Mister T - can you tell me where you purchased that hemp - only local place I found that sells hemp is Walmart - but it says "polished" - not sure what that means. Thanks.
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I actually have had the roll I am currently using stored away for a few years. I bought a few rolls too many one xmass (many years past) to do some hemp macrame type doodads as gifts & had one roll left.
Amazon seems to have it. Amazon.com: Darice 20# Hemp Cord - 400ft/100% Natural: Home & Kitchen
"polished" often = lightly waxed even know polished as I comprehend it, is supposed to designate a non wax process of pulling the twine through a gauge hole after weaving to get the twine to have less frays.[what I was told once happens, is that natural waxes build up on the gauge hole as tonnage of twine gets pulled & that is a wax, a light 100% hemp wax results. Unwaxed non polished hemp twine would be very rough on hands, as most of the freys are woody.] What I have & what the link above shows, is some of the least freyed seemingly non waxed I have used. I have worked many miles of hemp & many brands, the Romanians make & grow good hemp
I do boil it, (as it is not sterile-like 
enough for me) for about 15 minutes changing the water 3 times. Then I wring it dry for a bit with a towel. I finally bake my hemp twine @ 350 till it seems ready to use, often turning it & fluffing it around on a baking sheet so that it dries quickly & evenly. A good wring dry & about 15 minutes with 3 fluffs, if my often foggy
memory speaks truth.
Just to put other possible options out there, I have not YET, tried hemp/cotton yarn blends, degummed hemp nor hemp sliver. Vapornautic nicotronic fogxploration is fun & I hope to try them one day.
Amazon seems to have it. Amazon.com: Darice 20# Hemp Cord - 400ft/100% Natural: Home & Kitchen
"polished" often = lightly waxed even know polished as I comprehend it, is supposed to designate a non wax process of pulling the twine through a gauge hole after weaving to get the twine to have less frays.[what I was told once happens, is that natural waxes build up on the gauge hole as tonnage of twine gets pulled & that is a wax, a light 100% hemp wax results. Unwaxed non polished hemp twine would be very rough on hands, as most of the freys are woody.] What I have & what the link above shows, is some of the least freyed seemingly non waxed I have used. I have worked many miles of hemp & many brands, the Romanians make & grow good hemp
I do boil it, (as it is not sterile-like enough for me) for about 15 minutes changing the water 3 times. Then I wring it dry for a bit with a towel. I finally bake my hemp twine @ 350 till it seems ready to use, often turning it & fluffing it around on a baking sheet so that it dries quickly & evenly. A good wring dry & about 15 minutes with 3 fluffs, if my often foggy
Just to put other possible options out there, I have not YET, tried hemp/cotton yarn blends, degummed hemp nor hemp sliver. Vapornautic nicotronic fogxploration is fun & I hope to try them one day.
OK - I have read through the entire post - great information. You all have spent a lot of time, energy and money doing all this research. I went ahead and ordered A-1 33 awg resistance heating wire and square braided 100% Cotton wick 1/0 from Ebay. Went to Michael’s and got Aunt Lydia’s 100% Bamboo 10 and DMC Traditions #10 100% cotton yarn. Cheese cloth from local grocery store and Peaches n Cream 100% 4 ply cotton thread. This weekend I am going to try and recoil and rewick my CE5.
I have a question - and I apologize if someone has already asked this and has been answered. I really did go through this entire post. I am not talking about SS as the intent of this post was not to talk about it and I really am not ready to try SS. I have only been vaping for 5 months and am not experienced enough to try that yet - all the oxidation and testing and stuff. My question is this:
The general consensus seems silica wicks may pose a danger due to the minute “needles”. I was wondering if anyone has done any testing on how soon a silica wick would pose this danger. That is - 2 days of use, 10mls, etc etc. I know it is probably dependent on the type of juice, the mod, how much etc. Just wondering cause it seems all the other materials (not SS) seem to need frequent rewicking anyways and cannot be dry burned. So essentially it seems if silica say is safe enough for say 5 days or 10mls or whatever - it would make sense to use it for that long and then rewick with silica again. This way you may get the best of both worlds - good wicking, dry burning etc.
I am looking for advice not trying to stay silica is better. I agree silica could be unsafe.
Has anyone tested to see how long before a silica wick starts to deteriorate. Thanks.
I have a question - and I apologize if someone has already asked this and has been answered. I really did go through this entire post. I am not talking about SS as the intent of this post was not to talk about it and I really am not ready to try SS. I have only been vaping for 5 months and am not experienced enough to try that yet - all the oxidation and testing and stuff. My question is this:
The general consensus seems silica wicks may pose a danger due to the minute “needles”. I was wondering if anyone has done any testing on how soon a silica wick would pose this danger. That is - 2 days of use, 10mls, etc etc. I know it is probably dependent on the type of juice, the mod, how much etc. Just wondering cause it seems all the other materials (not SS) seem to need frequent rewicking anyways and cannot be dry burned. So essentially it seems if silica say is safe enough for say 5 days or 10mls or whatever - it would make sense to use it for that long and then rewick with silica again. This way you may get the best of both worlds - good wicking, dry burning etc.
I am looking for advice not trying to stay silica is better. I agree silica could be unsafe.
Has anyone tested to see how long before a silica wick starts to deteriorate. Thanks.
Nobody seems to know how the issue should be examined, so I don't think anyone has. What I do know is that a silica wick irritates my throat from the very first vape, and cotton, bamboo and SS do not.
If you get 100% sterilized cotton gauze you can skip the boil if you want to. Thats how I used it in the beginning. Now I boil the gauze/cotton candle wick/ bamboo all at the same time. Don't know if it makes a heck of a lot of difference.
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