Wick materials. Safe vs dangerous.

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MickeyRat

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I've been trying SS Mesh wrapped cotton string wicks in my Echo Vision Crystal cartomizers. I've been wrapping only the section that is inside the tube...about 1/8" or a little more.

Last night I rinsed and dry-burned a couple of them. One I immediately put back to use. Today I decided to examine one more closely. Upon removal from the tube I found the doubled cotton string wick easily pulled apart where the dry burning had taken place. It was obviously charred. The other continues to work and I'm currently vaping on it.

Conclusion - The SS Mesh can extend the life of these cotton string wicks when used with less than clear ejuice. vaping seems as good as with plain cotton string. Gunk buildup seems to be limited to the outside of the mesh and coil area. The success of dry burning is limited and may not be good for more than one extension of wick life. Gunk buildup may be a little slower than the clogging that happens to cotton string only wicks.

I've been thinking about doing something like that with my Penelope. It's still too new for me to get around to doing it but, someday.
 

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I tried a number of times to do a mesh over ceramic and mesh over cotton in my Ody...because of the no res/res/no res coil configuration it just turned into a big major pain in the .......at least with the ceramic you could oxidize with the mesh pre wrapped...if you do that with mesh over cotton, keep a fire extinguisher handy...
 

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I tried a number of times to do a mesh over ceramic and mesh over cotton in my Ody...because of the no res/res/no res coil configuration it just turned into a big major pain in the .......at least with the ceramic you could oxidize with the mesh pre wrapped...if you do that with mesh over cotton, keep a fire extinguisher handy...

There are some people that oxidize mesh before rolling. The claim it works. I was thinking about trying that.
 

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There are some people that oxidize mesh before rolling. The claim it works. I was thinking about trying that.

In my case, I cut and coiled the mesh and then treated them. I made up about 15 of them and did them all at the same time on a paperclip or piece of wire. I uncoiled them a bit to put them on the wicks. ...seems to work okay.
 

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So in preparation of my GTUS build vid I made a new Mesh/Cotton hybrid wick...using Bluegrass's method...if you are a visual learner, I hope this helps...

Mesh/Cotton hybrid wick Bluegrasslover's method - YouTube

You nailed it. Can't get any easier than that! Seriously, this setup was the best my gtus ever vaped. I still got a metallic taste for a while but it did subside. Seems like all I ever tasted was metal using a SS wick.

Thanks for the props :thumb:
 

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Went from cotton in a CE2 to cotton in rebuildable Stone V3 tank back to the CE2. I got a few more days out of the first CE2 rewicked with cotton; but finally popped the coil on it today - at least 1.5 months of total use on this CE2. Pulled out another CE2, cotton wick rolled and threaded into coil and vaping away.
 

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So last night I did one tank with 1 layer / ply of gauze and did the coil around a small finishing nail. It flooded pretty hard at first but pushed though for a little bit and it is amazingly better. I think the coil could be a bit tighter but the 1 layer seems to be perfect for the Vivi with Milled holes.
 

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Went from cotton in a CE2 to cotton in rebuildable Stone V3 tank back to the CE2. I got a few more days out of the first CE2 rewicked with cotton; but finally popped the coil on it today - at least 1.5 months of total use on this CE2. Pulled out another CE2, cotton wick rolled and threaded into coil and vaping away.
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I just ran a coil for a week just to see how long one would last. One week and no burning.
But at these prices why not just rebuild for every tank.
120 yards of yarn at walmart = $1.77
250 feet of NiChrome wire = $11.25
ViVi Nova = $15.00
Unlimited clouds of vapor with amazing flavor = PRICELESS
 

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I just ran a coil for a week just to see how long one would last. One week and no burning.
But at these prices why not just rebuild for every tank.
120 yards of yarn at walmart = $1.77
250 feet of NiChrome wire = $11.25
ViVi Nova = $15.00
Unlimited clouds of vapor with amazing flavor = PRICELESS

I like my CE2s, just gotta work on a rebuild that works for me :rolleyes: I have an idea but this dang procrastinitus keeps flaring up :ohmy: Still lovin' the cotton tho'
 

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I like my CE2s, just gotta work on a rebuild that works for me :rolleyes: I have an idea but this dang procrastinitus keeps flaring up :ohmy: Still lovin' the cotton tho'

You can use the same stuff to rebuild a CE2. just pointing out that for the same price of 3-4 atty's I have a year or so supply of coils and wick.
 

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Ok, took the 15 minutes and tried out my rebuilding technique on the burnt out CE2; as a proof of concept it works :D. Popped the ceramic cup off the air tube, pulled the wires up through the cup, trimmed the broken coil off down to the solder joint. Wrapped a coil around a cotton wick on a straightened paperclip, wrapped coil ends around CE2 wires, snugged kanthal up against the solder joint on the wires and put the cup back on the air tube. Dripped some juice on the wick and fired it up.

Now with a bit more practice, 75ft of 32gauge kanthal, 73+ft of 34 gauge kanthal, 10ft of 36gauge nichrome, 10+CE2s, and a box of rolled cotton (batton); I should be set for a while

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