My BD13 setup.

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I wonder if those white stones could withstand a 2.5mm tolerance? I'm not keen on enlarging my orion's wick hole..

Yes they can, but it really depends upon your tolerance and patience to make one that small. I used one in a Cobra and it wicked fine. The larger diameters do vape better though (IMO)
 

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Playing around with the thick 11/64 wick. Even at 14 watts it has a lag until it heats up and then when hot it continues to give off vapor for at least 6 seconds after you cut the power. Wrapped some 1mm hemp around it to see if it would keep it cooler and improve the response time. Seems to work better, but will report back after a good test.



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These white wicks are a completely new reference point on flavor, cleanest wicks I have tried. All 100% VG no nic.

From left to right, first two are Ry 1 on a 1/8 wick and a 11/64 wick, ribbon kanthal coils 1.8 ohms. Next is Cigar on 1/8 wick ribbon 1.9 ohm, then Ry 1/menthol on 1/8 wick 32g round kanthal at 2 ohms, next 50/50 Cigar/Cuba on a 1/8 wick ribbon coil at 1.9 ohms and last is Indian on 1/8 wick 1.8 ribbon coil. All are Hangsen DIY tobacco flavors.

 

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31 to go?! If you have any more 2.5mm I'll help you get to 8 ;) Dying to try these out. I don't have the capability to make them at my flat but a friend does. Sent him the info but haven't heard back yet.

It was a joke I posted that my 38 gennies woke every morning crying to be upgrades to new white wicks. So I have converted 7 and 31 left.

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It was a joke I posted that my 38 gennies woke every morning crying to be upgrades to new white wicks. So I have converted 7 and 31 left.

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Haha, yeah, I'm anxious to try these out after writing off the early ceramic wicks. You turned me onto Hangsen so next is these once I can find a way to get some made. I appreciate your findings sir.
 

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Haha, yeah, I'm anxious to try these out after writing off the early ceramic wicks. You turned me onto Hangsen so next is these once I can find a way to get some made. I appreciate your findings sir.

I bought the six pack of white stone and also have no place to cut them. I have a nephew who is a dentist and also owns a dental lab. Going to take the stones there and see if they have the equipment to cut them.
 

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I bought the six pack of white stone and also have no place to cut them. I have a nephew who is a dentist and also owns a dental lab. Going to take the stones there and see if they have the equipment to cut them.

Nice, sounds like we're in the same boat as for not having the necessary gear to fashion them, they should have the gear I would think.
 

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Dentists have mini kilns for making ceramic teeth. I wonder if dental ceramic rolled in with cork clay powder - designed to burn away on firing - would result in a usable wick?

I have been curious about many of the dental products. They also use some very strong glues. Will spend a day at the lab with the technicians and see.
 

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The 7 setups I made had a range of of 1.7 to 2 ohms. I was liking the 1.7 best so I took a couple of wraps off the 2 ohm, down to 1.6 ohms and it was much better. So I went ahead and took wire off all of mine and now they are all 1.3 to 1.6 ohms. They all seem to be working better, less lag and more vapor. Will vape them like this a few days and see how they hold up.
 

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I have now been testing the white ceramic wicks for a while and can post some results. I remind all that this is only my opinion and all of us have different vaping styles. I for one do not do sub ohm. Have seen to many batteries destroy themselves in my RC hobby. So all my coil test are above 1.3 ohms. Having said that I will say that the lower ohm coils 1.4 to 1.7 gave me better results than my normal 1.8 to 2.4 ohms.
On the diameter of the wicks, after much testing I personally do not see any need to use the thicker wicks on my setups.
I have two RSSTs setup identical, one thick, one thin, and the thin out performs the thick at up to 15 watts. The thick wick has to get over 18 watts to compete, long lag and stays very hot.
In the gennies I have 2 AGAs, two RSSTs, two Cobras, and two DIDs set up with the white wicks. I am using .5mm kanthal ribbon and/or 30g kanthal. Best results IMO the ribbon, but the 30 g works satisfactory. For some reason the DIDs with the white ceramic wicks are giving me the most satisfaction. Best vapor, flavor, and TH.
The wicks I used are 7/64 and 11/64. On the AGAs, Cobras, and DIDs, I drilled them out to 3/32 and worked the holes with a dremel until the wicks fit snug. One RSST has the insert in and the other removed. My wicks fit loose in the RSSTs holes and is probably a reason they don't wick as well. All my other gennies out performed the RSSTs in my tests. Will try to get some wicks that will fit the RSSTs snug and test them again.

I believe the white ceramic wick is a winner.

Pros:
VERY Clean Taste. Probably the best wick out there for true flavor.
Easy set up and much stronger than other ceramics tested.
Long life of wick and coil.
Easy to dry burn and clean.
No coil to wick shorts.
Short break in time but necessary.

Cons:
Fragile for clumsy fingers.
Practice getting a tight wrap of coil on wick.
Get hot and continue vaping after power is off. Prominent with the thick.
Break in necessary, they do get much better after 6ml.
Unavailability.
 
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