Steel Cable wick, promising :)

[womble]

I've gone back to 2mm SS rope and a bit of mesh around the top.

In all honesty, this ROCKS! Any dry hits from mesh are a distant memory.

I would recommend anyone to try the SS rope on a genesis. It makes the genesis atty so much nicer.

[davetherayon]

womble, do you put the mesh on top then flame the wick or burn the ss first, put mesh on then flame again?

[punisher]

Jun 22, 2013 22:44:28 GMT womble said:

I've gone back to 2mm SS rope and a bit of mesh around the top.

In all honesty, this ROCKS! Any dry hits from mesh are a distant memory.

I would recommend anyone to try the SS rope on a genesis. It makes the genesis atty so much nicer.

im still getting dry hits with 2mm ss wire and mesh
1.8 ohm coil
ss wire is 7/19
ive also got some 2.5 and 3 to try im sure i used a 3mm drill bit to coil before but hole must be just 2.5 and i think its shorting on the body to tight in the hole just couldn't get a coil to stay on it (ss wire only no mesh)
actually if i start at say 6wats then vape up i can get up to around 10 or 11 but have to warm her up first
i expected more to be honest
and a ps
i have to leave the filler screw out or it doesn't wick properly

[womble]

Jun 23, 2013 15:47:15 GMT davetherayon said:

womble, do you put the mesh on top then flame the wick or burn the ss first, put mesh on then flame again?

I burn the SS rope first to make sure it's free of any contaminants, then cut and flame a bit of mesh. Then roll the mesh and fit it tightly round the top of the rope, that's it.

When I build the 1st coil, I do it the same as I did the last of my mesh ones, do a slightly loose coil (but still touching!), which enables me to turn the wick within it, then a quick blast on the button, turn wick, repeat until the coil glows evenly.

[vereybowring]

Jun 5, 2013 12:03:25 GMT vereybowring said:

Just tried my first SS rope & mesh wick.

Update, still using that very same wick and coil with no sign of it fading off yet, so three weeks running about 6mls through it daily.


Every day or two I take the rope and mesh out, dry burn the coil to get rid of crud and roll the mesh bit (still with the rope in the middle) to loosen off crud on it. Then stick it back in and dry pulse to look for hotspots and turn it till I get an even glow again.

With mesh only the best coils I could manage lasted two weeks tops using the same maintenance.