It would seem in my case that tony's new oxidization mechanics info is correct. Last night I ran out of propane in my torch as I just started Jack Frosting. Only got 25% of the wick done. I did the rest on my gas stove which produced a medium orange color on my mesh...not brighter than that. I completed 'frosting' my wick, rolled, gas stove it again, quenched once, burned again then flamed the wick in juice 3 times. It has produced the best, short-free, hot spot-free wick that I've done to date. Who would have thought!
The gas stove appears to burn the mesh at a lower temperature and you need to hold it on the flame longer. Possibly this gives it more time to oxidize properly as per Tony's recent info. The one quench method provided me with a wick that was not too stiff/not too pliable. It has been the 1st wick I have constructed requiring absolutely no fiddling. Nothing. Nada. Even on my short-sensitive vmax.
Once the coil was wrapped I installed and it vaped perfectly from the get go at the correct resistance. I used a 4/3 wrap 33awg in this case producing 2.3ohm.
Also, that '500 mesh' thread is full of interesting and useful info. My present wick, as recommended in that thread, is a thick-walled, pinhole center wick (used about 65mm length) and it is wicking beautifully. I'll not make another thin-walled large center hole wick again.
It just keeps getting better and easier the more you do it...don't give up!
good job man... nice clear cartesian approach... it sure helped.
