detailedly as possible. I'm assuming I can just use a normal stainless steel pot for this. Any "guide" on preparing it? Stuff like what you boil it with (I see some mention of VG + distilled water. Is there a reason for VG? Would distilled water alone be fine?), how to dry it etc.

Apologies if this is smth super simple, but I figured the only source I can find for it is a huge box and I really wanna just clean it all at one shot so I wanna make sure I'm doing it right


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I wash all my organics with dish detergent or oxiclean, just rub it into the material with my fingers and rinse good. Then boil in a pot with distilled water. For hemp I boil for 3 one hour boils changing the water. With the ramie I only boiled once as I saw nothing come out in the detergent wash. On hemp I soaked the hemp in oxiclean overnight.

 

[Cool_Breeze]

I do not use silica, except if I go into a shop and try juices on their demos. All juices I have liked in a store on silica were much better when I got them home on organic wicks. Besides all my lab wick tests showed silica a very poor wick (capillary action). Would not keep a kerosene lamp test burning and would not keep up on my high watt long double inhale style of vaping. But as I said we all vape and taste different, this is just my opinion and what works for me.

Very good. At this time, I'm vaping in the 10 to 12 Watt range. I'm getting no dry hits nor burning with my silica wicks. I don't perceive a significant difference in flavor between ramie and silica. Next time I have a compelling need for a well-wicked kerosene lamp, I'll keep ramie in mind. : )

 

[BJ43]

Very good. At this time, I'm vaping in the 10 to 12 Watt range. I'm getting no dry hits nor burning with my silica wicks. I don't perceive a significant difference in flavor between ramie and silica. Next time I have a compelling need for a well-wicked kerosene lamp, I'll keep ramie in mind. : )

A year ago I would have told you that I saw no need to go over 10 watts, but it was getting a little blah after almost 6 years. Now I seldom go below 17 watts. The high wattage super vaper/flavor is a new world for me and fun again. Very large surface area coils at low ohms is just another world. I will probably never use a gennie again. My son has quit smoking using a Vamo and a protank at 7 watts, he thinks I am crazy. Probably am, but enjoying it.

 

[JeremyR]

I haven't mastered this yet and when its drying out or too tight you can taste it.
My first thought - "I'm smokin grass man!" Lol

I haven't boiled mine, the flavor of the wick is pleasent and it is very, very heat tolerant. My pv get stuck on fire when I set it down the atty was pretty hot. Pulled the wick and there was hardly any scorching.

It's been doing well in my wife's evod. Wicked just right with clean flavor.

 

[silverbullit]

On board with the Ramie. Been using since 1 March for all my through the coil builds, horizonal on rba's and the few gennies I still use.
But still do the hemp for my vertical's.
Both are great.
Really can't see how anything could get any better.

 

[tiburonfirst]

A year ago I would have told you that I saw no need to go over 10 watts, but it was getting a little blah after almost 6 years. Now I seldom go below 17 watts. The high wattage super vaper/flavor is a new world for me and fun again. Very large surface area coils at low ohms is just another world. I will probably never use a gennie again. My son has quit smoking using a Vamo and a protank at 7 watts, he thinks I am crazy. Probably am, but enjoying it.

i so agree with your boy even though i'm not using a vamo

 

[dice57]

Haven't used silica since I went to micro coils. Plus didn't like the micro needle filaments that silica can impale your lungs with. For high watt vaping, 30+, there's nothing I've tried that can wick as well as Ramie. Sure if you don't break the warp 12 barrier then you would probably never need the advantage that ramie provides, but if you do the 30, 45, & 70 watt boggy then Ramie is the Man.

 

[beiber]

I am boiling my first ramie. Of those of you that boil your ramie, do you notice some pretty bad aromas when you boil it? Very artificial, chemically smell. Has drastically reduced, after some additional boiling. I am going to place in fresh bath after 20 minutes and repeat a couple of times. Anyone else experience this?


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[Cool_Breeze]

...think I'll go boogie with tiburonfirst.

 

[tiburonfirst]

...think I'll go boogie with tiburonfirst.

anytime

 

[dice57]

Never noticed any smell, chemical or otherwise, from ramie, boiled or not.

 

[BJ43]

i so agree with your boy even though i'm not using a vamo

Thanks for the bold type. I thought you agreed that I was crazy.....