Older Folks and Vaping Front Porch - Part Four

[MacTechVpr]

I tried rayon, but I get a weird flavor from it. I used it for the first 3 or 4 wicks when I first began my own coils. I didn't like the taste. I tried Koh Gen Do organic cotton & that flavor wasn't there. It wicks great even without peeling the outer layers off, which I never do. I still have some Cellu-Cotton so may have to revisit it just to see, but I have no desire to change.

Kind of agree K and it has its own unique flavor texture. A pro pos, dropped a few lines on the nuances of various wicking media recently on the REOs RxD thread here...READYxWICK for non cotton people | Page 70 | E-Cigarette Forum | #1396. I've done a little research on wicks and winds as some of you know. Def still use rayon. It's worth keeping in the stable for some flavors.

Good luck.

 

[clnire]

I like rayon in my RTAs - Kayfuns, Orchids and Taifuns, but I like Ko Gen Do in my Kanger bottom coil rebuilds, of which Mac was instrumental in helping me learn how to do right. I also do not remove the outer layer of the cotton.

 

[garyoa1]

Hmmm... double secret probation!

 

[MikeE3]

Hmmm... double secret probation!

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[garyoa1]

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Yes you! Back porch frunt porch stuph!
Ok, so tell me you never saw animal house!

 

[MikeE3]

Yes you! Back porch frunt porch stuph!
Ok, so tell me you never saw animal house!

Honest injun ... never saw that movie.

 

[MacTechVpr]

Thanks Mac ... I'll look into Graphic Converter. The original image came from a scan of a brochure printed on stock the color of the back ground. When loaded into gimp it already had an 'alpha channel' layer, so I used the fuzzy brush tool to highlight and remove areas of the background. That left some white edges. You're supposed to be able to use the erase tool then at the pixel level to touch up the edges. I just couldn't get that to work.

Not sure what you mean by remove all the white. And I think when 'done' I was saving it as a gif. I'll have to explore some more. I'm not very savvy at graphic manipulation yet alone using gimp.

Missed you were working on a GIF. Maybe why I rarely flout the MacNetXpert moniker these days much. GC's saved my bacon like forever. Licensed it many times. Too many, lol. Something you do and often as a tech…lose apps and licenses. You'll like it. Apart from being the champ for file format conversion and job automation, it's a formidable editing tool. See Pixelmator as the go to GE with like 90%+ of the functionality of PhotoShop, extension support with a far friendlier UI overall...if you're gonna do the learning curve GIMP vs Photoshop vs Pixelmator – Graphics Editor Shootout.

G'luck.

 

[garyoa1]

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[MacTechVpr]

They get to keep our money for a month, lol. Did it last year! If you're patient as a…I guess.

G'luck.

 

[Ken_A]

Jup.....a few days ago I was watching a show, and folks kept lighting cigs...... now I haven't wanted a cig in a 2-3 years, usually don't even think of em, or if I do it's in disgust..... but there was something about them lighting them, that for just a second made me think fondly about that. Not a real craving, didn't even want the cig, it was just about lighting one. It was over quickly, but May will be 4 yrs for me and that conditioned response was still there. It was a bit shocking

Heh. For about a year now, I see some great actor smoking a cig or a pipe and my first impulse is to think "that would be a great shot for a mod". And without thinking, I find my mod in hand and I'm vaping.

 

[garyoa1]

Interesting thing about movies and smoking. They don't anymore. Cuts when they should exhale or it really looks fake.

 

[Debadoo]

I would like to know your experiences with Rayon Wicking please?

Never used it, it always sounds a lot more finnicky than cotton and KGD works great for me. I do peel off the outer layers, as it seems to gunk quicker if I don't.

Honest injun ... never saw that movie.

oh man.........you gotta see it. That and the blues brothers.

Interesting thing about movies and smoking. They don't anymore. Cuts when they should exhale or it really looks fake.

yeah I believe this was something british, and possibly older. Don't remember exactly which show it was, but I was watching a lot of that stuff on netflix at the time.

 

[subwayaznm]

I tried rayon, but I get a weird flavor from it. I used it for the first 3 or 4 wicks when I first began my own coils. I didn't like the taste. I tried Koh Gen Do organic cotton & that flavor wasn't there. It wicks great even without peeling the outer layers off, which I never do. I still have some Cellu-Cotton so may have to revisit it just to see, but I have no desire to change.

Kenna, I use Koh Gen Do Cotton now and pleased with it but had never tried the Rayon and "if" I can get a greater flavor from it then I have two I can use and get satisfaction from. I'll give it a go and post back my feelings on it. Thanks for sharing.

 

[clnire]

oh man.........you gotta see it. That and the blues brothers.

Oh yes! I was living with my Grandmother ( I was going through a divorce) who lived near Elgin, IL when the filmed they big chase scene in Elgin. Got to watch! Didn't get to meet any of the actors, but it was fun!! And I always remember whenever I see the movie. A Mission from God... And some of my old favorite SNL skits! What do you want for nothing - a Rubber Biscuit?

 

[clnire]

Darn wrong porch again!!! Sorry. Vape related - I was smoking back then...

 

[MikeE3]

Darn wrong porch again!!! Sorry. Vape related - I was smoking back then...

That makes 2 of us today. Must be something about the new month.

 

[Myrany]

I'd like to ask a favor of any graphic guru's on the porch. If you have the time and ability can you help me. I'm trying to convert this logo image to have a transparent background.

Best I've been able to get is a transparent background that 'works' OK when the image is put onto a white 'page'. But when I use it on a 'colored' page the image has white edges along the logo borders. Gimp V2.8 and my Mac are not playing well together. When trying to clean up the edges after a bit ... the erase tool just stops working. Spent hours on this and gave up last night.

ok what you need to do is put a black layer below your main one. Your alpha layer in gimp outlines by about 1 pixel so the black background SHOULD just pick up that one pixel and make it black like the rest of your image.

What is happening is that when the alpha outlines it has no defined color so it is picking up a grey/white.

 

[MikeE3]

ok what you need to do is put a black layer below your main one. Your alpha layer in gimp outlines by about 1 pixel so the black background SHOULD just pick up that one pixel and make it black like the rest of your image.

What is happening is that when the alpha outlines it has no defined color so it is picking up a grey/white.

Thanks Myrany ... I kind of understand what you're saying based on the results I saw.

 

[Old Curmudgeon]

I think I got the DIY stuff down. I ordered some sweetener, sour, and sweet & tart. It makes a big difference. The sweet tart really makes the fruit flavors pop.

 

[DavidOck]

Cool! Just be sure to keep good records of what you brew.