So, I've recently had excellent results with a method I use to roll wick for my AGA-T and I thought I'd share it.
Firstly, the consensus is that SS mesh doesn't actually wick from tank to coil. It does pull some up, and if *really* well used and impregnated with carbon, etc then I assume it could actually "wick", but that aside, the goal is to create a stainless steel mesh matrix that holds a significant enough eliquid that you don't run out during a standard pull.
I determined that a hollow tube of mesh worked best as it allowed liquid to flow through it and permeate the cells for vaping. If you make it too thin, though, you run out of liquid quickly. So the idea is to make it as thick as possible yet still be hollow.
The short version : I used a good inch and a half of mesh at least, and rolled it around a hypodermic needle approximately 16 gauge or 14. I forget. When you initially roll it around it you're like 'there's no way in hell this will fit.'.
I roll it across a desk with the needle connector removed (heat the needle and remove it), pressing very, very hard and rolling simultaneously until it's packed tight and hugging the needle. Then, gripping it so that it wont unroll, torch it with the mini torch so it holds shape.
Then I apply liquid and burn it off 3 times or so and force it into the hole.
It's a very, very dense, hard tube of SS and it holds a lot of liquid. I've noticed that this wick *tastes* way better....closer to the taste of my cotton wick setups, which, have no equal insofar as taste, imho.
The trick being to roll as much mesh as possible onto a largish needle, to form a tube as big as possible and as thick as possible and still fit in the hole. It took a lot of rolling to get it small enough...like 15 mins of rolling and heating to get it to stay in shape and more rolling.
It's well worth the effort.
good luck.
cowbite
Firstly, the consensus is that SS mesh doesn't actually wick from tank to coil. It does pull some up, and if *really* well used and impregnated with carbon, etc then I assume it could actually "wick", but that aside, the goal is to create a stainless steel mesh matrix that holds a significant enough eliquid that you don't run out during a standard pull.
I determined that a hollow tube of mesh worked best as it allowed liquid to flow through it and permeate the cells for vaping. If you make it too thin, though, you run out of liquid quickly. So the idea is to make it as thick as possible yet still be hollow.
The short version : I used a good inch and a half of mesh at least, and rolled it around a hypodermic needle approximately 16 gauge or 14. I forget. When you initially roll it around it you're like 'there's no way in hell this will fit.'.
I roll it across a desk with the needle connector removed (heat the needle and remove it), pressing very, very hard and rolling simultaneously until it's packed tight and hugging the needle. Then, gripping it so that it wont unroll, torch it with the mini torch so it holds shape.
Then I apply liquid and burn it off 3 times or so and force it into the hole.
It's a very, very dense, hard tube of SS and it holds a lot of liquid. I've noticed that this wick *tastes* way better....closer to the taste of my cotton wick setups, which, have no equal insofar as taste, imho.
The trick being to roll as much mesh as possible onto a largish needle, to form a tube as big as possible and as thick as possible and still fit in the hole. It took a lot of rolling to get it small enough...like 15 mins of rolling and heating to get it to stay in shape and more rolling.
It's well worth the effort.
good luck.
cowbite
