Lol, a little more exotic, a mix of garlic shrimp and girlfriend,,![]()

Lol, a little more exotic, a mix of garlic shrimp and girlfriend,,![]()
I think there has been a run on the 32ga Kanthal over at E-Bay
(I wonder why)
He could sell shorter lengths and make a killingshhhhhh
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WOW thats expensive. Funny how we were just joking about price gouging.
I just sent out my 3rd free envelope to members who are out because I had a boatload. I made a sale yesterday and ended up throwing in a whole roll of K. But believe me the thought crossed my mind:
"Get your Kanthal here folks Only $.25 per Ln ft, and 400 mesh $ 2.50 per sq. in. Today only for ECF members"
I haven't seen any 'vendor specific' wick material lists. I believe (read as 'in my less-than-knowledgeable-in-this-area opinion') most atomizers and non-filler cartomizers being mass produced are using silica wicks. Another opinion/belief (in this I am somewhat more knowledgeable than the previous sentence, though I don't have any references at present) I have is that for silica fibers to pose a carcinogenic risk they have to be nanoparticles [a nanoparticle is a particle with at least one dimension that is less than or equal to 100 nanometers (1 nanometer = 0.000000001 m)]. The chances of silica fibers producing nanoparticles is very slim.
But on the other hand, COTTON seems to be even lower on the risk scale than silica and appears to wick much better than silica as long as you don't let it go dry.
That's what I tried, although not with silica (proud to say I don't even have any silica), I used cotton batton (I've also tried it a while ago with ceramic, which was a complete disaster because the ceramic is way too fragile, it just disintegrated when I tried to roll the mesh on)
Sorry of this has been answered. Is the ceramic wick safe and have people had success using it?
Thanks,
Chris
TomCat,
Remember Manufacturers are driven by profit, not the well being of their customers, just look at Philip Morris. If a material is cost effective and even a % safer than carbon monoxide, arsenic, cyanide, Etc then they will use it and call it "safer" than cigs. inhaling silica and ceramics will probably give us Mesophilioma. It will just take a lot longer. Unlike the smoke produced by a cig that is composed almost entirely of hazardous particulate, the vapor of the ecig is composed of water droplets(safe), flavoring(safe), Nicotine(safe, as caffine), and a touch of particulate from what ever the wick material is.
without a lot of super scientific data, one can still use a touch of common sense. if the material toxic? can to human body absorb the material? How much of the material do we believe is going into the body (the hardest ? to answer) and may have direct correlation to the first two questions. These questions could most likely be answered with limited study. providing the materials aren't state of the art, cutting edge, like aerogels, the answer is probably out there already.
That said, A person can kill themselves consuming too much water, nearly every thing that is "good" for you is toxic in high doses. So are any materials SAFE? the question is more like how unsafe are they?
People do use it, but the "safest" health wise is probably cotton wick. The ends of nextel wick break. that said in siomething like an Odyssey where both ends are down in the juice not really and issue, but for dripping and on stick wick probably not the best idea. Especially with alternatives like cotton and SS available.