what do you use to oxidize your SS mesh?
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I use one of those little hobby sized butane torches that I already had for RC stuff.
I cut a small piece off, weave an end in the tines of a dinner fork and use my gas stove. It is usually a piece large enough for two wicks. If I did it any other way, I am afraid I would set the house on fire.
i oxidize the crap out of my mesh but always after rolled up.. i still get shorts and have no idea why.. i would literally sit there and use a butane torch on it for 30 minutes.. pop it in my DID and still get shorts.. wth...
Chef's brulee torch. Fast. Simple. Effective.
Found mine on sale at Bed, Bath and Beyond; it's the same kind Scott Bonner uses on his SS wick videos. Good range of them on Amazon for cheap ...
Found mine on sale at Bed, Bath and Beyond; it's the same kind Scott Bonner uses on his SS wick videos. Good range of them on Amazon for cheap ...
Do a search on YouTube for 'e cig SS mesh cigarette paper'; supposedly a fool-proof way to avoid shorts.
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Is it always where the top coil comes from the positive post? A good tip is to always wrap the wire to the right hand side of the post (as you're looking from the direction of the wick). If you put it to the left, as you tighten the top nut it pulls the wire tighter on the wick which cuts through the oxidised layer and often causes that short at the top.
Anyway as fir the topic I use the gas cooker, and I get best results if I oxidise it before rolling it, and then oxidise it more after rolling it.
Propane blow torch here. I have never had a short, burn and quench pre-rolled wick 4 times for good measure.
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