Wrapping with ecowool or silica wick

[Cliven]

I need some help. I have always wrapped coils around a 1/16 bit and threaded cotton through and it has been great. It's still my preferred method BUT my wife on the other hand......she burns a wick at least once a week. I have some 2mm ecowool and some silica. HTH do you wrap a decent coil using this stuff? LOL...it took me an hour to finally get her something that worked and fit within the RM2 deck. I can't seem to wrap a coil and thread this stuff through it. I was able to insert a tiny bit 'through' the ecowool to help firm it up while I wrapped. It's uglier than anything I've ever seen but it is working and she likes it. I like it cause I won't have to change her wick every other day.

So....any tips?

(I feel like such a newb).

 

[diamondlou]

u can do a "needle threader" approch and use something to thread the silica thru (32ga looped) or insert a sewing needle in the silica for rigidity n wrap the coil around the silica.

 

[Smocian257]

Dont thread it through. Wrap around the silica. Use a paperclip to hold the coil steady while you wrap and then remove it once you are done

 

[Rickajho]

Either approach can work. I prefer to use a loop of dental floss through the coil as a needle threader of sorts to pull the silica through the coil.

 

[Cliven]

Thanks for the tips. I was thinking that there may have been some secret way to accomplish this but with a little more practice...........I'm sure I'll get it.

 

[six]

Here's a different approach at least for silica: I look at which way it's woven vs which way my coil wraps... Put it up against the end of the coil and spin it like I was threading a screw in to a nut. When my brain gets what I'm looking at right, it spins right through just like threading a screw... when my brain gets it backwards, the silica unravels in a hurry

What I can and should add...: I prefer cotton so much, I just make a habit out of re-wicking every other night before bed. Then I always have fresh wicks whether I need them or not.

 

[Norrin]

I always wrap the coil round silica, I know some thread it through but it doesn't act the same as cotton so it's hard to get the same coil contact. It might be a bit harder to get an even coil than with the micro method but you don't have to do much with it (no maintenance) like you have with cotton.

 

[redeyedancer]

I use a 7/64 drill bit to make the coil a folded piece of wire to pull the doubled up silica through the coil clip the double end off simple as pie . When the wick gets old pull the old wick out dry burn the coil blow off the char and pull another piece of silica through

 

[rudy4653]

Have you ever tried ReadyXwick?
Comes in 2mm & 3mm sizes.
3mm for 7/64" bit and 2mm for 1/16" bit.
Much better than silica, lasts much longer, less fraying, and easily be "threaded" into coil.
Expensive, but I bought a foot and has lasted me all year as 1 little 3/8" piece of wick in the coil will last over a month easily with regular dryburns!