Wick materials. Safe vs dangerous.

[Rin13]

Tried 3 different types... It's probably the "earthy" taste the other member is describing. I am using it in a rebuildable atty. Maybe it just doesn't work well with that or just not with me

 

[tmcase]

Tried 3 different types... It's probably the "earthy" taste the other member is describing. I am using it in a rebuildable atty. Maybe it just doesn't work well with that or just not with me

I use cotton in all my rba's. Are saying the earthy taste never goes away?

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[merrick92]

Hey there, quick question cuz I was hoping to skip the 460 pages , I have a ball of organic cotton cooking twine. Looks roughly the same diameter as the silica wicks in my atty now. I haven't rewicked before so I was wondering if folks thought this would make a decent wick. Honestly I'm not sure why they call it twine and not yarn. It is 100 percent cotton,and is made for tying food before cooking, so its been tested at high temps. Any thoughts? Thanks in advance. I apologize in advance i am posting in the wrong place.

 

[tmcase]

Hey there, quick question cuz I was hoping to skip the 460 pages , I have a ball of organic cotton cooking twine. Looks roughly the same diameter as the silica wicks in my atty now. I haven't rewicked before so I was wondering if folks thought this would make a decent wick. Honestly I'm not sure why they call it twine and not yarn. It is 100 percent cotton,and is made for tying food before cooking, so its been tested at high temps. Any thoughts? Thanks in advance. I apologize in advance i am posting in the wrong place.

I don't see why it wouldn't work but it will still burn pretty easily because our coils get a lot hotter than an oven. Let us know how you like it.

 

[merrick92]

Cool. I'll boil some up and let you know. Wife got a ball of 10]0ft for like 50 cents somewhere, if it works I'll be set for a while.

 

[xpen]

Hey there, quick question cuz I was hoping to skip the 460 pages , I have a ball of organic cotton cooking twine. Looks roughly the same diameter as the silica wicks in my atty now. I haven't rewicked before so I was wondering if folks thought this would make a decent wick. Honestly I'm not sure why they call it twine and not yarn. It is 100 percent cotton,and is made for tying food before cooking, so its been tested at high temps. Any thoughts? Thanks in advance. I apologize in advance i am posting in the wrong place.

Some time ago I've tried as well to use a 'cooking' twine as a wick (it was sitting on a shelf in our pantry, all alone...); even though it was 100% (bleached) cotton, about 1.5mm diameter, it just didn't wick well for some reason... not as much as hemp, anyway, so back to the pantry it went

 

[merrick92]

Some time ago I've tried as well to use a 'cooking' twine as a wick (it was sitting on a shelf in our pantry, all alone...); even though it was 100% (bleached) cotton, about 1.5mm diameter, it just didn't wick well for some reason... not as much as hemp, anyway, so back to the pantry it went

Well, I may be ably to unravel it a bit,may help in wicking. I have an atty without wick,so if it doesn't work,ive only wasted 5 minutes of my day

 

[xpen]

Well, I may be ably to unravel it a bit,may help in wicking. I have an atty without wick,so if it doesn't work,ive only wasted 5 minutes of my day

Sorry I didn't mean to discourage you from trying... who knows may be I've just got a badly-wicking cooking twine sample (now that was a mouthful), by any means can't say it's a rule.

Good luck!

 

[weisner]

Hey there, quick question cuz I was hoping to skip the 460 pages , I have a ball of organic cotton cooking twine. Looks roughly the same diameter as the silica wicks in my atty now. I haven't rewicked before so I was wondering if folks thought this would make a decent wick. Honestly I'm not sure why they call it twine and not yarn. It is 100 percent cotton,and is made for tying food before cooking, so its been tested at high temps. Any thoughts? Thanks in advance. I apologize in advance i am posting in the wrong place.

Totally worth a try so long as it is all cotton.

 

[BJ43]

Hey there, quick question cuz I was hoping to skip the 460 pages , I have a ball of organic cotton cooking twine. Looks roughly the same diameter as the silica wicks in my atty now. I haven't rewicked before so I was wondering if folks thought this would make a decent wick. Honestly I'm not sure why they call it twine and not yarn. It is 100 percent cotton,and is made for tying food before cooking, so its been tested at high temps. Any thoughts? Thanks in advance. I apologize in advance i am posting in the wrong place.

Most of us tried it and not very good. My lab test on it showed very poor capillary action. Even worse than the braided cotton candle wick which is also not very good at wicking.

 

[l3oertjie]

Tried 3 different types... It's probably the "earthy" taste the other member is describing. I am using it in a rebuildable atty. Maybe it just doesn't work well with that or just not with me

Rin13,

Can you post a pic of your setup please?

A good picture tells a thousand words sometimes.....

 

[oplholik]

Hey, so I'm a noob to the forum but I have been vaping for two years. I read the first 100 pages or so and skipped to the end... so just wanted to say the cotton vs hemp back and forth I have seen could be solved... I found a 100% natural fiber. 65% cotton 35% hemp blend at "Michael's." It is " Martha Stewart" brand rufly 2mm in diameter and isn't as loose and plain yarn. Just cut, boil, rinse, dry, wrap, and blow clouds ... took care of the dry hit problem in my Splitfire tank.. just my 2 cents thanks for all the info in this thread.

Is this material still working for you?

 

[blackwater]

HAs anyone tried out the lydias or bamboo in the new GG Ithaka tank yet?

 

[nipurava]

hi everyone
going to buy Amazon.com: Cotton Square Braid Candle Wick - #1/0: Arts, Crafts & Sewing

is it any good?

 

[Stoneface]

hi everyone
going to buy Amazon.com: Cotton Square Braid Candle Wick - #1/0: Arts, Crafts & Sewing

is it any good?

I believe someone bought cotton candle wicking earlier in the thread and found it was not a good vaping wick.

EDIT: Thread search for "candle" shows mixed results:
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...erials-safe-vs-dangerous-461.html#post9386776
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...erials-safe-vs-dangerous-442.html#post8606569
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...erials-safe-vs-dangerous-429.html#post8427891

 

[nipurava]

thanks stoneface

 

[jamesd1628]

At this point I've tried several different cotton wick options (different sources, different braiding, different sizes, yarn, etc.). The thing that works best for me, by far, is pulling loose cotton from a cotton ball and rolling/twisting it into a wick. It's very easy to get it into a size that will simply twist/insert into an existing coil. It wicks perfectly and I've never gotten a bad taste using this method. At this point, I don't even bother boiling the cotton. I do, however, use unbleached and untreated organic cotton balls. I don't know if this will work, but I did a brief video showing the process I use - takes about 30 seconds to roll a new wick:

https://anonfiles.com/file/22632abe71c501400ff6afa28a3bf9ac

At the end of that video, you can see that the ends are little flayed out - you can just cut those off, and then just twist/push the wick into a coil. Very easy. To remove from a coil, simply cut off one end close to the coil and twist it back out.

 

[wolcen]

At this point I've tried several different cotton wick options (different sources, different braiding, different sizes, yarn, etc.). The thing that works best for me, by far, is pulling loose cotton from a cotton ball and rolling/twisting it into a wick. It's very easy to get it into a size that will simply twist/insert into an existing coil. It wicks perfectly and I've never gotten a bad taste using this method. At this point, I don't even bother boiling the cotton. I do, however, use unbleached and untreated organic cotton balls. I don't know if this will work, but I did a brief video showing the process I use - takes about 30 seconds to roll a new wick:

https://anonfiles.com/file/22632abe71c501400ff6afa28a3bf9ac

At the end of that video, you can see that the ends are little flayed out - you can just cut those off, and then just twist/push the wick into a coil. Very easy. To remove from a coil, simply cut off one end close to the coil and twist it back out.

Yeah, I was having the same experience for a while - it's just so easy & was tasting/working great. Then we ran out of cotton balls and got a new bag of what are also supposedly 100% cotton balls. Long story short: not all cotton balls are created equally - these ones have a funny taste and so I've stopped using them. I have some lovepedal hemp on the way...I've got high hopes for it, but if it doesn't work, it's off to look for a new bag of cotton balls. 2nd place for me was cheesecloth, but that's much more of a pain to deal with than the cotton balls.

 

[jamesd1628]

Yeah, I was having the same experience for a while - it's just so easy & was tasting/working great. Then we ran out of cotton balls and got a new bag of what are also supposedly 100% cotton balls. Long story short: not all cotton balls are created equally - these ones have a funny taste and so I've stopped using them. I have some lovepedal hemp on the way...I've got high hopes for it, but if it doesn't work, it's off to look for a new bag of cotton balls. 2nd place for me was cheesecloth, but that's much more of a pain to deal with than the cotton balls.

I got mine at Whole Foods. $3.99 for a huge bag, and the labeling claims it is 100% organic, untreated, unbleached, etc. I haven't gotten any bad taste out of it so far.

 

[wolcen]

I got mine at Whole Foods. $3.99 for a huge bag, and the labeling claims it is 100% organic, untreated, unbleached, etc. I haven't gotten any bad taste out of it so far.

Thanks - I'll try it out. Do those balls "unroll" like most seem to do?