All of you cotton users should give rayon a try.I made the switch almost a year ago,and could never go back to any type of cotton now haha,plus 1 box for about $13 will last me and my entire family for probably 30 years haha.
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Because Rayon flattens over time, versus swelling, I can't use it on the Taifun, or I develop leaking after a while. Wicking, though, seemed comparable. Because of my atty, I need to stick with the organic cotton.
Um, rayon is all I use. Just a slight adjustment on amount is required. Certainly nothing wrong with cotton though.Because Rayon flattens over time, versus swelling, I can't use it on the Taifun, or I develop leaking after a while. Wicking, though, seemed comparable. Because of my atty, I need to stick with the organic cotton.
They are exactly the same as KGD and Muji squares etc...
Amazon.com : Selena Organic Cotton Facial Puffs size M - 200 count : Cotton Balls : Beauty
I picked up a box of that as well in all it's 900' glory.
But sometimes I just cut a strip of Japanese cotton if I am in a hurry and the Mutation needs a quick wick.
Haha,yeah,that's the same box i got.In the beginning,i followed all the stuff they said in the rayon thread about trimming this and fluffing that,etc. then i got lazy and started doing it basically the same way i did my cotton,pull it through the coil,cut the tails down to about 1/3 of the thickness,and done,and i found for me it still works great,so i've stuck with that.When i followed how everyone recommended,i was spending about 15-20 minutes "grooming" the wicks haha,the way i do now,takes maybe 2 minutes so i have less wick perfecting time and more vape time haha.I picked up a box of that as well in all it's 900' glory.
But sometimes I just cut a strip of Japanese cotton if I am in a hurry and the Mutation needs a quick wick.
I had that problem with the threads at first, but constant use seems to have smoothed it down; I don't have any issues with it anymore. On the Frog in Fog site, they do note the need to "clean the threads" but I think it probably needs something like a toothbrush to really clean them of metal dust.
But I can get 2.5ml in mine easily; one day, I actually pulled 2.5ml into a syringe, and used that to prime the wick and then fill it, and there was still room, could have gone to 2.6 pretty easily. But yeah, if it goes over the level of that airflow "stack" under the coil, it'll leak a bit.
I do know that my Achilles have pretty much ruined me for my Kayfuns, drat it.
Andria
I really haven't decreased the flavor %'s, just the nic level and power level -- I love a really intense TH, but at 10mg 10w, as I used in my kayfuns, it was so much TH I'd just cough -- went to 9mg and 9w, and stopped coughing. I break in the wick at around 8w, and gradually boost it; it stays at 8.5w the longest, and right near the time when I'm thinking I need to dry-burn the coil, I'll boost it to 9w for a little more oomph until I get motivated to actually do the dry-burn/re-wick.
I experiment sometimes with about a 5% reduction in flavor, except the sweetener, with my strawberry and cream, just because the 30.5% is so much flavor, and the gunking is such a pain, but anytime I start having any problems with "vaper's tongue", I go back to the original % levels, and get my flavor back.
Andria
Heh... I use a drillbit... which I hold in my hand while wrapping wire around it, and leave in the coil while mounting it... once I mount the coil and snip the ends, the drillbit comes out, so I can meter it.
Only reason I can see for doing it any different, with one of those jig things, is if I was interested in dual coils, and needed 2 coils to be identical -- but since I hate dual coils, it's really not an issue.
Andria
Also depends on the viscosity of the liquid -- I got anywhere from 32-38 drops per ml for Pg, and 22-28 drops per ml for VG.
Andria
That's the one I've found locally, so I can avoid the shipping cost -- I vastly prefer the Shiseido to the KGD, really no "cotton tasting" break-in period at all.
Get my kanthal from lightningvapes.com, and I was DELIGHTED when he started carrying odd-numbered gauges, since I prefer 29ga above everything else.
Andria
I get pretty much the same stuff only cotton.I picked up a box of that as well in all it's 900' glory.
But sometimes I just cut a strip of Japanese cotton if I am in a hurry and the Mutation needs a quick wick.
Hello anybody over here got any cherry recipe? I got black cherry, cherry extract and maraschino cherry [emoji16]
I haven't bought any cherry yet. I have been using lemon meringue pie, strawberry cheesecake and a fruit mix for a while. With the long weekend I've been a little bored with my current recipes and trying to think of something new to make with what I have.
Has anyone played with tfa banana, not ripe?Perfumers Apprentice - Banana Flavor
I'm working on a banana cream pie and want a more natural banana, less banana, popsicle flavor
I'm working on a banana cream pie and want a more natural banana, less banana, popsicle flavor
The Banana recipes I've seen and worked on generally used both TFA banana's together with a preference of the banana to the ripe of about 3-4:1, or more. So, 60 - 90% banana with 10 - 40% ripe banana. Finding the right mix is possible by using both, and there have been some pretty good recipes posted on this thread, as I recall. Good luck!
I made a pretty good "cherry pipe tobacco" mix, using TFA Cherry Extract. It's more tobacco than cherry, so may not be what you're looking for. It does need a long steep, since it's a tobacco flavor. If you're interested at all, I'll post the recipe.
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