I smelled my balls this morning and they were kinda stinky. So I tried to boil them and it hurt like hell and I had to go to the hospital for treatment of the burns. I'll be sending you my medical bills for suggesting it.
What is With Japanese Cotton?
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I smelled my balls this morning and they were kinda stinky. So I tried to boil them and it hurt like hell and I had to go to the hospital for treatment of the burns. I'll be sending you my medical bills for suggesting it.
Why the Craze? Because it Works Great. And it is Easy to Use.
Not sure what that B&M is charging for Japanese Cotton? But I bought a Package of Muji 120 Cotton Pads for about 9 Bucks.
Each Pad makes about 10 Wicks. That's is about 1,200 Wicks.
So the 9 Bucks I spent will get me enough wicks to last Until about 2038. Give or Take a Few Years.
I wish I knew how to make my Wicks last 5 Days.....I'm lucky to get 2..
May just be my inexperience though...
I think it is a Factor of How Many ml's you go thru everyday. And how much you e-Liquid Gunks up your Wick/Coil.
I go thru about 3 ~ 4ml per day. And I have cut Way back on my DIY Flavoring/Sweeteners. So my coils/wick stay clean much Longer.
I would love to see some blind taste testing. Maybe I'll have my son wick one of his with Japanese Cotton and another with Walmart cotton and not tell me which is which. Then I'll see if I can detect differences. I'll do like 10 trials over a few days and see.
I just think that cotton is basically cotton. Why would one wick or taste better than another?
I just think that cotton is basically cotton. Why would one wick or taste better than another?
Or your juice -- I have to rewick every other day, mine gunks so much. It's so tasty, I put up with it.
Andria
Organic cotton tastes MILES better than "just plain cotton," or "sterile cotton", and you don't have to boil it. But organic cotton balls, and japanese organic cotton, taste exactly the same.
Andria
i guess I need to try it for myself.
Im wondering what it is about organic cotton that would make a difference. It wouldn't change the structure. Organic fruits and veggies are not nutritionally different from non-organic.
Sorry, I'm just skeptical. Now I really wanna run a taste test.
I think it has More to do with How the Cotton is Processed.
I believe that the nice White cotton you see in Most cotton Balls/Pads has been Bleached and or Treated with Chemicals. All I know for certain is that Muji Cotton Pads are Easy to use. Taste Great. And Dirt Cheap. So I use them.
I have tried 100% Rayon. It's Good. It is just a Little Harder to work with that Cotton Pads.
I always figured "organic" was code for "suckers will pay more for this label" -- even when the so-called organic produce looks like it spent a week in someone's shed. But I tried the regular sterile cotton balls. Meh. So I got some organic cotton balls from walgreens, they're only $2.99. WOW! Suddenly I could actually taste my vape!
I think it's the lack of bad stuff sprayed on the cotton while growing, so they don't have to do all sorts of crazy things to it, in production, and you don't have to boil it -- decreasing possibility for fungal growth.
The only real benefit in using the japanese stuff is that the fibers are well-aligned, so they're quicker and easier to make a wick from, and easier to thread thru the coil, and they do seem to wick a WHOLE lot better, so for thick juice, they're great, or in vertical coils where you really need that upward capillary action. But the taste is no different from the $2.99 organic cotton balls.
Andria
That makes sense: processing. I hadn't thought about chemicals added to bleach Standard cotton. And if they comb Japanese cotton in a way that makes it easier to use, that also makes sense. I will try the Walgreens cotton.
About 6 - 8 Ml's a day, mostly baked goods, 6 nic, all 50/50.....
I'm sure 18 nic tobacco is not helping matters....gonna start wrapping down to .8 - 1.0 ohms and cut the nic back on my beloved Halo Juices
I'm sure 18 nic tobacco is not helping matters....gonna start wrapping down to .8 - 1.0 ohms and cut the nic back on my beloved Halo Juices
Yeah... You are Vaping about Twice as much as I am per day. And you wicks are Lasting about Half as Long as mine are.
So it sounds about Right.
I bought the same cotton from FT. Probably paid more through FT, but no much....great stuff!
Great price on 80 pads of KGD on sale for $5.99 from $15.00 Amazon.com : Koh Gen Do Organic Cotton 80 sheets for Skin Care : Beauty and if you have prime shipping is free
Great price on 80 pads of KGD on sale for $5.99 from $15.00 Amazon.com : Koh Gen Do Organic Cotton 80 sheets for Skin Care : Beauty and if you have prime shipping is free
Says its $13.00 now, damn.
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That is a different seller now then who I bought from for $5.99 they must have sold out quick, glad I grabbed some when I saw it.I am literally in the Mall, went to Nordstroms, Macy's, Sephora and Lord and Taylor's. None of them had Koh Gen Do, However, they all have Sheseido. How is Sheseido? I don't have to have any right now, but while I'm here, you get it....
I am literally in the Mall, went to Nordstroms, Macy's, Sephora and Lord and Taylor's. None of them had Koh Gen Do, However, they all have Sheseido. How is Sheseido? I don't have to have any right now, but while I'm here, you get it....
I never heard anything Good or Bad about Sheseido pads.
But the Pictures make them look Very White. So they may be Bleach and or Post Processed. I Dunno?
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