My new genesis setup (cotton brain)

[guesswhoy0]

so I got bored last night and was brainstorming how it is possible to make wicking better in a genesis. something simple yet effective. naturally I'm a dripper because I love the flavor and ease of dripping. so I thought about using cotton as my wick. but I didn't want to have to replace the wick all the time whenever it was burnt out so I can get a new clean flavor. so I decided on this monster which I am calling "cotton brain".



so the idea is, since this is a cotton wick it has a chance to burn, fairly easy at that. so if ever a burn does happen, you just pull through a new section of cotton and cut off the old. simple. here's a picture of my cotton after an hour of kinda chain vaping it. enjoy!

 

[guesswhoy0]

admins... if this us the wrong section for this please move accordingly.

 

[E_DeCastro]

I was planning on douing that today except without so much cotton, but I might try the cotton brain thing too.

and I'm in San Diego too.

 

[MrFabius]

I love that.
Cotton do get burned easily, and your idea is great.
Cheers

 

[E_DeCastro]

I love that.
Cotton do get burned easily, and your idea is great.
Cheers

as long as it's wet it shouldn't burn. I have never burned a cotton wick except once when I dry burned on accident. I wanted to see what would happen actually.

 

[guesswhoy0]

and I'm in San Diego too.

where in San Diego and is there a chance that I know you? lol

 

[E_DeCastro]

i don't know, I live in east lake. My name is Eric.

did you just get the cotton yarn from a walmart?

 

[Zipp]

Interesting idea. You've basically made a giant genesis-style top-coil cartomizer. Being able to replace the wick by pulling it through is awesome. Well done!

 

[EmeraldLeo1982]

Indeed a good idea. Have you tried using a bundle of cheesecloth threads? They're slightly more burn resistant then rolled cotton or yarn and they recover faster from a dry hit without leaving your wick tasting like a bonfire for every subsequent hit.

 

[guesswhoy0]

i don't know, I live in east lake. My name is Eric.

did you just get the cotton yarn from a walmart?

hmm don't know any Eric's from eastlake but yes, I bought the cotton yarn from walmart

 

[AlB53]

I've been doing that for some time now with my AGA T2, works very well...

 

[BlueMoods]

Refitting one of my protanks as I type. That will be perfect for a day on the go, solve the burnt wick trouble in a matter of seconds, but wrapping up enough of my cheesecloth wicks to do it is going to take a few minutes. 1..2...3....... 19.....25....29... (counting stands LOL.) Now this one goes around those like so and, this end goes in there... hmm, good now do that again. Yep this will take a while but, save loads of time and burnt wick trouble later.

Thank you.

 

[EmeraldLeo1982]

I don't get why people wrap an extra strand around the bundle, I just get my bundle of strands together and double it over then pull it through my coil, takes half as many strands and doesn't require the added wrapping step. Although I could see how making a 12 inch long wick of strands would take a lil effort.

 

[_sidekick_]

Wow, great idea. I'll have to try this sometime.

 

[PinoyBoy]

Damn. I think my hatred for genesis and tanks has been alleviated. I love how it is like those oil lanterns with the long intestine wick. I like how I just have to pull up and snip, to remove the burned area. I love cotton.

I just stuff my mod and let it bounce in my bag. Will this method leak when put on its side?
Have you tried this method with a micro-coil?

BTW, I think this should be in the rebuildable section.

 

[EmeraldLeo1982]

I would imagine it wouldn't leak anymore on it's side then it would with a SS mesh wick. And microcoils work fantastic with cotton, as the cotton wicks well enough to support them.

 

[E_DeCastro]

Damn. I think my hatred for genesis and tanks has been alleviated. I love how it is like those oil lanterns with the long intestine wick. I like how I just have to pull up and snip, to remove the burned area. I love cotton.

I just stuff my mod and let it bounce in my bag. Will this method leak when put on its side?
Have you tried this method with a micro-coil?

BTW, I think this should be in the rebuildable section.

In theory, it shouldn't leak unless you over fill the tank. but if you just use enough to keep all the wick wet, then it shouldn't leak. I'm trying this today.

 

[EmeraldLeo1982]

I'm gonna go out on a limb and guess E_DeCastro's first Should = Shouldn't.

 

[sturat5150]

Just wrapped my first micro-coil on my RSST using Riptrippers method. I used 30ga Kanthal ( it's what I had on hand ). My coil came out at 3.4ohms, but it is vaping awesomeness. Running it at 12 watts on my sigelei v5. Here is a link to his video.

Micro Coil In A Genesis Atomizer Using Cotton & SS Mesh - YouTube

 

[E_DeCastro]

I'm gonna go out on a limb and guess E_DeCastro's first Should = Shouldn't.

yeah typo.