Vivi Nova muted flavor

[alank]

It seems unfortunate that expectations are not met with particular devices. However, the talk about it's muted qualities are exactly why I purchased it.
I rather like that about it and yes it is muted but others do need to be aware of this in case that is not what they want.

 

[Underwhelmed]

On the Rd now going to head to Michaels in a few. Does the yarn work better than those pads or should I just get the pads?

Eric, if it was me I would try the pads.

Either way you will want to boil them, changing water a few times. The pads are easier to deal with and dry, IMO.

If you just boil a few and you don't like them, your wife will probably have a use for them, and they are only around a buck.

I didn't boil mine, just cut one and tried to make a coil and it didn't work well. It probably would have worked better for me if I'd done the boil and dry first.

 

[Butters78]

Oops read yer post too late.. This is what I got.

http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff464/Erichill210/IMAG0151.jpg

So I gotta boil a few times eh? Can I throw the whole thing in there or u gotta do sections?

 

[Butters78]

Going to a grocery super center store called HEB in a few. Going to see if they have the pads in the make up section. So I can try those as well.

 

[Underwhelmed]

Well, either way cotton tastes better than silica.

The boiling is to insure any sizing that might have been used (or anything else you wouldn't want to inhale) is removed. Some people don't boil, but I figure it's safer.

I did sections. I didn't do the whole roll. I was using my food dehydrator to dry it, so I needed something manageable.

If I'd been doing this in July I might have done the whole roll since I could just stick it outside and it would be dry in like 20 minutes, but I wasn't and didn't want my cat messing with it while I was trying to dry it.

 

[Butters78]

Cool Underwhelmed I appreciate the help. I'll probably just boil the whole deal and be done with it. Maybe 10 minutes twice should be ok I think. I may throw it in the dryer in a garment bag lol. Unless that is a bad idea.

 

[Underwhelmed]

No problem. I think you will like the results.

I'd just change the water a couple of times while boiling to be sure.

No idea as far as the dryer. But again I have a cat, so I have loose cat hair at my house this time of year. Cat hair tastes bad in a coil build.

 

[Butters78]

I'll report back here with the results. I'm debating if I should just use a single strand of yarn or try doubling. It's all trial and error. Only negatives that I see are that I can't dry burn or change flavors easily but it's worth it for the flavor enhancement over silica.

 

[Butters78]

I found the pads.

http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff464/Erichill210/IMAG0153.jpg

 

[Underwhelmed]

Cool beans.

Let us know which works best for you.