Just Ramie:

[Blitzdonlife]

Ok thanks for the description dice. I decided to soak my ramie for 1 hour in peroxide/water 50/50, then I made a homemade oxiclean solution from 1 part 3% peroxide/1 part baking soda/2 parts water soaked for 1 hour, rinsed with distilled water 3 times squeezing it out each time, now almost done with my first 30 min boil, two more to go.

 

[dsy5]

Ok thanks for the description dice. I decided to soak my ramie for 1 hour in peroxide/water 50/50, then I made a homemade oxiclean solution from 1 part 3% peroxide/1 part baking soda/2 parts water soaked for 1 hour, rinsed with distilled water 3 times squeezing it out each time, now almost done with my first 30 min boil, two more to go.

Sheesh, and I can remember picking butts out of the ashtray when I was out of smokes...

 

[turbocad6]

Sheesh, and I can remember picking butts out of the ashtray when I was out of smokes...

that is so true

 

[Equality 7-2521]

Before your time....apparently.....last years news?..... HAH.......it still gives the cleanest, deepest, and richest flavor of any wick including top ramien.

Next big thing? That would be up to the vaper to determine. Ramie is a fiber that works. Porous ceramic was last years news, and before my vape time. lol. Still thinking dryer lint may be an untested resource , lmao.

 

[Cool_Breeze]

Before your time....apparently.....last years news?..... HAH.......it still gives the cleanest, deepest, and richest flavor of any wick including top ramien.

When will we see large-scale, cost efficient mass production for the typical consumer?

 

[JeremyR]

Hey dice in trying to go the way of the ramie in my oddy. I'm having trouble with wicking. Seems to be Good in the coil, do you think the bend the wick takes goin Down the channels is choking it off? I may have to just try it cut flush at the top of the channel so it's not kinked down. Just running straight.

 

[Equality 7-2521]

Good question.....but that's kinda relative....how many mods do you buy a year...most people go out and buy mods all the time, because they're cool, because they're the newest thing......Hell, even economical vapers probablly drop a couple of hundred chasing the newest clones but really if you're after a great vape and not after a huge collection of STUFF, and have already found an atty you like, then the price you spend on wicks is well worth it.


That being said...I can't wait to try ramie....COOL BREEZE it sounded like you weren't all that impressed with the flavor ramie delivered, is that true, and....would you consider yourself a flavor hound

When will we see large-scale, cost efficient mass production for the typical consumer?

 

[dice57]

Before your time....apparently.....last years news?..... HAH.......it still gives the cleanest, deepest, and richest flavor of any wick including top ramien.

Hey, not ditzen ceramic, unless your talking about the XC crap, that is. Just when it came out I was still using and ego w/PT, and looking for my first regulated. Just never got into it, sounds kind of delicate, and would be impractical on most by rba's.

That's why there is something to please everyone, but not everyone is pleased with the same thing. Or something like that.

 

[Cool_Breeze]

That being said...I can't wait to try ramie....COOL BREEZE it sounded like you weren't all that impressed with the flavor ramie delivered, is that true, and....would you consider yourself a flavor hound

If, all other aspects being equal, a selected wick will deliver better / more flavor and not diminished TH, why not? My current choices of wick are silica, either 3mm twisted or hollow. I don't dry burn. When wick performance drops significantly, I rewick. I can't say that I've tried Ramie 1:1 (same build, atomizer, resistance, same time) with other wicks, but in similar circumstances I haven't found a noticeable improvement in flavor over silica. As far as ceramic wicks, are Gen-style atomizers passing in fashion for many vapors? ...not to say they can't be used with other selected atomizers. What are some of those? On a couple of bottom coil atomizers, I find the draw more even in performance throughout the draw, +/- startup time...linear, I suppose. I'm not referencing a particular wick material when I say that, rather the atomizer type. Perhaps this is getting a bit away from the OP...

 

[BJ43]

If, all other aspects being equal, a selected wick will deliver better / more flavor and not diminished TH, why not? My current choices of wick are silica, either 3mm twisted or hollow. I don't dry burn. When wick performance drops significantly, I rewick. I can't say that I've tried Ramie 1:1 (same build, atomizer, resistance, same time) with other wicks, but in similar circumstances I haven't found a noticeable improvement in flavor over silica. As far as ceramic wicks, are Gen-style atomizers passing in fashion for many vapors? ...not to say they can't be used with other selected atomizers. What are some of those? On a couple of bottom coil atomizers, I find the draw more even in performance throughout the draw, +/- startup time...linear, I suppose. I'm not referencing a particular wick material when I say that, rather the atomizer type. Perhaps this is getting a bit away from the OP...

IMO most of us do not use silica because of health concerns, but this is not the thread to get into that. As to the gennies, mine are all in retirement.. Vaping has gone into two distinct roads, high or low wattage. They are very different worlds as to equipment. My preference for high wattage, the drippers and then the Taifun GT. I use either hemp or ramie depending on the juice in the drippers and have all my Taifuns with dual coils and ramie wicks. Can't really say I am a sub ohm vaper cause most of my coils are .8 to 1.1 ohms range..

I do have a Taifun with a small Ao wick and hemp legs ala Mikepetro.

 

[Cool_Breeze]

IMO most of us do not use silica because of health concerns, but this is not the thread to get into that. As to the gennies, mine are all in retirement.. Vaping has gone into two distinct roads, high or low wattage. They are very different worlds as to equipment. My preference for high wattage, the drippers and then the Taifun GT. I use either hemp or ramie depending on the juice in the drippers and have all my Taifuns with dual coils and ramie wicks. Can't really say I am a sub ohm vaper cause most of my coils are .8 to 1.1 ohms range.. I do have a Taifun with a small Ao wick and hemp legs ala Mikepetro.

Who are 'most of us?'

 

[BJ43]

Who are 'most of us?'

Years ago we looked to organics to get away from silica. Wicking or taste weren't the main issue with the 3 ohm 36g coils of the past, health was.
I am not going to list the who,(most vapers that have gone to organic), there are many threads on that. I do not criticize the use of silica, in a pinch I use store bought attys. For me silica will not keep up to my style of vaping and the equipment I am now using. If it works for you great. Enjoy...

 

[Cool_Breeze]

Years ago we looked to organics to get away from silica. Wicking or taste weren't the main issue with the 3 ohm 36g coils of the past, health was. I am not going to list the who,(most vapers that have gone to organic), there are many threads on that. I do not criticize the use of silica, in a pinch I use store bought attys. For me silica will not keep up to my style of vaping and the equipment I am now using. If it works for you great. Enjoy...

...to slightly repharase your words, 'IMO most of us that have gone to organic do not use silica because of health concerns.' Have you given ramie the comparison test of wicking, such as in a glass as you have demonstrated before or is your evaluation of ramie wicking properties based on your perception from practical use, or perhaps something else?

 

[BJ43]

...to slightly repharase your words, 'IMO most of us that have gone to organic do not use silica because of health concerns.' Have you given ramie the comparison test of wicking, such as in a glass as you have demonstrated before or is your evaluation of ramie wicking properties based on your perception from practical use, or perhaps something else?

I did a kerosine lamp test and a 100%vg wicking race comparing ramie to hemp fiber. Ramie showed as good or slightly better capillary action. These are not real lab conditions so results are not exact (hard to get two wicks exactly the same out of fibers). In the height above the liquid level that it reached in an hour, the ramie raised VG the highest of any wick I have tested, and slightly faster to raise VG 1 inch above the liquid surface than hemp.. As I said in the hemp thread I would like to get some ramie degummed fiber to test as what I have is ramie top. Have not had any luck finding the degummed ramie fiber. In earlier hemp testing the degummed hemp fiber wicked better than the hemp top.

 

[Blitzdonlife]

I'm not sure whether I got bad ramie, my prep process was bad, or there is something in the ramie I might be allergic to. I dried out my fiber after the last boil and put it in my omega with a single .92 ohm microcoil. After juicing it and letting it sit for an hour, I fired it up. First hit, I tasted my juice and it had a slight smoky burnt taste. Second hit and it tasted pretty bad. Third hit was pure nasty. Then I started itching all over, so I stopped. Let it sit one more day, dropped a little juice on it, and the same thing happened. I know it's not the juice, I'm vaping it on cotton in a Russian right now. What do y'all think, is it the prep or the fiber? And what can I do to try to save it, a PGA soak, more boiling in distiller water?

 

[dice57]

Who did you buy from, mine was from The Woolery, and have been well pleased with it.

 

[Equality 7-2521]

BJ Have you ever tried ramie in a genny.....personally though I totally recognize why people like kayfuns, I had one myself....There just no my cup of tea I much prefer gennys....I tired putting cotton in a genny once, and i have to say it was pretty good like a self feeding dripper I liked having the coil closer to the tip than a kayfun........I know it seems blasphemy to put cotton or ramie or hemp in a genny to most people especially us old genny guys, but it works pretty good.

IMO most of us do not use silica because of health concerns, but this is not the thread to get into that. As to the gennies, mine are all in retirement.. Vaping has gone into two distinct roads, high or low wattage. They are very different worlds as to equipment. My preference for high wattage, the drippers and then the Taifun GT. I use either hemp or ramie depending on the juice in the drippers and have all my Taifuns with dual coils and ramie wicks. Can't really say I am a sub ohm vaper cause most of my coils are .8 to 1.1 ohms range..

I do have a Taifun with a small Ao wick and hemp legs ala Mikepetro.

 

[turbocad6]

I use ramie in my geni, like you said a tilt feed dripper, works good but still not so pocketable without leaking is why is collects dust

 

[Equality 7-2521]

Does the ramie wick well in a genny against gravity....and how do you find the flavor

I use ramie in my geni, like you said a tilt feed dripper, works good but still not so pocketable without leaking is why is collects dust

 

[turbocad6]

flavor is fine, it's not going to wick up against gravity like 500 but I do the tilt and swirl and vape it sideways and it's pretty good, I only leave small tails in the tank, not much more than necessary. actually I used to leave it on my nightstand because it's perfect for vaping while laying in bed where a kayfun or some drippers aren't so hot laying almost down. try it, only one way to see if you like it