Wicking Guide

[Tan12]

Hi there fellow vapers. I'm kinda confuse about wicking because when I wick too tight it burn fast but when I wick too loose its a bit tasteless. What can you recommend about wicking ?

 

[Bonskibon]

You don't want it to tight, or to loose with cotton. You get used to how much to use by trial and error. I watched a couple YouTube videos for my tank to get a feel for how to wick and just kept doing it until I got it right.

 

[Vapemesilly]

It takes practice. Every unit wicks a little bit differently. It takes practice.

 

[zoiDman]

Hi there fellow vapers. I'm kinda confuse about wicking because when I wick too tight it burn fast but when I wick too loose its a bit tasteless. What can you recommend about wicking ?

It's just gunna take some Trial and Error to find what works Best for your coils.

When you are New, using Pad Cotton like Muji I think is less problematic that using Bulk Cotton/Rayon.

Because it is Easy to know How Much Cotton you have by the Width of the Strip you cut off from the Pad.

 

[vapdivrr]

What type tank are you using? Personally I think more is better, the problem or reason people think you can't use to much is not the amount in the coil, but the proper amount in the channels or lenght or position. ...I think you can pack the coil, but need to pay more attention to wick tail amounts and lenghts. Like mentioned though, each tank is different and all in all just takes practice to find what that tank likes....wicking is definitely the trickiest part of the whole deal, but once you got it, piece of cake.....

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[evan le'garde]

ABSOLUTELY depends on which tank you are having problems with. Every tank i've ever used needs it's wick to be tailored in a specific way, it can take a fair bit of trial and error, and some tanks just aren't worth the bother in my experience.

 

[Tan12]

I'm currently using Druga rda rn. With alien wire

 

[AzPlumber]

My advice, wick between too tight and too loose.

 

[mackman]

You may be interested in this
https://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/threads/wick-experiment.840317/

 

[Coastal Cowboy]

I can't remember where I read this, but the width of the piece of cotton you wick with should be roughly the same as the circumference of your coil. That just gets you into the ballpark. A little thicker sometimes; a little thinner sometimes. And of course, how you do the tails varies from device to device also. Only then can one introduce his or her personal preference, which further complicates things.

Short answer: There isn't a best way.

 

[suprtrkr]

Practice makes perfect. And switching to rayon is a big help for most people

 

[the wind]

it's like the beds in the three little bears except soft and hard becomes tight and loose.

 

[stols001]

Really, a lot of dry hits/flooding have to do with how you handle the tails. I use rayon pretty much exclusively now, and I find very tight IN THE COIL to be useful, but what I do with my tails (length, amount, how much thinning) is what makes most of the difference. With rayon, I use exactly as much as to not deform the coil, I even hold the coil with my thumb as I pull/twist it through. You can have a lot of wick in the COIL and that's quite helpful, but thinning/cutting/wick PLACEMENT are going to determine most of the rest of it. I find it useful to watch a youtube video or two on each tank to see how reviewers are doing it and then go from there.

Unfortunately, there is no "one wick fits all tanks" tutorial. Wicking was TREMENDOUSLY annoying for me until I got the hang of it. You can and I'm sure you will.

Good luck,

Anna

 

[BrotherBob]

Hi there fellow vapers. I'm kinda confuse about wicking because when I wick too tight it burn fast but when I wick too loose its a bit tasteless. What can you recommend about wicking ?

Might try Rayon:
https://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/f...er-flow-flavor-saturation-and-nic-hit.561226/