wick

[Tomi]

Hi Imeo
yes its Fiberglas
but it doesnt lose any small pieces or so
when its wet its just like one piece hold together
i dont see no small pieces that you can inhale

i hope you understand me
my english isnt so good
sorry
but many many people in germany use this rope for vaping
no problems at all
its also used in this mods A1 and A2 from Bullismoker
and i am using it in my own mod where i can also make the resistance on my
own, how i like it
and it taste much better as any atom you can buy

 

[imeothanasis]

Thanks again Tomi for the info. I also dont want to open an argument about this, I only want to find a safe material. I think that I will go for silica again but from another seller and I will try metal mesh too. For now I use the rope that China puts inside their atties. Does anyone knows what kind of material is this?

 

[buGG]

Does anyone knows what kind of material is this?

it was mentioned that at least joye/janty uses an aramid fiber, basically kevlar. you can get it from dupont or from teijin who produces it commercially for china and elsewhere.

 

[imeothanasis]

Oups, thats a very interesting info BuGG. Thanks a lot buddy, thats exactly what I was looking for. So the choices are 2. I have already ordered the mesh so I have to order this wick now. If mess works ok inside iatty then we will have 2 choices about wick and we will put inside iatty whatever we like

 

[ooSTURMoo]

Before using the mesh, we need to oxidized

Here is a video showing how to do it



And this is my film (how to prepare kanthal on mesh):



so we must prepare Kanthal to not warming up to red!!!!!

 

[imeothanasis]

I have already seen those videos oost, thanks a lot for the info buddy

 

[ooSTURMoo]

I use the mesh #400 of this page

Stainless Steel Woven Wire Mesh in A4 sheet format: 304, 316, 316L

 

[ooSTURMoo]

We can also order from ebay:

Stainless Steel Woven Wire Mesh A4 Sheet- Ultra Fine | eBay UK

 

[imeothanasis]

I will try the one that you will send me oost to see how easy I can bend it to put it inside iatty.

 

[ooSTURMoo]

I will send a sample on Monday

 

[imeothanasis]

I will wait oost

 

[atavanhalen]

Oh yes. It's not only possible but a fact.
I used the same cart on an A2 for about 2 months with glass fiber rope and I found out that there was a ball of fibers (at the size of lentil grain) stack up between the mouth piece and the the white part of the it. Who knows how much more of it entered my lungs?

Its the same thing that a lot of Chinese companies use in their attys, I know for sure that a lot of clearomizers use it and also a lot of 901s, so it looks like a lot of us are in trouble.

from what I know they are silica Sparky

I spoke with the manufactures of a brand of clearomizers and I actually got a price from them to buy the fiberglass wick that they use, by the foot. From what I have read, a lot of Chinese attys use fiberglass wicks. And the only thing that I have been successful with is fiberglass rope, the taste is great, silica tasted nasty to me and I have not been able to figure out the steel wick yet. You should try to contact one of the atty manufactures and ask them.

 

[UKtarget]

Hi.Imeo.
If you planning on trying the steel mesh are you going to connect the rope wick to it or is the coil part of the atty at the bottom of the tank?
Its just that the mesh wont wick like rope will so a top feed won't get much juice.
It may also be hard for the juice to get into the mesh when its at the top as well

 

[imeothanasis]

I know what you mean UK but I think that I have solve this issue. Thanks for telling me this

 

[ooSTURMoo]

maybe this (nr 102):
Zubehoer und Preise fuer Kapillarbewaesserungsanlagen

 

[imeothanasis]

I used the McMaster Carr round braided 3/8 inch silica rope for my eGo-T attys. It appears in every way exactly like the original that came with it. You have to wash it well in alcohol or burn it clean (with butane torch or as in my case on my propane grill flame) to get rid of any chemicals they put on to make it a rope rather than a wick. If you burn it, it first goes black and then white/silvery again with enough heat. Don't use a regular lighter, it's not hot enough and will only burn your fingers.

A foot was $3.71 and they charged about $4 to ship it. You can make thousands of wicks with a foot and they sent me 19 inches.

Juice I had burned the silica rope before but taste was there. But I desided to give it a try again like you said by burning it too much this time. Wick stayed white and the smell gone!!

thanks for posting this buddy

 

[RippleInStillWater]

Very interesting -- will there be a market for prepared silica wicks for the Iatty and, I guess, its future competition? Because we all know Imeo is going to get imitated, I suppose its the highest form of flattery!!!

 

[ainako]

What about 1/16" inch fiberglass wick? The wick aftosa.com has been well accepted by bulli smoker a2 users.

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[imeothanasis]

I dont really know if I use the silica rope Ripple. I was glad that with burning it stopped smelling at all but who knows why it was smelling and if the chemicals removed

 

[SparkyII]

Just a thought; has anyone ever tried using a short, porous ceramic rod as a wick? In theory, it'd be pretty easy to wind a coil around, and simple to clean and reuse...