Rebuilding attys

[Blc248]

What wick is easy to work with an will not fall apart and break off.

 

[Blc248]

I have a few era but the silica I have flakes and falls apart when I try to make a coil around it please help anyone

 

[Kanj.nguyen]

Cotton, silica... "easy" is very relative.

 

[Kanj.nguyen]

I use braided stainless steel mesh tubes. Easy enough for me, but may not be for others, and vice versa.

 

[Blc248]

I guess I just post and then someone will help idk

 

[Blc248]

Ok I have silica wick 2.5 mm I got off of eBay

 

[DiegoVol]

I haven't had any silica break apart on me. Is it unwinding?

 

[Blc248]

Has the silica u have worked with every done this?

 

[Blc248]

What it is doing is flaking off and just falling apart it is like it is brittle

 

[Kanj.nguyen]

Dont cut too short a piece of silica. They are ropes; they need sufficient length to have enough friction to maintain shape.

If you really want a small piece of silica, wrap your coil first and then cut the wick. This way the coil holds the silica strands in place.

 

[Blc248]

I am using cotton wick right now and it is fine

 

[Kanj.nguyen]

Silica has a much smoother surface than cotton, thus less friction and easier to unwind/ fall apart. Plus cotton is probably stronger against pulling force.

 

[Blc248]

Is there a way I can post a pic an show u what I'm talking about

 

[Kanj.nguyen]

Attach image

 

[Blc248]

I am on my iPad right now so it can't post a pic in a min ill go get my lapto and show u what I meanok

 

[eratikmind]

I have a few era but the silica I have flakes and falls apart when I try to make a coil around it please help anyone

You consider holding/lining up a simple push pin against the silica strand(s), as you wrap the coil. The said pin will afford a stiffer, for a lack of a better word, working area.

- Andy

 

[JBL-37]

Handle it as little as possible, don't bent it all around or run your fingers across it. The more it's manipulated the more it breaks off. You are talking about the small fibers right?
You need a program to upload pics with iPad, photobucket has one so does tapatalk.

 

[Blc248]

this is what the silica looks like. It started out being one piece of silica then after working with it a lil bit this is what happened i think it might be fiberglass wick because it flakes fibers off of it when I handle it. BUT the vender on ebay said it was high quality silica

 

[bucketmouth]

this has happen to me on real cheap silica i got off ebay....stay in the 2mm+ range too..under 2 works but falls apart easy imo

 

[JBL-37]

Use longer pieces to begin with then cut them to length, they are just unraveling on you.