What wicking material do you prefer?

[tj99959]

I wrap around three strands of 0.8mm silica. My coils/wicks last from two to three months. So at last count I have enough wicking material & wire to last 720 years

 

[MasterofNone]

Another rayon user. I've used cotton, silica, mesh( used mesh poorly lol) and ready wick ( ceramic hollow rope)

I loved the ready wick... Til I tried rayon. Now I have a foot of cermaic rope just hanging out in my drawer, and all my attys have been rewicked with this stuff. I also DIY my own juice, occasionally drip a blue raspberry juice into my unflavored.

Taste is subjective, but if your getting too much flavor... Just dilute it. Pg, vg, whichever floats your boat.


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[KY_Rob]

I don't boil organic cotton.

I've never boiled anything I plan to vape. Granted, I've either used sterile media or torched it first though.

I used to change my cotton wicks every day or two in drippers with dual coils at around 0.5 ohms. I find with Rayon my wicks last around double that, but I've only been using Rayon for a few weeks and am still getting to know it. The devil is in the details and how much wick you put in a coil really makes a difference. The type of Rayon you use is critical too.

Hope it works out for you

Thanks Ryeden! The SQuape is behaving quite nicely now with the second, less dense, rayon wick.

It passed another test today as well...two flights with just the tiniest drip of leakage! Pretty much the same results I had with cotton.

Thanks for the info on re-wicking frequency. I pretty much had to change cotton out every second day. If I can get 4 days out of rayon, that's a huge improvement imo!

 

[Kor 214I]

Organic cotton, and no I don't boil it.

 

[Wow1420]

I used silica for a long time, finally converted to cotton when I found the Japanese organic cotton pads. The pads are quite easy to use and get consistent results with.

Three weeks ago I started with rayon. It's a great success in my Kanger coil heads. In my Kayfuns it's been somewhat harder to get get the density right, but when it's right it works great. It's also working well in a dripper.

 

[milescadre]

Mesh or wire rope with mesh. Occasionally I set up a dripper with silica or cotton, only to be reminded that I prefer the mesh. Nothing wrong with either, just personal preference.

Guess we're the only one who prefer mesh XD After my kraken experience, its my prefered wick.

Though realisitically for other applications, I'd probably stick with silica. I'm not too stoked about cotton as a wick, and always prefered silica whenever possible.

EDIT: I wonder if I could make a good mesh dripper wicking system

 

[glasseye]

So far I like peaches and cream yarn the best, and yes, I do boil it in distilled water, sometimes twice. It was sitting on a shelf at Walmart for cripes sake. Eeew. I may pick up some cellucotton to try one of these days, or just see if my hairdresser has some. No idea what I'd do with 500 ft. of that. lol

 

[D. Waterhouse]

I use the cotton balls that have been sitting in a bag in my cupboard for the last 8 years and no I don't boil them either.

 

[Myah_June2014]

So far I like peaches and cream yarn the best, and yes, I do boil it in distilled water, sometimes twice. It was sitting on a shelf at Walmart for cripes sake. Eeew. I may pick up some cellucotton to try one of these days, or just see if my hairdresser has some. No idea what I'd do with 500 ft. of that. lol

I couldn't find it @Walmart like someone said, where did u get it

 

[Myah_June2014]

Great feedback everyone, Ty! Gonna start w/ cotton since I could only find it, looked everywhere locally for anything else... No luck, will order Silica or Rayon online

 

[ewspears]

As a cotton Ball user that's just started using culluCotton (rayon) ; I think it's great, better than cotton and way better than silaca!

 

[Jdbaker82]

I tried to rayon and didn't like it too much cotton works for me

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[JMarca]

I tried Rayon for the first time last night, the problem I had with it has more to do with the way I was vaping it...

When I built a coil on my Tobh RDA and vaped it on a .5 ohm coil it was just too much, too much saturation of flavor, too much sweetness, the wick almost seemed like it would disintegrate as well.

I set it down for a bit and I was fixing a coil for my wife, she vapes on a Provari and a Kayfun same setup I use at work. I decided to tear down my Kayfun and build a 1.2 ohm coil set it to 3.7v and wouldn't you know, the flavor toned down a bit but was still much more extreme than a cotton coil (in a good way), the obnoxious sweetness disappeared and the wick seems fine!

I think Rayon is a good wick but I wouldn't put it into a sub ohm coil anymore, it just seems a bit much, for my all day vape however I give it a thumbs up.

 

[WattWick]

EDIT: I wonder if I could make a good mesh dripper wicking system

You can. Cut the mesh diagonally instead of straight across the weave. That way, once it's rolled into wicks, you can bend them easily without getting any kinks. This is a bit wasteful, tho. If you want the wick to retain a shape, you can stiffen it up by rolling it around a thick-ish kanthal wire. I use 26 awg for this.

I have both my 3D and Origen (clones) set up with mesh. They don't see a lot of use tho... my gennies are my babies

 

[koriandjon]

I had been using organic cotton but wasneeding to change them every day or two now I am using readyxwick and I really enjoy it. Had somewhat of a learning curve in getting the right length for my kayfun and my origen v2 but once I got it figured out it works like a champ and I have had the same wick in now for almost a month with no issues.

 

[Vwls]

Well I was sold on Rayon till someone in another forum schooled me on how it's made. Now I won't touch it... back to organic cotton.


Production method for Rayon:

Cellulose: Production begins with processed cellulose
Immersion: The cellulose is dissolved in caustic soda: (C6H10O5)n + nNaOH → (C6H9O4ONa)n + nH2O
Pressing: The solution is then pressed between rollers to remove excess liquid
White Crumb: The pressed sheets are crumbled or shredded to produce what is known as "white crumb"
Aging: The "white crumb" is aged through exposure to oxygen
Xanthation: The aged "white crumb" is mixed with carbon disulfide in a process known as Xanthation, the aged alkali cellulose crumbs are placed in vats and are allowed to react with carbon disulfide under controlled temperature (20 to 30 °C) to form cellulose xanthate: (C6H9O4ONa)n + nCS2 → (C6H9O4O-SC-SNa)n
Yellow Crumb: Xanthation changes the chemical makeup of the cellulose mixture and the resulting product is now called "yellow crumb"
Viscose: The "yellow crumb" is dissolved in a caustic solution to form viscose
Ripening: The viscose is set to stand for a period of time, allowing it to ripen: (C6H9O4O-SC-SNa)n + nH2O → (C6H10O5)n + nCS2 + nNaOH
Filtering: After ripening, the viscose is filtered to remove any undissolved particles
Degassing: Any bubbles of air are pressed from the viscose in a degassing process
Extruding: The viscose solution is extruded through a spinneret, which resembles a shower head with many small holes
Acid Bath: As the viscose exits the spinneret, it lands in a bath of sulfuric acid, resulting in the formation of rayon filaments: (C6H9O4O-SC-SNa)n + ½nH2SO4 → (C6H10O5)n + nCS2 + ½nNa2SO4
Drawing: The rayon filaments are stretched, known as drawing, to straighten out the fibers
Washing: The fibers are then washed to remove any residual chemicals
Cutting: If filament fibers are desired the process ends here. The filaments are cut down when producing staple fibers

 

[CMD-Ky]

I had been using organic cotton but wasneeding to change them every day or two now I am using readyxwick and I really enjoy it. Had somewhat of a learning curve in getting the right length for my kayfun and my origen v2 but once I got it figured out it works like a champ and I have had the same wick in now for almost a month with no issues.

Kpriandjon - I have some redyxwick both 2mm and 3mm. I have been generally unsuccessful using it. Some of my issues have been getting the ceramic to wick well. It runs dry if I am drawing frequently. Also, I can "never" get it in a coil even using angled cuts, it frays easily. [It resembles the picture on the RBA website that is captioned not to use, it is untreated.]
About the only problem I haven't had is wick length; I use a Squape and Taifun both of which sort of "define" wick length by the design of the deck. I want to like this stuff for the same reason you seem to, its durability. I searched the forum and tried some of the suggestions that seemed applicable but generally without success. Do you have any hints?

 

[roosterado]

I am going to experiment with this http://www.rawganique.com/ Organic Hemp Twine
Special Sampler Pack for wicking and vaporizing: FREE SHIPPING: 4 yards (12 feet) of TW12B (12 strands). 2mm.
$3.00
For my RSST's I use Organic cotton with micro coils-400 SS Mesh rolled solid- 2mil SS Cable wrapped with a small piece of slightly oxidized 400 SS Mesh

 

[koriandjon]

Kpriandjon - I have some redyxwick both 2mm and 3mm. I have been generally unsuccessful using it. Some of my issues have been getting the ceramic to wick well. It runs dry if I am drawing frequently. Also, I can "never" get it in a coil even using angled cuts, it frays easily. [It resembles the picture on the RBA website that is captioned not to use, it is untreated.]
About the only problem I haven't had is wick length; I use a Squape and Taifun both of which sort of "define" wick length by the design of the deck. I want to like this stuff for the same reason you seem to, its durability. I searched the forum and tried some of the suggestions that seemed applicable but generally without success. Do you have any hints?

mine also frayed at the ends when I pulled it through but I still use it mostly from what I have read they don't want you using the stuff that frays super easy that wasn't treated correctly at the higher heat levels. I tried to build my could around my rxw and found that didn't world as well as just building the coil itself. What works best for me is a q tip with one end cut off and the wick slides in nicely once I get the ends through. Also I was having a ton of dry hit problems and what helped was afater you get the wick in is make sure you open it up in the middle so you can see down it like a straw. I get my rxw from rda and even if it frays I don't worry about it from the research I did they are the best and treat their stuff to the max. Good luck I also was ready to give up till I figured it out and trimmed it up a little. Hopefully you are sucesfull.

 

[DaveP]

I like cotton better for a re-coil. Silica is fine, but I wonder about fibers ejecting under popping and crackling and getting into the drip tip. Cotton is flexible, but silica fibers look like glass shards under a microscope. Cotton probably comes back up when you cough.