Wick reinserting...

[James C]

So I was cleaning my triton tank and took the coil out, popped the sleeve off and put it in water. The wick came out of that spring in the bottom and wow is it annoying to try and get it back in! Doesn't help that the spring is so thin and delicate too... anyone have a tip or trick to get it back in?

In the future I'll make sure that wick never comes out!

 

[Seapup]

Unless you have a fine gauge bead threader or can make one out of coil wire, I don't know how you'll get a Silica wick back into the Triton coil without damaging the coil.

 

[James C]

Well I don't... I was thinking I might scotch tape an end to a really thin needle and try to slide it through... I'll let you know if it works or not if you guys care.

 

[JohnnyDill]

Let us know if you figure out a way to re-thread a Triton coil without damaging it!

 

[BigBen2k]

I also have a coil in the same situation.

My best untried idea is tying a thread at the end of the silica, and pulling it through.

 

[AngiBe]

Ok, unless I'm not understanding this correctly, but you mean the wick (out of the two) that's not attached sometimes comes out when washing? It happened to me a few times and I just thread it back thru, no problems unless the wick is overly frayed.

I just take one end, twirl it in my finger a little to make it pointy/tight, and thread it back through. No problems. Sry if I'm not helping cuz u maybe talking about something totally diff.

 

[BigBen2k]

Ok, unless I'm not understanding this correctly, but you mean the wick (out of the two) that's not attached sometimes comes out when washing? It happened to me a few times and I just thread it back thru, no problems unless the wick is overly frayed.

I just take one end, twirl it in my finger a little to make it pointy/tight, and thread it back through. No problems. Sry if I'm not helping cuz u maybe talking about something totally diff.

The wick you're talking about is the top wick, aka the "flavor" wick, and you don't need to go through all that trouble: just remove the top metal part from the coil assembly, so you can just slide the top wick back on.

 

[Boston Vapah]

I ruined a brand new, unused coil the other day trying to get the wick back through the ummmm coil? Seriously I took a needle and thread and tried to pull the wick back through but cos you have to tie the thread to the wick at the very end, it would just pull off and then on one of my frustrated tries, I found the coil all bent and pulled half way out.....TRASH and lesson learned.

I think I read a post somewhere by you BB2k saying you were going to experiment with this...I think it was you anyway. If it was, post the how to if you figure it out.

 

[BigBen2k]

Still trying to figure it out.

I should have mentioned... the wick is 2 mm in diameter, and the inside diameter of the coil is less than that, so it's going to be tricky, no matter what. One thing's for sure, the wick has to be dry.

So my idea was to try to tie a thread at the end, which reduces the diameter. Then the wick should be trimmed as close to the knot as possible. Next, you'd take both ends of the thread and run them through the coil, which should, theoretically, allow you to pull the wick straight through. The last trick to this is to pull the wick through just enough so that you can twist the wick, which you'd need to do because it won't pull through on its own; twisting the wick *should* let you slide it the rest of the way through.

It's not on top of my list right now, but I'll try to get to it soon.

 

[AngiBe]

The wick you're talking about is the top wick, aka the "flavor" wick, and you don't need to go through all that trouble: just remove the top metal part from the coil assembly, so you can just slide the top wick back on.

But that would be too easy...

 

[James C]

Lol sorry for the late response. I tried for like 10-15 min to do this and realized that its going take a lot more work and effort to do this. In my frustration I thought... "am I really this f*ing cheap to put more time into this??? Its only worth $2.50 and its a 1 month used coil!"... then I just grabbed all the parts and just trashed it. Lol. I did save the flavor wick. Its still in great condition and not frayed. I'll just trade this wick with a messed up one later. So not a total loss... both wicks are exactly the same size I assume? So yeah... just be careful if your going to clean that wick!

 

[Seapup]

Lol sorry for the late response. I tried for like 10-15 min to do this and realized that its going take a lot more work and effort to do this. In my frustration I thought... "am I really this f*ing cheap to put more time into this??? Its only worth $2.50 and its a 1 month used coil!"... then I just grabbed all the parts and just trashed it. Lol. I did save the flavor wick. Its still in great condition and not frayed. I'll just trade this wick with a messed up one later. So not a total loss... both wicks are exactly the same size I assume? So yeah... just be careful if your going to clean that wick!

LOL! I just did the same thing an hour ago! I looked at the time and thought, "I just wasted 45 minutes of my life and I have 6 boxes of new coils sitting on my desk! Damn I'm cheap!" Into the trash that coil went. It was vaped daily since September 26th, so I'd say got my money's worth.

 

[JohnnyDill]

"Cut a square of 1/2" teflon tape, and roll it around one end of the new wick. You don't want the end of the wick to be at the very edge of the tape square - you want to pull the wick away from the edge about 1/16" - 1/8". When you roll this between your fingers, you'll have a sharp point of just tape. Roll it tightly. It looks like a "wick condom", complete with a reservoir tip."

I copied and pasted this from another thread about wick replacement- This allows the wick to be re-inserted into the coil without fraying!

 

[James C]

Thanks for the tip Johnny. Hope I never have to try that again though! Lol

 

[JohnnyDill]

Thank Joe13 as it was his idea. I just re-posted his wisdom!