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Ok then...slow day I see...so I bought some "Bamboo" crotchet thread this morning and boiled it for an hour...this sh.. better be good after all the hype I've read...out drying in the sun right now...
Sun in Canada?
Lol bah, he means it was drying in his Canadian Club !!!!
That bamboo is really warm and earthy tastin, I dig it
That bamboo is really warm and earthy tastin, I dig it
Ya, crazy indian summer here in Vancouver atm...pushing 75 deg. right now...nice...final hoorah before 7 months of rain
Ok, ripped the 6 strand apart and went to an 8...just not enough medium to hold juice under a 1.7 coil and was dry tasting every 3rd (not the bamboos fault, don't think anything can wick that fast)...8 with a double pin coil seems better already...stay tuned...
Seems I'll be eating a big ol' piece of humble pie for supper tonight boys...this bamboo is fantastic...it's just so much more, what's the word?...sublime than the CC, ya, that's it...it's smooth, warm, as Cyrus said, earthy...it doesn't bang and pop like the CC, the TH is there but not beating you over the head...it doesn't wick as fast as the CC imo but it gently lets you know when you're demanding too much from it with a slightly woody taste on the exhale...very impressed...
fine, you guys where right, and I hate you all for it but thanks
... this may be my new Ody/Penny medium...
fine, you guys where right, and I hate you all for it but thanks
... this may be my new Ody/Penny medium...
Seems I'll be eating a big ol' piece of humble pie for supper tonight boys...this bamboo is fantastic...it's just so much more, what's the word?...sublime than the CC, ya, that's it...it's smooth, warm, as Cyrus said, earthy...it doesn't bang and pop like the CC, the TH is there but not beating you over the head...it doesn't wick as fast as the CC imo but it gently lets you know when you're demanding too much from it with a slightly woody taste on the exhale...very impressed...
fine, you guys where right, and I hate you all for it but thanks
OK, now I'm curious. Is this the same bamboo crochet thread others have used? I think its aunt lydia's if I'm not mistaken?
Are you able to compensate for the slightly less wicking by just opening up
The flow control more?
The sick thing with bamboo is I actually LIKE the dry hits lol...which is not good
The flow control more?
The sick thing with bamboo is I actually LIKE the dry hits lol...which is not good
Yup, Aunt Lydia's #10
Flow is wide open...reminds me of running rolled...7 strands may be the sweet spot, but ya, the DH isn't too bad with this stuff...reminds me of camping
Flow is wide open...reminds me of running rolled...7 strands may be the sweet spot, but ya, the DH isn't too bad with this stuff...reminds me of camping
Yup, Aunt Lydia's #10
Flow is wide open...reminds me of running rolled...7 strands may be the sweet spot, but ya, the DH isn't too bad with this stuff...reminds me of camping
Glad to hear it's working for you!
I've been using that stuff for a month or so, now, and it seems to be all that I want in a wick material. I also prefer the taste of the bamboo quite a bit over cotton. Goes quite nicely with tobacco flavors.The best thing about this stuff, to me, is that the performance of every rebuild comes out the same, as long as I use the same number of threads and keep the coil dimensions relatively consistent. For some reason, I could not get quite that consistency with cotton thread.
Yup, Aunt Lydia's #10
Flow is wide open...reminds me of running rolled...7 strands may be the sweet spot, but ya, the DH isn't too bad with this stuff...reminds me of camping
OK OK Aunt Lydia's # 10 bamboo, here I go again, what color, white or natural??
That earthy taste is good for a change but IMO the bamboo doesn't last as long as the candle wick or gauze.
I agree, reasonable lifespan is important but I'm rebuilding my CC'd Ody and Penny every 4 days or so now so anything beyond that is a bonus.
I've been going with 10 strands in the Pene with the Aunt Lydia's. Best I've used bar none. It'll be interesting to see how it stacks up against the bamboo yarn I have coming.
The bamboo crochet thread. I thought that was what you were talking about.
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