pure cotton?

[AXIOM_1]

I am currently using the Arctic sub ohm tank. Originally, I was purchasing the pre built factory coils but early on decided I didn't want to always have to purchase the things so I started rebuilding the coil heads. I usually just use any ole cotton for my wicking as it is readily available but just recently I ordered some "pure Japanese cotton" straight out of Japan. I had done some reading that talked about how good pure Japanese cotton is and how it is recommended over cotton from cotton balls. Anyway, I just rebuilt a coil head tonight with the new Japanese cotton and am getting a reading of 0.7 ohm resistance. After priming it, I fired it, and man did I get the most awful taste...yuck! So, I messed around for awhile and fired it some more and took a few more hits off of it and kept getting the same yuck taste. I was positive I didn't burn the coil because I do the rebuilding process often and am used to it and never had any issues before.

Finally, after going through about 1/4 of a tank of liquid, the yuck taste started going away and the flavor of my juice started making itself known. I am trying to figure out what the deal is with these organic cotton sheets. Do they normally taste like junk for a bit when first wicking the coils?

 

[dbrandt01]

What cotton? I've used Koh Gen Do and I never got a yuck taste from it, from first vape to last vape with it. I just buy mine from Sephora.

 

[Susan~S]

I use Koh Gen Do & Shiseido. Both taste great to me.

 

[AXIOM_1]

I got these things through Amazon and they were shipped directly from Japan ... I gotta quit shopping for my vaping stuff from amazon.... Anyway, I also rebuilt my coils and so maybe it had something to do with that. No matter, the taste is fine now .... If it happens any more then I will simply scrap the cotton and get it from a reputable vape place. But, before I jump to conclusions, I will keep using the cotton and see what happens. Thanks for the help.

 

[Bunnykiller]

if it was grown in Japan, processed in Japan, packaged in Japan, and shipped from Japan, I suppose it was "pure Japanese" cotton unlike an American car that was made in Brazil, assembled in Mexico, shipped from where ever, and sold in the US....

btw, 80+% of the cotton used in Japan comes from India.....

 

[Completely Average]

On the Japanese cotton sheets there is a skin-like layer on the outsides of the sheet used to hold it together. You should peel those thin layers off before using the cotton.

 

[AXIOM_1]

Yes, this is what I am suspecting as well..... "supposedly" it is supposed to be organic cotton........... It does indeed look like organic cotton I have seen before......... However, where it ACTUALLY comes from is an entirely different matter. India huh (go figure) ... who knows what's in the stuff then lol.

 

[AXIOM_1]

On the Japanese cotton sheets there is a skin-like layer on the outsides of the sheet used to hold it together. You should peel those thin layers off before using the cotton.

ouch! I did not do that....yes, there was some thin skin like layers but I left them on....... Okay, I will do that next time I wick and see if that is what the problem was....... If not, then I got some bad cotton from some strange place on the globe lol.

 

[disley]

Switch to rayon, it's much better for wicks.

 

[suprtrkr]

Oh my. Yeah, I suspect the yuck was the outer layers. Peel them off and just use the filling. I have also used Egyptian cotton to good effect. Pricy, though. I didn't think it was enough better to justify the cost.

 

[Completely Average]

Oh my. Yeah, I suspect the yuck was the outer layers. Peel them off and just use the filling. I have also used Egyptian cotton to good effect. Pricy, though. I didn't think it was enough better to justify the cost.

Egyptian cotton really isn't any different from Japanese cotton.

In reality it's all Gossypium Badbadense cotton. It's a long fiber cotton grown all over the world, and all of it originated in the Americas. Cotton is native to North and South America, and was exported for growth in other countries. In the US the same cotton is known as either American Egyptian or American Pima cotton.

 

[suprtrkr]

Egyptian cotton really isn't any different from Japanese cotton.

In reality it's all Gossypium Badbadense cotton. It's a long fiber cotton grown all over the world, and all of it originated in the Americas. Cotton is native to North and South America, and was exported for growth in other countries. In the US the same cotton is known as either American Egyptian or American Pima cotton.

Lol, and I live in Cotton Country and didn't know that

 

[AXIOM_1]

Update: I rebuilt another coil just for an experiment and did as suggested by removing the outer skin like layer of the cotton pads. I wicked the coils and fired it up and all is great. No more yuck flavor, so the problem was indeed caused from not removing the outer layer of the cotton pads. Just thought I would let you all know.

 

[Alien Traveler]

Cotton is native to North and South America, and was exported for growth in other countries.

No. Cotton was domesticated in different places around the world. I was pretty widespread plant. In India it was cultivated in BC years. Old stuff.

 

[Alien Traveler]

Update: I rebuilt another coil just for an experiment and did as suggested by removing the outer skin like layer of the cotton pads. I wicked the coils and fired it up and all is great. No more yuck flavor, so the problem was indeed caused from not removing the outer layer of the cotton pads. Just thought I would let you all know.

I do not remove any layers from pads. No bad taste at all and easier to wick. You may want to try again.

 

[Darth Omerta]

Switch to rayon, it's much better for wicks.

Never tried rayon. Personally I love the way cotton wicks for me and never felt the need to try anything else. What makes rayon better?

 

[Completely Average]

No. Cotton was domesticated in different places around the world. I was pretty widespread plant. In India it was cultivated in BC years. Old stuff.

The "cotton" that was cultivated outside of the Americas in ancient times is not what you and I recognize as cotton. It is a tree that produces fibrous bulbs.

It's much the same as corn, which prior to landing in the Americas was what Europeans called this:

 

[yuseffuhler]

The "cotton" that was cultivated outside of the Americas in ancient times is not what you and I recognize as cotton. It is a tree that produces fibrous bulbs.

It's much the same as corn, which prior to landing in the Americas was what Europeans called this:

Isn't that maize?

 

[Alien Traveler]

The "cotton" that was cultivated outside of the Americas in ancient times is not what you and I recognize as cotton. It is a tree that produces fibrous bulbs.

Not exactly (I googled, of course). Cotton was widespread in the Old World well before Columbus. Cotton was grown not as now, not as annual, but as perennual, as shrub or even small trees. American cotton (I mean not grown in America, but genetically) now is just preferred type of cotton, but it is not something new for Old World.

Cotton was a common fabric during the Middle Ages, and was hand-woven on a loom. Cotton manufacture was introduced to Europe during the Muslim conquest of the Iberian Peninsula and Sicily. The knowledge of cotton weaving was spread to northern Italy in the 12th century, when Sicily was conquered by the Normans, and consequently to the rest of Europe. The spinning wheel, introduced to Europe circa 1350, improved the speed of cotton spinning

History of cotton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[disley]

Never tried rayon. Personally I love the way cotton wicks for me and never felt the need to try anything else. What makes rayon better?

When you try it you'll see or taste the difference.
Like any wick material you have to experiment with it, even experienced builders get good and bad wicks.
I used Japanese cotton for a long time with good results.
When I started using titanium for coils I switched to rayon because it gave a cleaner taste and bigger clouds.
There are a number of good threads on rayon have a look:
Rayon wick, better flow, flavor, saturation and Nic Hit! | E-Cigarette Forum