what materials would you recommend for someone who wants to try this method?
links?
links?
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Same question as the ob. Can someone please give links for cotton twine, cotton yarn, cooking twine, hemp twine, and cheese cloth?
Which one has worked the best? Also should I use SS mesh under the coil or not with these wicks?
Thanks a lot!
Which one has worked the best? Also should I use SS mesh under the coil or not with these wicks?
Thanks a lot!
Easiest to use is sterilized 100% cotton gauze pads. Cost about a buck for 10 of em. No need to boil.
next. 100% cotton balls. Prolly should boil first.
You can use the cotton all by itself or inside ss, Over ss and or both. :>)
I'm new to all this. Was linked to this thread via the electronic_cigarette subreddit. Got to the end of the thread about a week ago (maybe a little more) and have started to do some purchasing.
Got my Vivi Nova today, fist thing I did after checking the resistance is rebuild the atty with bunny balls then I decided that was just too silly so I redid it with cotton batting... now it is sitting here waiting for the rest of my order to show up (tube mod, charger and eliquid)
Thank you to everyone who participated in the thread so far fascinating back and forth :3
Got my Vivi Nova today, fist thing I did after checking the resistance is rebuild the atty with bunny balls then I decided that was just too silly so I redid it with cotton batting... now it is sitting here waiting for the rest of my order to show up (tube mod, charger and eliquid)
Thank you to everyone who participated in the thread so far fascinating back and forth :3
Not sure 'who' your question is for - but if it's about the pictures I just posted. That's not cheesecloth around the SS wick, it's bamboo yarn. The cheesecloth I have is a pale tannish-yellow in color.
Hi,
My question is for anyone using cheese cloth. The package of it that I bought is pretty white.
Chris
I've been using cheesecloth without issue, and mine too was solid white. As the package stated 100% cotton and 100% food safe, I didn't do much more research into whether it was bleached or not, but I assume since it was the same color as the 100% gauze I bought from Walgreen's, it was not bleached or otherwise contaminated.
I experience no taste difference between cheesecloth and gauze, but gauze is easier to roll into a wick than cheesecloth due to the number of threads in a layer and density.
Cheese cloth and gauze can be bleached and still be hygienic/food safe. In fact most cotton is belched.
Yet raw cotton looks rather white to me
Hahaha! That looks pretty white!
The 100 percent organic, natural cheese cloth I have is actually an off white color. It's more of a beige. It's from mountain rose herbs online and it specifically says it's unbleached thus the color I assume.
The wick I use can be found on amazon #1/0 Candle wick(unleaded and unprimed 100 percent cotton wick). It's also an off white.
I'd post links but I'm not sure if someone would have issues with it since these are obviously not supporting vendors.
The wick I use can be found on amazon #1/0 Candle wick(unleaded and unprimed 100 percent cotton wick). It's also an off white.
I'd post links but I'm not sure if someone would have issues with it since these are obviously not supporting vendors.
Have some of that same candle wick coming to me in a few days. Do you boil it before use?
Yet raw cotton looks rather white to me
I have been using some raw cotton off some plants I have and it works fine.
Hey BJ, I tried out your Vivi Nova idea on my CE2 this morning. Instead of clipping the silica wick on each side of the ceramic cup, though, I removed the silica wick, threaded a cotton wick into the coil, clipped on each side of the ceramic cup and laid another cotton wick on top of the coil with the legs hanging down over the sides of the cup. It's been working great.
The past couple of cotton wicks have either been too loose (hot spots) or too tight (not wicking well); I believe this set up throws those problems right out the window.
The past couple of cotton wicks have either been too loose (hot spots) or too tight (not wicking well); I believe this set up throws those problems right out the window.
Hey BJ, I tried out your Vivi Nova idea on my CE2 this morning. Instead of clipping the silica wick on each side of the ceramic cup, though, I removed the silica wick, threaded a cotton wick into the coil, clipped on each side of the ceramic cup and laid another cotton wick on top of the coil with the legs hanging down over the sides of the cup. It's been working great.
The past couple of cotton wicks have either been too loose (hot spots) or too tight (not wicking well); I believe this set up throws those problems right out the window.
I did that with my vivi nova using cotton square candle wick for the short wick and batten cotton rolled wick laid over the coil and long down the sides, this has been mt best cotton wick so far and easier to clean as the laid over comes off easy and the short candle wick is easy to replace after a dry burning the coil. Gravity feeds the coil and no hot spots.
I'm still using my bunny ball droppings on top of my E-2's instead of a second wick. I don't pack it in there. I leave it loose and of to one side of the cup. Really helps with the high wattage vapin on my shotgun. :>)
Damn this cotton, I haven't made a box mod or a cheapline in a month, all I do is play with cotton, reminds me of when I discovered sex, couldn't get enough. Got to make an appointment with the DR.
Yes I do. I boil it for about 30 minutes and then throw it on a wood cutting board to dry before packing it back up.
I just did the entire package at once so I only have to boil like every 6 months or something before I run out. Maybe longer. 10 yards will last a while.
The boiling I believe is to remove sizing but I haven't seen anything come off the wick and sit on top of the water. I've been told it's hard to see. Regardless it's an easy process and probably a good practice.
Happiness is a fresh wick
(Puff puff, vape vape)
Hapiness is a fresh wick mama
(Puff puff, vape vape)
When I hold you to my lips
(Oh yeah)
And I feel my finger on your button
(Ooo, oh yeah)
I know nobody can do me no harm
(Ooo, oh yeah)
(Appologies to Songwriters: Mccartney, Paul; Lennon, John)
(Puff puff, vape vape)
Hapiness is a fresh wick mama
(Puff puff, vape vape)
When I hold you to my lips
(Oh yeah)
And I feel my finger on your button
(Ooo, oh yeah)
I know nobody can do me no harm
(Ooo, oh yeah)
(Appologies to Songwriters: Mccartney, Paul; Lennon, John)
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