well while waiting for my DIDs I've got another rebuildable to practice making wicks and let me tell you it's just not as easy as it looks on the videos my first 3 attempts pop immediately my 4th attempt has hot spots but I'm afraid to mess with it because it s my last piece of kanthal
Make sure your battery is low... but of course never depleted!... Vape your freshly charged 4.2 battery down to a good 3.7 or even 3.6 charge before testing a new wrap.
Jack Frost method first your mesh. Found in Striker's #1 video I believe.
Make sure no coils are touching the mainframe or top cap.
Make sure the wick isn't touching the center post
Make sure the wick isn't too far away from the center post
Make sure the coils have a hair of space between the wire and the wick. (easiest to learn by using the tobacco paper method in Scotts (Igetcha69) video found in Mr.Mann's INDEX
Make sure the coils don't have too much space between the wire and the wick.
You'll get it! Hang in there!!