Rewicking Cotton

[CallmeRage]

So i made the switch from silica to cotton and i couldnt be any happier. Less break in time. Better flavor, havent noticed too much of a difference with vapor production but its cool. I just have one question for all you ladies and gents. How often should i rewick? I have about 1/4 of a bag of cotton boiled and i just wonder when i should rewick. Also another small question should i recoil my coils or are they set "forever"? Thanks in advance

 

[Jomiz]

when a coils is bad for me at least i get a burnt tasting flavor, rewick whenever you feel the flavor isnt tasting like you prefer the best thing about cotton is that its cheap!

 

[CallmeRage]

when a coils is bad for me at least i get a burnt tasting flavor, rewick whenever you feel the flavor isnt tasting like you prefer the best thing about cotton is that its cheap!

Hmm, is it possible to clean existing coils? Or should i just recoil them?

 

[vapo jam]

Hmm, is it possible to clean existing coils? Or should i just recoil them?

remove the cotton and dry-burn to clean, you can also scrape them with tweezers or run a little water over them (disconnect the atty from the mod first!) if there's still gunk after dry burning.

with a regular dry burn, coils will last a very long time.

 

[CallmeRage]

remove the cotton and dry-burn to clean, you can also scrape them with tweezers or run a little water over them (disconnect the atty from the mod first!) if there's still gunk after dry burning.

with a regular dry burn, coils will last a very long time.

Thanks so much

 

[dice57]

When vape starts to suffer, tis time to yank wick, dry burn and re-wick. Different fibers last longer than others. Cotton being one that needs changing most often. Prefer Hemp and Ramie fiber over cotton by a wide margin.

 

[deviousprostate]

I replace my cotton and dry burn my coils every couple days. I replace my coils every couple weeks. When your juice starts tasting funky, it's time to change your wick.

 

[Droiddoes]

I just recently tried cotton, whats the deal with hemp?

 

[BigCatDaddy]

When vape starts to suffer, tis time to yank wick, dry burn and re-wick. Different fibers last longer than others. Cotton being one that needs changing most often. Prefer Hemp and Ramie fiber over cotton by a wide margin.

I just started using hemp a few days ago. REALLY liking it so far!! It's a bit unruly, but worth the effort. I'm getting some really nice vapor and flavor in the Protanks. It's also excellent in my Kraken and Prometheus RBA's. I'm waiting on some loose hemp fiber to come in the mail and will use in in my Patriot and Trident drippers as well.

 

[zmbgzus]

A bit wasteful I'm sure.....I flat out rebuild every few days or so

 

[Alter]

I've been using hemp fiber for several months now and really like it more than the cotton. Its more durable, takes the heat better and holds more juice than cotton. I can get up to a week with hemp fiber before its rewicking time rather than just the few days I was getting from cotton. You prep it like cotton and I brushed the fluff back into it with a fine wire dog brush ontop a glass top table. I also use a bead threader to rewick with rather than twisting the fiber into the coil.

 

[zmbgzus]

With the strong suggestions here, looks like I'm a buy some hemp

 

[minitater]

As suggested, a wick will need to be replaced when it tastes nasty or burnt. I've seen this happen in just a couple of tanks and then some have lasted a month or more. You might want to consider braided cotton wicking material. I have found this much easier than fooling with cotton balls and such. I got 3 yards and think it may last me several years!

 

[Alter]

When I was using cotton I would take it out of the coil and take it apart to see that it was black all the way through to the center but with the hemp I remove the wick and its black on the outside but the middle is still nice. I found hemp twine, cord in stores but had reservations about buying it since it felt waxy even though it said on the package 100% hemp. I got my hemp fiber in a ECF coop many months ago and wish it would be coop'd again so I can get more since I've shelved all my silica, ekowool and cotton and just use the hemp fiber.
After using a particular wicking material for a while you get a feel for it and I can feel in the vape if the wicking material is beginning to loose performance. I could never figure out how some can go weeks with a particular head or build before changing...how bad does it have to taste before some change their material.
Another thing I did but still isn't as good as hemp is to unbraid ekowool into single strands and with the bead threader again insert several strands into my builds, it gave me the easy like hemp to insert into the build, some dryburn ability but it doesn't wick as good as the hemp so that fad didn't last long at all.

 

[cyberwolf]

A lot depends on how dry the wick gets during use. Cotton in particular will get funky quickly if it gets too dry. A cotton wick that stays good and wet all the time will last me a week or more. As for coils, I just look at how quickly they get red when dry burning during the wick change. If they seem a little sluggish I replace them.