Silica Wick Dripping?

[AVPENOOB]

Is it possible to use a lot of silica wick so that i can drip anywhere from the top?

Will the juice travel all the way top the coil?

It will be a single coil build and i'll have the wick wrapping around the posts.

 

[Stosh]

A long wick will allow you to drip more juice without your atty leaking, but the juice will stay mostly in the wick without wetting the coil. The old school pre-built / pre-coiled attys all had short wicks, just enough to hold the juice so the coil wouldn't go dry in the middle of a pull. A short wick puts the juice where it will do the most good, but has the disadvantage of being more easily flooded.

 

[tj99959]

It would help to know which RDA you are using. Some lend them self to silica wicks quite well while others do far better with cotton wicks.

I drip with silica wicks all the time. Mainly you want your wicks touching the bottom because that's where the liquid will collect. The juice will wick up to the coil just fine if you did your build correctly.

 

[AVPENOOB]

A long wick will allow you to drip more juice without your atty leaking, but the juice will stay mostly in the wick without wetting the coil. The old school pre-built / pre-coiled attys all had short wicks, just enough to hold the juice so the coil wouldn't go dry in the middle of a pull. A short wick puts the juice where it will do the most good, but has the disadvantage of being more easily flooded.

so i should just use cotton wicks so i don't have to drip often?

 

[AVPENOOB]

It would help to know which RDA you are using. Some lend them self to silica wicks quite well while others do far better with cotton wicks.

I drip with silica wicks all the time. Mainly you want your wicks touching the bottom because that's where the liquid will collect. The juice will wick up to the coil just fine if you did your build correctly.

i use the igo-t.
i have a short silica wick in it and its not touching the bottom because i always aim the drops on the coil.

 

[ZeroOhms]

so i should just use cotton wicks so i don't have to drip often?

I think the key is to just try it. Since you are coiling already, it shouldn't be that different on build itself. I switch between silica and cotton based on type of juice I use. Some juice's flavor is too strong for cotton. Also, if I feel lazy, I just use silica.

 

[Ryedan]

Is it possible to use a lot of silica wick so that i can drip anywhere from the top?

Will the juice travel all the way top the coil?

It will be a single coil build and i'll have the wick wrapping around the posts.

Both wick well, but cotton moves more juice faster IMO. Silica lasts longer.

 

[Stosh]

so i should just use cotton wicks so i don't have to drip often?

With dripping I have found the best results in flavor and vapor to be when you just have the perfect balance of juice to coil heat for your air flow. It usually means frequent dripping so it's not flooded or dry, as relying on wicking to deliver the juice in the correct amount at just the right time seems impossible. YMMV

 

[Vapoor eyes er]

Cotton does wick faster than silica. A friend uses Ekowooll successfully- braided silica with a hollow core so there's more surface area to hold/ wick the juice.

 

[Jazzi Mike]

You can use silica or cotton. Both have good and bad aspects to them. I would not recommend using a longer piece of wick. It does not seem to travel up to the coil generally.

 

[burtonsnowww]

Ive always used cotton on my rebuildables