Hey guys, I recently was looking into Chamois's (Sham-wow, german absobent cloths), and I didn't even realize that it's actually non-woven viscose lol.
So that got me thinking about chamois leather, I use leather chamois on my vehicle, and have some extra laying around. The stuff is super durable (like most leather), and really, really absorbent too. Now I'm almost positive the kind I have wouldn't work well because it's probably been treated with a chemical that you don't want to inhale, but there's untreated actual Chamoi leather (poor goats
) that's actually much more absorbent than the synthetic stuff.
However I still have alot of researching to do, because I'm sure there's some factor that won't make it suitable for vaping, I only know it's highly absorbent for water, because it's usually used as car dryer's, divers towels, or even a gasoline/mercury filter! It sounds like the stuff might filter out the nicotine molecules from what I'm hearing lol, which would definitely be a hinderance for alot of us, let alone possible dangerous if you filter out a few droppers of nicotine and burn it all at once.
Another factor I'm not sure about is how it might taste, it's tougher than cotton or rayon without a doubt, but that's not to say it won't taste bad if burned accidentally, I've never tasted burning leather, but I'd imagine it doesn't taste good. Something tells me it could possibly be a really decent wick, because if you've ever seen the stuff absorb it's pretty supernatural, I mean you poor some water on it, and it almost falls straight into the chamois. That and it is very durable, have you ever seen leather burn? Some types of leather are actually used for heat applications because they are so tough, I'd imagine it's probably up there with silica.
I'm not sure yet, I'm still looking into it, I may try to find some untreated genuine chamois leather tomorrow (because I can use it for my 96 bronco if anything), and just be a guinea pig, I don't know. If anybody knows this won't work beyond a doubt, then I'd surely like to hear it, just "like" this message so I know to come back and read the response. Gonna go vape some leather! 
(btw I know alot of genuine chamois leathers are treated with fish oils, they're available without this, and if not can be cleaned to completely remove.)
So that got me thinking about chamois leather, I use leather chamois on my vehicle, and have some extra laying around. The stuff is super durable (like most leather), and really, really absorbent too. Now I'm almost positive the kind I have wouldn't work well because it's probably been treated with a chemical that you don't want to inhale, but there's untreated actual Chamoi leather (poor goats
) that's actually much more absorbent than the synthetic stuff. However I still have alot of researching to do, because I'm sure there's some factor that won't make it suitable for vaping, I only know it's highly absorbent for water, because it's usually used as car dryer's, divers towels, or even a gasoline/mercury filter! It sounds like the stuff might filter out the nicotine molecules from what I'm hearing lol, which would definitely be a hinderance for alot of us, let alone possible dangerous if you filter out a few droppers of nicotine and burn it all at once.
Another factor I'm not sure about is how it might taste, it's tougher than cotton or rayon without a doubt, but that's not to say it won't taste bad if burned accidentally, I've never tasted burning leather, but I'd imagine it doesn't taste good.
Something tells me it could possibly be a really decent wick, because if you've ever seen the stuff absorb it's pretty supernatural, I mean you poor some water on it, and it almost falls straight into the chamois. That and it is very durable, have you ever seen leather burn? Some types of leather are actually used for heat applications because they are so tough, I'd imagine it's probably up there with silica.I'm not sure yet, I'm still looking into it, I may try to find some untreated genuine chamois leather tomorrow (because I can use it for my 96 bronco if anything), and just be a guinea pig
, I don't know. If anybody knows this won't work beyond a doubt, then I'd surely like to hear it, just "like" this message so I know to come back and read the response. Gonna go vape some leather! (btw I know alot of genuine chamois leathers are treated with fish oils, they're available without this, and if not can be cleaned to completely remove.)
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