I got some unbleached cotton fabric from walmart. 1/2 yard for 99 cents. I havent used it in a coil as of yet. Has anyone ever gone this route?
Could you possible take a coil head and remove the silica wicks, then replace them with the yarn strands? I have some old heads that have burnt silica wicks but the coil is fine, just needs to be cleaned.
I got some unbleached cotton fabric from walmart. 1/2 yard for 99 cents. I havent used it in a coil as of yet. Has anyone ever gone this route?
Could you possible take a coil head and remove the silica wicks, then replace them with the yarn strands? I have some old heads that have burnt silica wicks but the coil is fine, just needs to be cleaned.
This is the yarn I used.
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Next experiment are these make up pads lol. Mack said they work well.
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I'm so proud of you! I hadn't thought about makeup rounds?
Lol yeah they were really cheap. Mack was saying they work well just waiting on him to tell me how to use them. Oh and I'm going to try cotton balls as well considering how much you like them. How long do they last? Do they gunk up quick? Happy new year btw!
.........I've been working with my did clone (vulcan) but I haven't got it to work to my satisfaction.....
Have you got it going yet? If you're still having problems, some of us might be able to give you some tips. Let us know.![]()
I admit it.. I like using the silica. But with all the "silica shards" warnings, I've steered away from it. I bought some cotton (candle wick) and it's alright. It's very easy to burn though, even at low voltages. After a couple days, I start getting a burnt taste and I take it apart and sure enough, the wick and coil is black. The kind I'm using is the square braided cotton #1/0 and it seems to be a bit thick and dense. So, I started looking around my house. What does most every home have in it's medicine cabinet? Cotton balls! So I took a cotton ball, tore a piece off of it and rolled it around to make a kind of a thin rope (like you would roll play dough). I coiled my wire around it and here it is. View attachment 137687
Not a good picture (can't seem to get my camera to focus up close) It looks kinda funny and I figured it wouldn't work. I put some juice on it and checked the ohms.. it read 2.5 (which is good because that means it not only works, but it's not a low resistance and will eat up batt life)
I filled the tank with juice and started off low. It's works really well! The cotton "ball" seems to wick the juice much better than the braided cotton rope..which was what I was after to begin with. How long it will last I don't know. Here's a picture of it with juice in the tank..
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The cotton poofs all up inside the tank and it looks as funny inside the tank as it did outside. I'm going to use this awhile and see how it works. with it metering at 2.5.. I'm vaping at 4.2. It's giving big clouds of vapor (70%PG 30%VG mix) and good throat hit and tastes nice and clean. I'm thrilled to find something that works (so far) that can be bought practically anywhere without having to order it from the internet and wait for it!