Xc132 and 28 ga kanthal

[Funk Dracula]

I'm curious about this stuff, did some quick googling, and found some useful information...

The sngvapor vapor site claims it "heat cleans" the xc by heating it at +750˚. According to the 3M data sheet, it should also be "heat treated", which is at much higher temperatures, for 12 hours none the less.

hmmm...

Can some of you post some picks of your XC builds?

I use cotton since I started doing micro coils, but I still think cotton imparts it's "flavor"(very subtle wet sock/cigarette ....) to a juice.

Always looking for the next thing lol....

 

[Filthy-Beast]

Here's my RM2 and my cyclone. I tuck the tails on the outside of the posts and 2nd pic is an attempt to show that in an RM2.

 

[pdib]

hey . . . . . . . the man asked for pics, no?

 

[MasterofNone]

Pdib did u find 1 or 5 worked better for you??

That last one looks interesting...

 

[pdib]

If you're vaping over 1Ω, start with #1. If your running out of juice before you want, try #5. #1 is better in that it's not holding/cooking the juice that you're not vaping yet.

 

[MasterofNone]

Fair point on the juice cooking thanks
With that last one that's the internal wick placed over the coil like a.. *shudder* flavor wick in the cotton coil clearos, yes? How was that working out for you? I would think you would need an exceptionally long squonk to refresh THAT one

 

[pdib]

Many of those coils were right before I tried cotton. Cotton holds more juice than xc. Just trying to get more juice near the heat source, or, in some instances, break up the coil into sections so that there's more wick-to-wire in the ratio. They all worked fine. Cotton works better. Oddly enough, even tho I vape a mean low-res. coil, I never burn my wicks. I end up replacing them to freshen them up; but that's just whenever I get around to it. I keep it squonked and wet.

 

[ukeman]

Please Pdib, please show some cotton type wickings that are good at holding juice for some nasty sub ohms coils in the RM2.
With a hot and spicy coil i'm using having trouble getting the wick to saturate consistently… if you know what i mean.

 

[pdib]

Oh, uke, I'm not doing anything fancy with the cotton there. I just squonk before every other vape. And when I squonk, I hold it for a good few seconds. Just in case there's something I do in my setup (that I'm unaware of), I'll throw a few pics up. (yes, Dennis, I'm "throwing up" again . . .. . tee-hee)

This is what I'm always vaping these days. (BTW: this goes to the IGO-S question . . .. ain't gonna fit no Mundy's Magic in there, I don't think.)



This is what I used to vape, before our dear Mr. Mundy came along.

 

[ukeman]

alright! sweet… but you do that magic balloon animals trick with the wire…

hmm… seems easy enough if i stare at it for a long time.

yep gotta have that juice flow on subs

 

[pdib]

Yes, my grandfather was a balloon animalist, and his father before him. I also do lifelike caricatures in liverwurst . . . . . .. with pimentos for eyes. And Smurfy baked me an apple pie for my birthday . . . . . . . . .. with ice cream and everything. There, now what have you to say about that?

 

[MasterofNone]

28 gauge, 1/16th drill but, 12 wraps( 1.49 ohm ) with xc132 yummy stuff here. Frays real easy but a piece of dental floss at the end tied around lets you pull it through the coil.

 

[ukeman]

Yes, my grandfather was a balloon animalist, and his father before him. I also do lifelike caricatures in liverwurst . . . . . .. with pimentos for eyes. And Smurfy baked me an apple pie for my birthday . . . . . . . . .. with ice cream and everything. There, now what have you to say about that?

umm all i can say is that some of us only dream of running away and joining the circus, but you B d man

 

[Filthy-Beast]

28 gauge, 1/16th drill but, 12 wraps( 1.49 ohm ) with xc132 yummy stuff here. Frays real easy but a piece of dental floss at the end tied around lets you pull it through the coil.
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I hit mine with a butane torch until it glows white, this stiffens it considerable and I don't get any fraying when I cut it.

 

[MasterofNone]

I'm really liking the flavor in this. I definitely taste the difference between this and cotton. And pdib your right. Cotton holds on to the juice way better, so I'm squonking more often. But when I forget to, I don't ruin my wick.
Gonna use this for a while and see if I prefer this over cotton. Worse comes to worse I pull this one and pop in a quick cotton wick
( it's still in it's guest hole behind my bottle lol)

 

[ukeman]

nothing beats xc for durability… but there is Twik, Eko wool, and XS, cotton braiding, Hemp fiber, hemp yarn, yada yada.

Cotton is a good fix … easy (for micro coils) cheap and plentiful… try going through a box or bag in one year…lol.

 

[MasterofNone]

I do like the cotton, and just for the cheap cost alone I'll probably go back