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[ShowMeTwice]

There are quite a few folks in the FB groups I'm in who after trying Cotton Man's cotton will never go back to other cottons.

I use both cotton and rayon. Every wick change in an rba I switch off between the two.

I used to have a box of Sally's CelluCotton rayon. Wasn't very impressed with it and gave it away. Rossum turned me onto the Tidi medical grade rayon balls. There is a huge difference between the two. The Tidi rayon has near zero break-in, it's cleaner and delivers improved flavor over CelluCotton.

A Tidi rayon wick lasts a good long time. With flavored juices I regularly get ~20 days per wick (no NET's or sweetened juices). With flavorless near 30 days.

Rayon Balls Large Non-Sterile

 

[ShowMeTwice]

Good morning

-13° currently, supposed to get up to 30° later.

No plans for the day (other than regular chores).

 

[jwbnyc]

Upland Sliver - The Cotton Man

I’ve been using his cottons since 2016.

I usually get 12-16 days on a wick. It's very absorbent cotton. It feels like silk compared to every other cotton I've tried. Other cottons feel like rough sandpaper.

Upland Sliver (pronounced slīver; sly-ver) is unbleached, no pesticides, no dyes or chemicals. It has near zero break-in. There are no off-putting tastes whatsoever.

Butch (Fahey Byrum III) down in Edenton, NC is "The Cotton Man". I've known him since 2016. His farm has been in the cotton business for a very long long time.

Butch is a total riot to talk with via phone. Very friendly and an all around great guy. He loves to chat and freely share what he knows about cotton. The man seriously knows his cotton.

Thanks.

 

[FranC]

There are quite a few folks in the FB groups I'm in who after trying Cotton Man's cotton will never go back to other cottons.

I use both cotton and rayon. Every wick change in an rba I switch off between the two.

I used to have a box of Sally's CelluCotton rayon. Wasn't very impressed with it and gave it away. Rossum turned me onto the Tidi medical grade rayon balls. There is a huge difference between the two. The Tidi rayon has near zero break-in, it's cleaner and delivers improved flavor over CelluCotton.

A Tidi rayon wick lasts a good long time. With flavored juices I regularly get ~20 days per wick (no NET's or sweetened juices). With flavorless near 30 days.

Rayon Balls Large Non-Sterile

No new rayon for me. I have some Sally's I'm happy enough with. I don't use rayon all that much.

 

[ShowMeTwice]

Thanks.

My pleasure. I hope you like it.

 

[Uncle]

Mornin . . .

No Major Plans - Other then binge watching TV later . . .

Just Sayin' . . .

.

 

[DavidOck]

Morning, mixed up mixers.

A sweltering 26, heading for 36... or maybe higher, if they guessed right and rain does come in.

Good you got your $$ back, Teri! Yeah, sounds like she got a better offer, but not good!!

 

[FranC]

Mornin . . .

No Major Plans - Other then binge watching TV later . . .

Just Sayin' . . .

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Mornin, Uncle

 

[FranC]

Though dd isn't home, she isn't going to be gone all day so I won't vape in the office. I'm between here and my room to get in my most needed morning vapes.

 

[FranC]

We have 20 going to 31 today. Looks like a week of 30's before it warms up any. Except for 20's on Monday.

 

[FranC]

My final recipes are written on small pad papers and I have a pile of those small pad papers in front of me to go through. After checking my tracking.

 

[NolaMel]

@NolaMel I tried my Raspberry, blue type today and I consider it yuck. Too dang sweet for me. Think I’ll sft the strawberry one,

That’s what I was afraid of. Oh well, plenty other flavors out there

 

[hittman]

I’ve been looking for a new show to watch and think I’ll check out Vikings Valhalla. I just went downstairs and cleared out a bunch of old bottles and cleaned them. There was a lot. I decided that I just wasn’t going to ever use that stuff.

 

[FranC]

That’s what I was afraid of. Oh well, plenty other flavors out there

This is true.

 

[FranC]

I’ve been looking for a new show to watch and think I’ll check out Vikings Valhalla. I just went downstairs and cleared out a bunch of old bottles and cleaned them. There was a lot. I decided that I just wasn’t going to ever use that stuff.

Well, I can now say my SM order has been in Ca and China on the same day. Currently in China.

 

[FranC]

I’ve been looking for a new show to watch and think I’ll check out Vikings Valhalla. I just went downstairs and cleared out a bunch of old bottles and cleaned them. There was a lot. I decided that I just wasn’t going to ever use that stuff.

I just put a show called Valhalla Rising on my saved stuff on Amazon.

 

[FranC]

Guessing my HC orders have left Ca. on their way across the country. Looks like my SM orders are travelling around the world so I won't expect them anytime soon. Last of all my small FT order is still in China.

 

[FranC]

In my pile of recipes I found one marked like and two marked good. I know I have more with likes that I put in a different place. I tossed some.

 

[NolaMel]

This is true.

Have you tried the SSA cc/g in a side by side comparison with your usual cc base? That’s my gold standard cc. Interested in how it holds up to yours in a direct match

 

[FranC]

Have you tried the SSA cc/g in a side by side comparison with your usual cc base? That’s my gold standard cc. Interested in how it holds up to yours in a direct match

LOL, I have. To be fair this could not replace my base by any means. It is otherwise a great base to use with some added cheese.