Regular cotton for wicks

[txskimo]

I tried CVS, Walgreens and Wal-Mart all of which didn't have organic cotton balls. I went ahead and bought a regular bag of cotton balls planning to just boil it a 2 or 3 times. When I tried to search I didn't come up with any answers as to whether or not this would be safe.

Should I fine since I'm boiling it several times?

 

[Steelgirl]

I found mine at CVS. I never shop CVS, so I didn't know where they would be. Turns out they were a bit of a distance from non-organic bags of cotton balls. I still boiled tho. Why not, right? I just did it once tho.

 

[supertrunker]

" i never boiled a cigarette before i smoked it" - P Busardo.

I never bothered with all that, just used it. In a tight spot i have even used a q-tip from the bottom of some woman's handbag to make a wick.

T

 

[txskimo]

" i never boiled a cigarette before i smoked it" - P Busardo.

I never bothered with all that, just used it. In a tight spot i have even used a q-tip from the bottom of some woman's handbag to make a wick.

T

Well the concern is more for my wife. She wasn't really a smoker but she did smoke hookah from time to time. She now vapes 10000x more than she smoked hookah lol

 

[daleron]

Boiling it will do the job hon

 

[Tmartin63]

Been using regular CVS cotton balls for well over a year. Never boiled them and never have an issue with taste at all. vape on!

 

[txskimo]

Lol just needed a little peace of mind

 

[DingerCPA]

I grabbed a bag of cotton from Kroger - no boiling, and I'm perfectly happy

Sent from.... ooh look! Something shiny!!!

 

[Jake67]

You can buy sterile cotton balls from CVS. You can find them where the first aid and care are.


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[tayone415]

I tried CVS, Walgreens and Wal-Mart all of which didn't have organic cotton balls. I went ahead and bought a regular bag of cotton balls planning to just boil it a 2 or 3 times. When I tried to search I didn't come up with any answers as to whether or not this would be safe.

Should I fine since I'm boiling it several times?

This is something, that confused me before, I just buy organic cotton balls from CVS after searching for 10-15 mins and asking for help that was in the makeup section somewhere instead of by the cotton balls. I actually started a thread and a poll if you want to see other people's opinions quicker.

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...zer-systems/565337-prepping-cotton-wicks.html

 

[Rat2chat2]

Love the cotton. Fast, easy and cheap. My fav. I never worry about boiling myself but if it gives you peace of mind, go for it. Have fun and happy healthy vaping.

 

[leerm8680]

I use peaches and cream yarn. It's always the same diameter, so it's very consistent.

 

[txskimo]

I searched in the beauty section at each store and they still only had regular cotton. It was boiled and rinsed about 3 or 4 times for quiet awhile...probably 1.5-2 hours total for everything lol

 

[brickfollett]

Try Ko Gen Do cotton from the sephora website. 11.99 before shipping gets you enough to last you a couple years lol. Completely organic, untreated unbleached cotton. Wicking and flavor is night and day from my regular CVS cotton.

Stellar, stellar vape from KGD

 

[txskimo]

I might stop by sephora and see if they carry it in the store

 

[thorn]

The cvs I went to had cotton balls in 4 or 5 different places, all the same package, and an empty slot for the organic cotton balls. One walgreens was also out but another walgreens I went to had the organic.

 

[brianwert93]

got mine from my girl. she uses organic cotton balls and I grabbed a few. I know Rite Aid sells 100% natural cotton balls.

 

[Devilution2010]

Try Ko Gen Do cotton from the sephora website. 11.99 before shipping gets you enough to last you a couple years lol. Completely organic, untreated unbleached cotton. Wicking and flavor is night and day from my regular CVS cotton.

Stellar, stellar vape from KGD

My original go to cotton was the CVS USP sterile cotton balls.....boiled them and never had an issue with taste, loved using them.....still love using them.

I next tried SnC cotton yarn after it became the next biggest thing. This I had to boil a couple times to get rid of an "off" taste. Some have never had an issue with taste but I could notice it. After the boiling, it turned out to be a very good material that wicks really really well.

I'm now using Koh Gen Do. This is extremely easy to work with as all the cotton fibers run straight and parallel with one another inside the pad. The neat thing about KGD is that if you have a cotton taste, you've used too much material in your wick and it's too tight in the coil. Fine tune the wick a little and the taste goes away and it truly shines. KGD wicks amazingly well and produces better flavor than other cottons I've tried. I ended up buying two boxes (120 pads) which will last an eternity....one box of 60 is all you'll need.


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[chrisj3982]

I don't use organic cotton. Go to cvs and get 100%sterile cotton, that's what I use. And I don't boil it either, don't see a point, it's already sterile


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[brickfollett]

I don't use organic cotton. Go to cvs and get 100%sterile cotton, that's what I use. And I don't boil it either, don't see a point, it's already sterile


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Its worth trying kgd at least once. Big difference imo

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