I need to know what wick material is liked the best,,, what are all you guys using, XC-116---CE2----fiberglass, what do you like the best if you had your choice in a Atty please ???
In my scubagen V3 it came with a SS rolled wick and i have replaced it as well and it works just fine .
At the coil area i put it thru a seasoning process them wrap the kendal wire around it.
I use stainless steel wick on A2, Line, rebuildable ce2,and Bonuts in a atty. IMO it is the best by far.
I am trying to never use silica or fiberglass, I quote: "Although fiberglass was thought to be a "safe" substitute for asbestos, researchers later found that it too was associated with the risk of lung cancer and lung disease. Fiberglass is one of a group of products known as man-made mineral fibers or man-made vitreous fibers. Hamsters forced to breathe fine-diameter fiberglass in a Swiss laboratory developed fibrotic lung conditions, tiny tumor-like growths, abnormal mesothelial cells and damaged cell nuclei only six months into a two-year study. One test animal exposed to fiberglass developed mesothelioma.
Another vote for 400 SS. The coils last so much longer, get less gunked up and tastes cleaner. The only downside is the process of oxidizing the mesh but it only has to be done once. The SS in my current wrap is probably 2 months old, I'm not even sure - and that's a good thing . It's been through a bunch of dry burns and 4 or 5 re-wraps.
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