stainless mesh coil question regarding building it to hold more juice w/out adding different wick material

[Anubuk]

I have been building stainless mesh coils on my RDA (infinite stillaire). It works but doesn't hold alot of juice. Since it can't touch anything metal I find I can only build one that is between 1/4 in and 1/2 inch long, it is thick but I only get like 3 maybe 4 hits out of it, then it tates burnt real bad.

Doesn't matter how much I drip in since it can't absorb what is on the deck.

I like mesh because you can change juice practically instantly. I have added cotton and readywick to the center and yes it holds more juice but I have to clean it if I want to change my juice.

When I started dripping I had a 510 bridgeless atomizer and it was cool since you could change your juice w/ no hassle. i would get a ton of hits off of it before it tasted burned out.

I build my stuff now and have no interest in going back to that but want to create that same experience only better since I am building myself.

I have been wondering if there is some kind of small ceramic or heat resistant glass dish that the wick/coil could sit in, like a tiny puddle of juice.

I did try sticking some cotton underneath to feed the mesh but it wasn't so great.

Any info or ideas would be most welcome.

Thanks

 

[Never Lift]

Sounds like a good candidate for the big dripper. Are you oxidizing the ss mesh? Once its oxidized it can touch metal. Got pics?Whats a good build?

 

[State O' Flux]

I have been wondering if there is some kind of small ceramic or heat resistant glass dish that the wick/coil could sit in, like a tiny puddle of juice.

Nickel foam.

 

[Anubuk]

Yeah, the mesh is definitely oxidized. i thought it couldn't touch metal, like in a genesis the wick shouldn't touch the bottom or center post. Is that because the wick is sitting in a tank of juice and it looses its oxidation on those spots?

I would show you a pic but I recently tore it down to experiment. So if I allow the coil to just touch the deck enough to soak up the excess juice on it, its okay as long as the mesh is nice and oxidized?

I am considering getting a magma RDA since it has such a deep well.

But if I can touch the metal my options change and I can build something that suits my needs.

Thank you for your help. I will have to try a new build tonight and test out touching the deck a bit.

Anything else please let me know.

 

[pdib]

 

[Anubuk]

awesome!
Thanks for the pic, thats beautiful. I am going to go work on it.
This opens up my choices of RDAs

Thanks again everyone

 

[pdib]

SS mesh bends if you roll it on the diagonal. So you need to cut a diamond* shape out of your sheet instead of a square. When you rotate that piece to look like a square (referencing and rolling from one straight side of the shape you've cut out), the strands should be running at a ~45° angle.

You'll need to pulse the shorts out of your coil/mesh, just like with most mesh wicks. Once pulsed (oxidized) to where your coil is glowing properly, the current never passes to the mesh; nor, consequently, to the atomizer/deck.





* a square, really, but one that is standing on one of it's points instead of sitting on one of it's sides

 

[Anubuk]

Cool, that really helps out.
It makes sense now why you can let the mesh touch the deck. It just didn't come together for me before but of course if there is no current in the mesh, having the mesh touch the deck is fine.