What CVS Cotton should I get that DOES NOT require boiling.

[AbraxasBuddha]

Hello my fellow vapors,

I rebuilt my protank coils last night with some 100% Cotton Balls CVS brand. Came out to 2.1 ohms on my itaste v3 so I fired it up and it tasted great. Chain vaped for a good 30 minutes then went to bed. Woke up this AM and had pretty bad dry throat and it was a bit sore as well. So, I'm wondering if there are any products I can pick up at the store today and do a quick rebuild without worrying about boiling.

Thanks!

 

[Mike36609]

I've been using cheesecloth to rewick my coils, works great and is easy to do. The hardest part is getting the original wick out without damaging the coil. The link below explains the process...

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...how-i-re-wick-my-t3s-cheesecloth-pictues.html

Got my cheesecloth at Target, forget the exact price now, but it was less than three bucks for enough cotton to rewick many, many coils.

 

[retic1959]

You might try some butchers twine, it's 100% cotton and food safe . You might have to unravel it a little bit though .

 

[AbraxasBuddha]

Thanks, and that doesn't need to be boiled?

 

[rogergendron1]

I use the green lable organic cotton balls from ummm cvs or walgreens I forget . They are in the makeup section and unroll into a 1inch wide flat band easily seperatable into long wicks . No boiling nessasary

 

[rogergendron1]

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Here they are no boiling and real cheap you get 80 and they unroll easy to get about 4_5 wicks from each ball .

Little flavor for the first hr then it drops right off leaving none

Good for micro coils they expand verry well much beter than the non organic ... I mean they soak up and expand like wohhh...

 

[yaypudding]

i just picked up a bag a couple days ago, green/clear bag, organic 100% cotton balls from CVS. Seems to be working fine on my RBA's ebaron, igo-l, pheonix. No dry throat or anything so far and taste was great. The bag look like it'll last nearly a lifetime for making wicks.

 

[EmeraldLeo1982]

If you like cotton balls you shold give cheesecloth a try. It's an amazing upgrade. And very simple to use. More forgiving of dry hits and bounces back from being scorched almost instantly. Notice I said scorched..if you dry burn it you're hosed. It's a good idea to boil it, but I don't and haven't had any problems or any funky tastes. As far as taste goes it's got zero taste to it even compared to cotton balls which can have the slightly sweet taste of raw cotton.

 

[mooshi]

I've been using organic stuff from Whole Foods. No boil required.

They look like little hay rolls, so it's easy to unroll and measure to your desired length.

$3/bag off 100. 1 cotton ball will last me about a month if not more, with wick changes very other day (no reason other than because I want to; flavor is still great after several days).

 

[retic1959]

Thanks, and that doesn't need to be boiled?

No it's safe to use as is .

 

[BlueMoods]

I use this and, it does not need boiled, just rinsed and dried (a few minutes in the dry without any fabric sheets or bars is fine.)

As for the dry throat, yes, that might be just for using cotton, it does wick better so you are getting a tad more juice vaporized each pull, more PG/VG = more drying to your mouth and throat. Just drink more water. It's sort of vape, vape, sip, vape, vape, sip with cotton and, worth it for the great flavor.

 

[Gaspar74]

I have used cotton wicks from cotton balls and it always seems to have a after taste do they all need to be boiled? I'm not sure on the quality etc but assume they're the standard cotton balls one gets from CVS.

 

[Nu2Dis]

It's sort of vape, vape, sip, vape, vape, sip.

Ha-Ha - I like it

 

[mazelmazel]

CVS Rolled Cotton - CVS pharmacy

 

[wutarush]

100% sterile cotton balls. The kind in a box, CVS keeps in the first aid area. Never had a bad taste from them (other then scorched tasted if I let ot get to dry) and there is plenty in the box.

 

[cramptholomew]

are any of you using flavor wicks on top of your cotton/coil wraps - like in EVOD or Protank coils?

 

[AbraxasBuddha]

Thanks everyone, I think I'm going to try the cheesecloth. Hope some other new folks get some help from this thread as well!

 

[AbraxasBuddha]

Is this right?
Target Link

 

[vjc0628]

I don't know what the deal is I did 2 coils last night with silica wick 5 turns
1) 1.9 ohm
2) 2.1 ohm
I then tried with cotton from cotton balls I used different thickness tried 5,6 and 7 turns
no matter what I did I came up with 0.01 ohms

 

[taquito08]

i don't know what the deal is i did 2 coils last night with silica wick 5 turns
1) 1.9 ohm
2) 2.1 ohm
i then tried with cotton from cotton balls i used different thickness tried 5,6 and 7 turns
no matter what i did i came up with 0.01 ohms

did you wrap right on the cotton?