Which wicking material should I buy for my upcoming Reos ?

[bydus]

Reos should get here next week and with help of fellow Reo fans I know that 32 gauge wire would suit me best but was wondering which wicking material vapes best on Reomizer and other rebuildables. Which one of the following vapes best for you: silica, glassfibre, 100% cotton ? I'm planning to use quite high VG juice so it would be nice if it absorbed liquid nicely. Also I've heard that 100% cotton could be used but has to be boiled before use.

I'm based in europe so it would suit me best to find the material on ebay or vaping sites in Europe. Thank you in advance for your input

 

[JC Okie]

Reos should get here next week and with help of fellow Reo fans I know that 32 gauge wire would suit me best but was wondering which wicking material vapes best on Reomizer and other rebuildables. Which one of the following vapes best for you: silica, glassfibre, 100% cotton ? I'm planning to use quite high VG juice so it would be nice if it absorbed liquid nicely. Also I've heard that 100% cotton could be used but has to be boiled before use.

I'm based in europe so it would suit me best to find the material on ebay or vaping sites in Europe. Thank you in advance for your input

DMC Pearl Cotton Thread, Size 5, 27 yds. (25m) Skein, 306 colors Needlework Thread

This is the kind I love...it's 100% cotton. DMC 5 Perle Cotton embroidery thread. I put the link so you could see what it looks like, but I'm betting you could find it at a crafts store or sewing shop in the UK. I have tried lots of cotton, and this works best for me. I also tried silica and I like this better. I also tried SS Mesh and just couldn't get the hang of it. This embroidery thread is very inexpensive and works great. I don't even boil it, and I never get an "off" taste. That's my 2 cents.

Jan

EDIT: I get white.

 

[JazzyTech]

I have a link in my signature from Tomcatt, who compiled the list as we tested various cottons (and similiar)

 

[pianoguy]

I use #3 square braid unbleached/unprimed cotton candle wick. I bought 25 feet of it and boiled the whole thing when I got it, then dried it in the oven. It's very easy to work with - I just cut a short piece, stick a needle up through the middle of it and wrap my coil around it.

 

[TennDave]

So, will this work? Amazon.com: Square Braid Cotton Candle Wick - #3/0: Arts, Crafts & Sewing

 

[oldbroad]

I just ordered some cotton candle wick...and i can't even make a decent coil/wick set up yet, lol.
I've got a lot of silica, and a ball of cotton yarn already!

 

[pianoguy]

So, will this work? Amazon.com: Square Braid Cotton Candle Wick - #3/0: Arts, Crafts & Sewing

That looks very similar to what I bought - I happened to find mine on eBay. I use a vertical coil setup in my Chalice, so I only cut about a 1/2" piece of wick and then trim it a bit after installing the coil setup in the atty.

 

[TennDave]

Thanks- checked on eBay...cheaper to buy from the link above. Shipping was more than the actual item, so I bought 2- I'll have plenty. If anyone wants a free sample of the cotton candle wick, PM me- I'll gladly send them some. I'm thinking if this is pure and unadulterated as they say, I won't even need to boil it.

 

[Decidion]

I use #3 square braid unbleached/unprimed cotton candle wick. I bought 25 feet of it and boiled the whole thing when I got it, then dried it in the oven. It's very easy to work with - I just cut a short piece, stick a needle up through the middle of it and wrap my coil around it.

So, will this work? Amazon.com: Square Braid Cotton Candle Wick - #3/0: Arts, Crafts & Sewing

Thanks for that link. I tried some cotton embroidery thread, but it just didn't work out for me. It also gave me an off-taste, but then I didn't realize I needed to boil it.

 

[pianoguy]

Depending on which juice I use, I may get a slight "off" taste on a new wick, but it disappears quickly. A strong-tasting juice, like black licorice, seems to mask it completely, while the mild menthol I often use does not. Regardless, it goes away shortly.

 

[muriarte]

I saw a video yesterday here on the forum. A fellow Reonaut using cotton from a Qtip in an A7, with the cotton besides the coil, instead of IN the coil... I´ll try that.

 

[nightfell]

I saw a video yesterday here on the forum. A fellow Reonaut using cotton from a Qtip in an A7, with the cotton besides the coil, instead of IN the coil... I´ll try that.

Can you post a link to that vid? I'd be interested in checking that out.

 

[muriarte]

Can you post a link to that vid? I'd be interested in checking that out.

Of course, just let me find it.

 

[muriarte]

Can you post a link to that vid? I'd be interested in checking that out.

Here is the vid. Really long, but very informative. I just tried it and it works, although I couldn´t do it the same way the guy did it in the video.

http://youtu.be/RMRhmUg-RFM

 

[pianoguy]

Interesting technique, gonna have to give that a whirl! I would say, though, that if you're going to build the coil separately, then it would seem much simpler to test it (for ohms and evenly-glowing coils) before adding the cotton.

*edit* - Having carelessly just burned the bejezus out of my wick, it was time for a change, so I tried the beside-the-coil method - worked like a charm on my Chalice! Conceivably, it should be simple to just replace the cotton when needed until the coil dies. I'm gonna stick with this for a while.

 

[muriarte]

It is certainly easier to make coils like that... I have 3 Reos and 2 of them now have the cotton besides the coil, I´ll use them like that to see how it works for a few days.

 

[pianoguy]

I had to punt and go back to the old reliable - for some reason, I wasn't getting as much vapor after a while. The cotton looked plenty wet, but must not be getting enough contact with the coil. I'll have to do some fine-tuning when I have time.