I read about Peaches&Cream Cotton Yarn being suggested as a wick material when making your own coils. Is that a special color, or brand, or something? What makes it so special? Why not use just any good quality cotton yarn? Is it that much different than cotton balls?
Peaches&Cream Cotton Yarn - What?
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I don't use it myself, but I understand that it's a brand name or what have you. I thought about picking some up once I read about it here, but I don't think it would suit enough applications for me. With Kangers, rda's, rba's...different coil setups, wicking setups, etc...I like the idea of just tearing off the right amount of cotton for the job. Who knows...I may still do it...it would be nice in some cases to have convenient wick shapes ready to rock and it's prolly only a few bucks.
Hey there! Peaches & Cream is the brand. I get it from Michael's. If you got it you'd just buy the white but be careful there's a white one that is scented. I went with it because I had to have a friend wrap some coils for me after breaking my wrist. I liked the way my juice taste with it so I just stuck to the same thing he'd used.
Hope this helps. Hopefully others will come along with better info soon
Hope this helps. Hopefully others will come along with better info soon
I think that Peaches and Creme is the only 100% cotton yarn on the market. I got ecru, which is more likely not even been bleached or colored. It is most often used to make dishcloths. Wal.Mart has it.
I bought Peaches and Cream White brand yarn at Walmart. I did cut a few strands and boiled it for about 30 mins. Dumped it into a colander and let it dry. Works perfect for Protanks and Aspire Nautilus ( those are the only 2 I have done rebuilding coils on so far ). One strand thru the coil works perfect....no flavor wick.
They have 2 sizes at Walmart....a huge spool for about $10 and a smaller spool for $1.48. which is plenty.
Good Luck to You.
They have 2 sizes at Walmart....a huge spool for about $10 and a smaller spool for $1.48. which is plenty.
Good Luck to You.
I tried some of the white P&C yarn unscented and didn't boil it and I noticed a weird taste... Maybe it's just because It's unboiled? anyone notie the difference?
Yes, how important, really, is the boiling? And for how long? Just seems that anything that would get melted and driven out by boiling would reach that point within the first few minutes. Is extra boiling time really necessary?
I definitely noticed a difference after boiling it. Definitely.
I use Sugar & Cream cotton yarn from Hobby Lobby - nearby. Boiled for about 20 minutes, rinsed, pressed out as much water as I could and let it dry. It's really convenient if you're using a 5/64 drill bit. If using a 1/16 I've had to removed a couple strands.
I tried out Bamboo.... so tiny! Requires a longer boiling time, kinda earthy tasting.
I've also used sterile cotton balls. Tastes better boiled, too. Is that weird?
I use Sugar & Cream cotton yarn from Hobby Lobby - nearby. Boiled for about 20 minutes, rinsed, pressed out as much water as I could and let it dry. It's really convenient if you're using a 5/64 drill bit. If using a 1/16 I've had to removed a couple strands.
I tried out Bamboo.... so tiny! Requires a longer boiling time, kinda earthy tasting.
I've also used sterile cotton balls. Tastes better boiled, too. Is that weird?
I use cotton all the time, Doots Lol ( funny Screen name ) I just wanted to try out the P&C yarn since I seen some people using it. Had an odd taste so I might try boiling it to see the difference.
I use sterile cotton. I don't boil it. I don't find any weird taste. My juices taste awesome. If its sterile then I see no need in boiling. I smoked for 20 years and never boiled my cig filters. LoL.
sterile means it was treated with peroxide and like type bleaching chemicals, even the white organic ones will be treated during the finishing process. Boiling helps remove any impurities, my wife likes her cotton boiled but a wick in her vivinova will last a couple of weeks. I don't boil mine and change them out every 2-3 days in my rda's.
If its not sterile then I might would boil it. It may have chemicals on it....
water has minerals in it....
Unless you are boiling it in a completely sterile pan and with distilled water, chances are you are doing more harm than good. Tap water has many microscopic minerals and other hard elements in it; depending on your water source you may have more or less of this (hard or soft water)
Have you ever boiled water and noticed that white ring in your pan? Or Noticed a residue on the insides of your dishwasher/pipes after a long time without cleaning?
Those are hard minerals and other microscopic particles in your water. Almost everyone has them, some less noticeable again depending on how hard or soft your water is.
When you boil cotton, all you are doing is introducing these hard elements into your cotton and while I doubt its harmful to you, it will most certainly make for cotton that does not soak up juice as well, nor taste as good.
This goes for any wicking material, anytime you boil these things you are introducing minerals into the wicking.
Actually most sterile cotton is sterilized using autoclave, which is a wax...waxes are insoluble in water so boiling isn't likely to remove much wax.
Unless you are boiling it in a completely sterile pan and with distilled water, chances are you are doing more harm than good. Tap water has many microscopic minerals and other hard elements in it; depending on your water source you may have more or less of this (hard or soft water)
Have you ever boiled water and noticed that white ring in your pan? Or Noticed a residue on the insides of your dishwasher/pipes after a long time without cleaning?
Those are hard minerals and other microscopic particles in your water. Almost everyone has them, some less noticeable again depending on how hard or soft your water is.
When you boil cotton, all you are doing is introducing these hard elements into your cotton and while I doubt its harmful to you, it will most certainly make for cotton that does not soak up juice as well, nor taste as good.
This goes for any wicking material, anytime you boil these things you are introducing minerals into the wicking.
Actually most sterile cotton is sterilized using autoclave, which is a wax...waxes are insoluble in water so boiling isn't likely to remove much wax.
Autoclaves are steam/ pressure vessels. They sterilize by heating. Another way to sterilize is by cold sterilization which uses a liquid like cidex or a gas like ethylene oxide. Never saw any type of wax autoclave in a hospital.
I bought some when I first started to make my own coils but quickly switched to using cotton balls. The yarn was easy to work with but I didn't like not being able to remove the wick from the coil without damage to the coil to replace the wick material.
Where did you get this information? I have used autoclaves, speedclaves, dry heat, and chemical sterilization for 10+ years in the Tattoo/body piercing industry and have never heard of this before. There is no "wax" ever being used. Even when claving spore samples for testing, it is not "wax". I have actually started using one of my autoclaves to purify my cotton/yarn, as I like the idea of killing the Blood Born Pathogens that could potentially be present. Some things just can't be killed without pressure and heat.
Since I have 120 yards of the stuff, I think I'll make myself a lanyard. Wish I had a knitting spool! LOL.
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I like my pasta boiled, it also tastes better when boiled...
I like boilermakers.........
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