Great technique for getting the silica wick through the micro coil. I had one of those "why didn't I think of that" moments. Always have liked silica wicks for flavor. Now I don't have to get rid of all the silica wick I have leftover.
Micro Coil with Silica
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Here's what's working for me, I make a micro coil with 28ga. 7-8 wraps 1/16 tight and I take 1mm eckowool and put blue painters tape on the tip and cut it like a point to start it, fits perfect. I can get 4 to 5 hits before I have to squeeze for more juice. I've been running this for 2 weeks and love it!!! Of course I take the tape off. 
Here's what's working for me, I make a micro coil with 28ga. 7-8 wraps 1/16 tight and I take 1mm eckowool and put blue painters tape on the tip and cut it like a point to start it, fits perfect. I can get 4 to 5 hits before I have to squeeze for more juice. I've been running this for 2 weeks and love it!!! Of course I take the tape off.
I've got some 1mm ekowool I got in a trade that I never use so I may try this. Do you boil your ekowool? I always get a funky taste. I've tried torching it and that didn't help much. Haven't tried boiling it yet though.
Ah, see this thread has been revived. Just an update - I now use dental floss to pull the silica through. Found the wire tends to break the silica some times. Unbelievable how strong dental floss is.
Well I made this ugly coil. Wow it seems to have more flavor than my micro and the 1.1 ohms seems to be hitting harder too.
Heres one I've been using. 9 wraps on a 5/64. 1mm eckowool doubled over and pulled through with floss. meters out at 1.3. Tried cotton, cotton yarn and went back to this. For me I'm finding this a winner.
Do you boil, or otherwise treat your silica before you use it? I ask because I tried torching it, and good grief, all the little pieces that came off of it, so I'm assuming you don't torch it before use.
I myself dont torch or boil. Some do. I know that torching will stiffen it.
I torch both my silica and ceramic because as Harley said it stiffens it, so when it gets cut it doesn't fray.
EDIT: I use ekowool which is a braided silica so that might be why I don't see a ton of stuff coming off.
EDIT: I use ekowool which is a braided silica so that might be why I don't see a ton of stuff coming off.
For the really fat silica braided wick (5mm i measured) i torch it. But the smaller 2mm stuff that you double over and pull thru a coil i don't. I reason that since you typically pulse burn the coil anyway that will kill anything on it, if my toxic juice doesn't!
And despite seeing it in numerous videos - i use a decent set of wire cutters to trim the ends rather than nail clippers.
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And despite seeing it in numerous videos - i use a decent set of wire cutters to trim the ends rather than nail clippers.
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Here are some pics of my coil with xc132 6 wraps 30g wire directly around the xc after slipping out my paperclip,comes out to about 1.2 ohms. Notice the space between coil wraps. I do this on purpose so it catches more juice between coils. Not as pretty as the squeezed together microcoils we all see pictures of. I do that with cotton wick. You'll notice how undamaged the coil is and the xc is not too burnt considering I have heavily vaped this setup for almost a month now, hassle free! No rewicking, no recoiling, just dry burn every couple of days!!
This is great! I have some silica I got with something else awhile ago, but never tried it because I couldn't figure out how to get it thru the coil (not that I thought hard about it, though). I'm going to have to give this a try, now. And dental floss is amazing for all the things it can be used for. When my kids were in their punk stage, they used dental floss for sewing on all their patches onto their leather jackets.
Here's what's working for me, I make a micro coil with 28ga. 7-8 wraps 1/16 tight and I take 1mm eckowool and put blue painters tape on the tip and cut it like a point to start it, fits perfect. I can get 4 to 5 hits before I have to squeeze for more juice. I've been running this for 2 weeks and love it!!! Of course I take the tape off.
Where do you get your 1mm eckowool, e-bay?
I'm sorry, but I don't remember it was awhile ago. It was from a vape store on line.
I'll pick some up to try from my local B&M to try before I order a bunch of it. Thanks.
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