Wick materials. Safe vs dangerous.

[tiburonfirst]

Are you about to buy your 1st APV/MOD? Higher Education Required!!

@ kwalka - for your sig! about time you learn how to overlay a link before you get going with practicing on 6 different kinds of wicks!

just copy and paste code!

 

[kwalka]

Are you about to buy your 1st APV/MOD? Higher Education Required!!

@ kwalka - for your sig! about time you learn how to overlay a link before you get going with practicing on 6 different kinds of wicks!

just copy and paste code!

I have only been using a pc for about 1 year. That was greek to me what you just said. So technically your laughing at a challenged person. I hope your happy w yourself young lady.
What code I didnt see any code. Is that like a James Bond thing?

 

[tiburonfirst]

we gotta keep learning!

do you see where people can now click on your signature line [in my post] and http:// .......... is hidden?

 

[kwalka]

Enlighten me. I get the point, how does one do that. Naturally I will become better at rolling wicks and grooming bunnies if I get my sig politically correct.

 

[kwalka]

Happy now? Can I join the ranks of the, um, PC pc users?

 

[tiburonfirst]

ok - where i fixed it for you hit 'reply with quote' then advanced. if you don't see all kinds of gibberish, click on the upper 'A' first icon in upper tool bar. copy and paste into your sig. but first delete your 2 lines!

 

[tiburonfirst]

it's not clickable the way you have it now!

edit - great job! i see it's under ''higher education''!

 

[tiburonfirst]

back to our wicks!!!!!!! and the agony of which is best, lol

 

[roadrash]

I have been messing with rolling and coiling for a few weeks now. I'm a finish carpenter so I'm fairly handy... I have found it to be quite the challange. So thats why I inserted my 2c about the cotton thing. I think because I just got approach A to work, trying B seems daunting. I want to see clouds of flavorfull vapor from mesh, consistently, before I try to make a whole new system work. Also I see all you Pros here experimenting, and not all agreeing, so I'm thinking I'll wait for you guys to say ok here it is, this is what you do and thats that. Correct me if I'm wrong, but keeping up w this thread is like following 4 diff paths all at once. I'm pretty sure I've seen at least 5-6 different materials, everything from farm animals to organic yarn. So before I go investing in livestock, I would like for you guys to get your ducks in a row.
Excellent reference of animals before my 2nd cup of coffee. TY

EDIT: Are you saying cotton or yarn or whatever the final answer is, is easier than mesh?

What most of us are saying is we like 100% cotton for wick material. Now because of different applications there are Different types of cotton being tried- Yarn, Batting, Gauze, Cotton balls Etc. to see which works best for us in what device.

As far as, Is it easier than ss mesh? Yes very much so.

 

[Gummy Bear]

And I would guess that there will never be an agreement that says just this one wick is the best. It will come down to ease of use in a given device and the ever subjective TASTE.

 

[Quigsworth]

I have been messing with rolling and coiling for a few weeks now. I'm a finish carpenter so I'm fairly handy... I have found it to be quite the challange. So thats why I inserted my 2c about the cotton thing. I think because I just got approach A to work, trying B seems daunting. I want to see clouds of flavorfull vapor from mesh, consistently, before I try to make a whole new system work. Also I see all you Pros here experimenting, and not all agreeing, so I'm thinking I'll wait for you guys to say ok here it is, this is what you do and thats that. Correct me if I'm wrong, but keeping up w this thread is like following 4 diff paths all at once. I'm pretty sure I've seen at least 5-6 different materials, everything from farm animals to organic yarn. So before I go investing in livestock, I would like for you guys to get your ducks in a row.
Excellent reference of animals before my 2nd cup of coffee. TY

EDIT: Are you saying cotton or yarn or whatever the final answer is, is easier than mesh?

, thanks for the morning laugh...and my reply wasn't even close to be meant as a bash Kwalka ...I get it, some peeps are very methodical when it comes to learning new things...I'm really happy the dude flying the plane I'm on didn't just say "hey teach, let's pick this up a bit, I'll figure out how to land later, let's get this puppy in the air"... for me though, especially when it comes to hobbies (and that's what this really is to me)...I have the attention span of a 4 yr old in a toy r us...I learn best from seemingly unrelated "connections"...works for me...one last thought, I'm not sure there is such a thing as a "pro" when it comes to this stuff...I marvel at the fact that I've built over 2 dozen mods then some new guy with 18 posts under his belt pipes up with "has anyone thought about doing this...?" OMG, that's brilliant...I love this hobby

ADD: in answer to the mesh vs. cotton...they both have their challenges, don't think I could say one is easier than the other, my

 

[kwalka]

, thanks for the morning laugh...and my reply wasn't even close to be meant as a bash Kwalka ...I get it, some peeps are very methodical when it comes to learning new things...I'm really happy the dude flying the plane I'm on didn't just say "hey teach, let's pick this up a bit, I'll figure out how to land later, let's get this puppy in the air"... for me though, especially when it comes to hobbies (and that's what this really is to me)...I have the attention span of a 4 yr old in a toy r us...I learn best from seemingly unrelated "connections"...works for me...one last thought, I'm not sure there is such a thing as a "pro" when it comes to this stuff...I marvel at the fact that I've built over 2 dozen mods then some new guy with 18 posts under his belt pipes up with "has anyone thought about doing this...?" OMG, that's brilliant...I love this hobby

ADD: in answer to the mesh vs. cotton...they both have their challenges, don't think I could say one is easier than the other, my

I didn't think you were bashing. I guess I just assumed working w a rigid mesh vs a floppy gauze or cotton wick would be easier for a noob. So I recommended she get the mesh working and while doing so learn the ins and outs of RBAs. Then at that point, once she gains an understanding how this new animal works she could venture off into cotton land.
I agree about the "pro" thing, but you have to admit someone who has been rolling and coiling for a couple of months is much better off than someone like myself who just got the damn things to produce vapor. FTR, I also have the attention span of a 4 yr old and its a miracle that I didnt throw all the RBAs out the window b4 I got them to work. Now I am very glad I stuck w it.

 

[Quigsworth]

Speaking of working with floppy wicks (ya that sounds bad I know)...when it comes to cottoning up a genny I wrote this about 20 pages or so back and have used it a couple times now and it's my preferred method (works best with batton)...

"also, I came up with a new method for cotton batton wicking gennys today (well that's a little presumptive...new to me, how's that?)

find something rigid (drill bit, bic pen ink tube, piece of wire, etc...) that will just go in the wick hole of your device (tightish, so it doesn't flop around)...pretend that's your wick and wrap your coil...then carefully twist your "stick" out leaving the coil in place...roll your batton, wet it with a bit of juice and give it a twist to thin it up then screw it in through the coil, through your wick hole then fill your device with juice and watch it expand into an already perfect wrap..."

 

[Gummy Bear]

Now about that Bunny Wick,,,,,,,,,,,,

 

[Quigsworth]

...obviously this Bunny Ball thing is gonna stick...fine, but I use (in the Monty Python tradition) "Killer Bunnies"

 

[TomCatt]

Now about that Bunny Wick,,,,,,,,,,,,

Do you have to adjust the rabbit ears? Or doesn't that affect the vape?

 

[roadrash]

Now about that Bunny Wick,,,,,,,,,,,,

If you can get another Bunny Wick, You'll have plenty to share before too long.

 

[BigBopper]

So, I watched Dan's vid on the cigarette paper SS mesh method and wanted to try it so I swapped both my Lines back to mesh this afternoon...I wanted to do 2 to make sure I didn't just fluke the first one ...Long and short of it is, as good as mesh is, I already wish I hadn't done them both...not only is cotton batton an alternative, it's so good I actually miss it...it's no longer "I'll just run cotton because I don't feel like screwing around with mesh atm", it's become "I'm going to run cotton on this one for this juice because it's simply better".

also, I came up with a new method for cotton batton wicking gennys today (well that's a little presumptive...new to me, how's that?)

find something rigid (drill bit, bic pen ink tube, piece of wire, etc...) that will just go in the wick hole of your device (tightish, so it doesn't flop around)...pretend that's your wick and wrap your coil...then carefully twist your "stick" out leaving the coil in place...roll your batton, wet it with a bit of juice and give it a twist to thin it up then screw it in through the coil, through your wick hole then fill your device with juice and watch it expand into an already perfect wrap...

Maybe this has been mentioned as I am ~12 pages behind on reading but wanted to add before I forgot.

Try doing this with a screw. Find a screw that is the appropriate size for your hole as described above, then wrap your coil on the screw. Not only will you have a perfect diameter, but also perfect spacing on the wraps.

 

[Gummy Bear]

Hey Bopper,,,,,,,,,,,,, you more than 12 pages behind,,,,,,,,,,, ha,ha,,,,,
great post

 

[Quigsworth]

Maybe this has been mentioned as I am ~12 pages behind on reading but wanted to add before I forgot.

Try doing this with a screw. Find a screw that is the appropriate size for your hole as described above, then wrap your coil on the screw. Not only will you have a perfect diameter, but also perfect spacing on the wraps.

Your screw idea actually prompted my "jam a drill bit in the wick hole and wrap around that" idea...I really like the coil guide idea and may grind a screw down so that the ID of the coil was the same ID of the wick hole (with a screw or bolt it wouldn't be) but ya, props on the screw idea...keep em' coming...and in the spirit of "Pulp Fiction"...ketchup.