I don't know about that specific item listing, but some other members who bought white wicks complained that they just crumbled when handled... They aren't all apparently made the same, and it seems the only way to find out if the white wick is "any good" is to buy some and try them...So this isn't the good stuff? Porous Ceramic Wick For E-cigarette - Buy Electronic Cigarette Ceramic Wick,Ceramic Fragrance Wick,Wick For Atomizer Product on Alibaba.com
Don't yell at me. I no nothing about ceramic wicks.
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i have no idea how those are but the white wicks being mentioned here were all home-made. we thought there might be a chance of getting them ready-made but that hasn't worked out yet.
Ok, thanks for not yelling.
I guess I'll just stick to my ecowool. The flavor of this foam isn't cutting it.
try sleeving the foam with ekowool, terry ............. and who knows, somebody here might have a brain storm!
I already tried that. It was in my post above. It helps hold juice and prevent hot spots but it doesn't add/change the flavor at all.
Awaiting the white ceramics. Agree with tmcase, flavor remains somewhat muted as compared to other set-ups. Only real advantage to using ni-foam, imo, it takes longer for the juice in the tank to get gunky, less flo-back, and it seems that the vape is more consistent for a longer period of time although it's only been a few days.
not all that much input yet .............. fingers crossed some more of you will experiment and report back
I wonder if those who tried using the crumbly wicks tried firing them for 5 minutes with a torch. They may not be high fired from wherever they are getting them.
not all that much input yet .............. fingers crossed some more of you will experiment and report back
I agree, we need more ideas.
The first test I did, flavor has come around and is now a very good vape.
Second test, blew, had to remesh and recoil, it is also great. It does take a little longer for the flavor to come around. Because I used mesh, it is acting like mesh, i.e. build up of gunk on the coil.
Test #3- about 12mm x 33mm strip, rolled on a needle for good gravity flow of juice, put into another rsst. Coiled with 32ga twisted, ohms 1.2. after pulsing, filled the tank about 3/4 full with no juice on the coil. waited a couple of minutes and fired. clouds. happy.
It is however a little harsh right now but I expect it to be ok by tomorrow. Using mmao, so I know what it is suppose to taste like.
If nothing else comes out of this stuff, I like the fact that the juice stays looking fresh in the tank. There must be some capillary action going on here or it would not have vaporized the juice. And before I tilted the first time I fired about 6 seconds before I saw a coil glow.
All for now.
Nope...not in my case anyway. The first wicks I made, I just flamed (butane torch) until they glowed slightly...just a couple of seconds, like I do with Stainless wicks to burn off any factory oils/gunk. They didn't crumble until I started rolling them up to make the wicks.
The first one was probably due to my technique for rolling stainless wicks - I always tend to pull them outward as I roll to keep them even - that's when it started tearing & crumbling. ..the others started falling apart when I tried rolling them a little tighter to get them to fit in the wick hole....again - same way I do my stainless wicks.
The successful ones were made by starting with a smaller piece of foam (about 12-15mm wide) and rolling them up very gently - not squeezing them much at all....just forming a 1/8 tube while trying not to compress the foam structure. Those did not crumble (but I didn't torch them either).
Just my experience with the stuff....
between the two groups we had over 50 participants, sure hope we'll have more chiming in ...............
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Ok - I'm late to the game. Good thing I'm a guy, I would have driven my boy friends nuts cause I'm late with everything. 
Finally made my 1st nickel mesh wick. I got my 1st RSST today and thought why not, lets try the nickel. I started with 12mm of the mesh and rolled it around a needle. Then I torched it lightly. When it 'glowed' I just passed the flame along its length then back again. Then for old times sake I gave it 3 juice burns.
I pre-wrapped the coil around a #37 (.104 inches) drill bit. I actually started w/ a bigger bit, but the wick was much too loose. Installed the coil, slipped the wick into it, then pulsed the switch a few times and it settled right down. Wire was 28g Kanthal, came out to 1Ω.
Dripped some juice onto it, and burned it off, repeated this a few times then filled the tank.
Yikes! Its working. Vapor production is decent, taste it a bit muted. I've only been vapin' on it 'bout a 1/2 hr so we'll see if it improves.
I was real tempted to put a white ceramic into the RSST as the wick hole is gi-hugh-ic! If I were to make another nickel wick for this, I'd use at least 15mm of the mesh. I didn't have much trouble rolling it, it does compress easily so you have to be careful. It was tricky to work with because it is so delicate, it's real easy to crush it when rollling or even if you have to tweak the coil. And with the RSST pos connection, you need to take care not to pull to tight and bend and/or crush it when making the connection. As the ceramic wicks are 'snap' prone this mesh is 'crush' prone.
edit: I just passed this to my wife to try/taste. Her taste buds are much better than mine and she said it tastes fine. She recognized the juice right away and said it tastes good. I'll go with her opinion, I was vaping a small chamber atty all day and the flavor in that atty is just better IMHO.
Finally made my 1st nickel mesh wick. I got my 1st RSST today and thought why not, lets try the nickel. I started with 12mm of the mesh and rolled it around a needle. Then I torched it lightly. When it 'glowed' I just passed the flame along its length then back again. Then for old times sake I gave it 3 juice burns.
I pre-wrapped the coil around a #37 (.104 inches) drill bit. I actually started w/ a bigger bit, but the wick was much too loose. Installed the coil, slipped the wick into it, then pulsed the switch a few times and it settled right down. Wire was 28g Kanthal, came out to 1Ω.
Dripped some juice onto it, and burned it off, repeated this a few times then filled the tank.
Yikes! Its working. Vapor production is decent, taste it a bit muted. I've only been vapin' on it 'bout a 1/2 hr so we'll see if it improves.
I was real tempted to put a white ceramic into the RSST as the wick hole is gi-hugh-ic! If I were to make another nickel wick for this, I'd use at least 15mm of the mesh. I didn't have much trouble rolling it, it does compress easily so you have to be careful. It was tricky to work with because it is so delicate, it's real easy to crush it when rollling or even if you have to tweak the coil. And with the RSST pos connection, you need to take care not to pull to tight and bend and/or crush it when making the connection. As the ceramic wicks are 'snap' prone this mesh is 'crush' prone.
edit: I just passed this to my wife to try/taste. Her taste buds are much better than mine and she said it tastes fine. She recognized the juice right away and said it tastes good. I'll go with her opinion, I was vaping a small chamber atty all day and the flavor in that atty is just better IMHO.
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I thought I'd try this again. Thought I'd wrap the foam with 500 ss mesh. So, on my AGI with the wick hole bored out to 1/8" 30ga Kanthal the wrap came to 1.5ohms...dammit! Wanted closer to 1ohm. But it gave me a chance to use my VV/VW devices that has been sitting idle for some time now. Used the vamo it was nice. But the pic is with the SVD, great vapor. It's like smoking on a piccolo it's so long. I thought the MKB-TS was tall with the ithaka.
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So how did you like the vape w/ it setup this way?
I'm still using mine. Honestly when I put it together I thought I'd try it for a day or 2 and replace it with white ceramic. But it's working well and I'm enjoying the the 'taste'. So I decided to leave it in until it gunks up to see how it responds to a dry-burn clean-up.
Flavor is good and since I'm a vapor guy I must say the vapor is great. Remember I'm using this on my SVD at 1.5 ohms @5v. My vape is DKTab 15% 15%nic this juice is a 60p/40v mix. It is a juice hog though. But that is indicative of the wicking. I had to check the ohms again and it's still 1.5 lol. Vape is surprisingly warm too.
glad to see some are still reporting back!
i got my fingers crossed bj's second envelope will get to him so he can run his tests! apparently, usps ate the first one
i got my fingers crossed bj's second envelope will get to him so he can run his tests! apparently, usps ate the first one
Finally found a use for these Dazzits from Kathy at Bedazzle. Put one over the air hole on my Richman, air hole too low and redrilled 1/16 opposite side.
This set-up is ni-foam wrapped with mesh, 1.2 ohms. A Beast.
Other set-ups running very good.
Only bad thing I have to say about this ni-foam, it takes longer for the flavor to come around
This set-up is ni-foam wrapped with mesh, 1.2 ohms. A Beast.
Other set-ups running very good.
Only bad thing I have to say about this ni-foam, it takes longer for the flavor to come around
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