Quality Silica Wick vs. Cheap Silica Wick and Alternatives. Help?

[Myrany]

TO update the saga if me and cotton wick.

Yesterday I went to wal mart and grabbed a ball of undyed Peaches & Creme 100% cotton yarn. I unrolled about 2 meters of the stuff. stuck it in a pot of boiling distilled water for 15 minutes. Changed the water twice more boiling for 15 minutes each time. Did one final rinse and squeezed as much water out as I could by rolling it in a paper towel. Let it dry.

I then proceeded to take my first shot at rebuilding a protank head. It took 3 tries but hey I am new at this

I have 5 wraps of kanthal 32 gauge around 1 piece of this yarn and for the flavor wick I separated out 2 plys of the yarn (it is 4 ply off the roll) and used those. It came in at 1.9 ohms which is fine on my vamo.

My assessment. It took a little longer than silica to break in (about 20 puffs) but now that it is this thing is wicking and tasting better than the original silica wicks ever did. I am loving it and loving the fact that should I not be able to order silica wicking material for whatever reason this is a viable option.

 

[Dvx67]

I have been using square braid cotton wick I found on amazon with very good results.

 

[stewdaddy]

So I got my cotton wick in (square braid #4/0) and rebuilt my IGO-L and I'm never using silica again. The flavor and vapor production are both great. 32g 6/5 wrap 2.3ohms @ 4.2v. Couldn't be happier.

 

[stewdaddy]

Pic of the coil.

 

[EddieAdams]

I've been using 1mm hemp twine from love pedal on eBay and it works wonderfully in my EVOD and ProTank heads. 1 piece through 1 piece over. Recently decided to go back to 1mm silica ( much thinner than 1mm natural)I had off eBay from ravensburg Germany. 3 pieces through the coil and 3 over works like a charm.

Figured I would order 1.5mm to make the process easier. 2 through 2 over. Ordered off eBay from Texas. It's significantly larger than the 1mm and seems more rigid. Just will not fit through the coil I make and a single piece isn't enough. I thread the coil after. Anyone know why such a difference?

 

[Butters78]

I buy my silica from PBdragon.com They generally have lots of sizes in stock, their prices are hard to beat, and I find their silica of a much better quality than that I've gotten from some other vendors in the past.

I ordered from pbdragon based on this post and it's true. The quality is top notch. I am using the 3mm and it's working perfect in the evod. I won't use anything else now.

 

[NancyB]

This newbie (3 mos w/o analogs) is wondering where you go to learn about making your own 'new coils' and rebuilding the attys - if I'm using the right terms (grin). I'd love to see a close-up video on the process, like, do you need a soldering iron to tack the ends of the wire to something? hmmm

 

[Butters78]

This newbie (3 mos w/o analogs) is wondering where you go to learn about making your own 'new coils' and rebuilding the attys - if I'm using the right terms (grin). I'd love to see a close-up video on the process, like, do you need a soldering iron to tack the ends of the wire to something? hmmm

Here you go. This is for for the evod. Same process for protank and vivi nova.

 

[Gahh]

After vaping for 68 days , I've experimented with many set ups. From DID's ( SS Mesh ) Silica , Cotton balls, ( twisted to wick diameter ) , 100% Cotton yarn and Steril Gauze ( twisted to wick diameter ). The cotton yarn and gauze win hands down for me. Great , Soft, Tasty, Big Vape hits from an MT3 ( bottom fed wick ) with 1/2" of twisted gauze and a 1/2" piece of cotton yarn as the flavor wick ( on top ).
The MT3 wicked this way will last from 10 to 20 ml of e-juice before needing. Re-build, ( which costs about .08 cents )