Talking of wicks and oxidation....
I am just going to toss my thoughts in, and suggest a way that I now do it, that is slightly different, but gives me perfect results, every time.
I keep all the dregs of
juice from old flavours and failed DIY mixes and throw them all in to a 100ml bottle.
I flame off the mesh before rolling it in the gas hob in the kitchen, both sides, air cool.
I then roll my wick, as required, normal way.
I then heat the wick to a deep orange on the gas stove hob and quench in the above bottle of
juice, it creates quite a fog cloud as it vaporises some of the
juice on contact. I then reintroduce a flame to the soaked wick and let it burn off slow.
I repeat the whole heating, quenching, flaming off process about three times, sometimes four
It oxidises the wick very well, and I never, repeat never, have a problem with shorts or hotspots caused by a badly oxidised wick.
It also is a way to use up all the dregs of juice that would only get thrown away.... Win/Win.
tired but happy...
