Cotton wick from Amazon UK, more flavour, smoother vape :)

[Elly]

I've seen that alot of people are re-wicking their atomizers themselves instead of buying new pre-wicked ones, I've only been vaping for 2 months so still learning the ropes i decided to do a bit of research on re-wicking the atomizer myself and how to get the best possible vape.
I decided to look on Amazon UK for cotton wick as I'd seen people mentioning that cotton wick provides a better vape. After searching for a little while and reading peoples reviews, i found a company called The Wax Factory from Somerset. They're selling 10 metres of 2mm cotton candlewick which has been whitened completely naturally and contains no chemicals for £1.50
I decided to buy some as i haven't really got anything to lose at that price! I mean, a single atomizer costs around £2.
I've replaced the wick (didn't bother boiling the cotton, didn't feel the need, i could smell no chemicals on the cotton) and it's a lovely smooth vape, i can taste even more flavour from the liquid than i could from a brand new atomizer

[Roscopecotrain]

Interesting elly. Usually when we say cotton wick we mean cotton wool. I have heard people using candle wick.

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[Deleted]

Elly can you post a link to the cotton wick that you bought, please

[Deleted]

I'm thinking that this might be a great idea to enable using a microcoil in devices that require a longer wick eg: Ithaka or iAtty     ...  depending on the thickness available and if it can be rolled to a point and threaded into a microcoil that is.

[Roscopecotrain]

Dec 4, 2013 8:30:00 GMT @freefromsmoking said:

I'm thinking that this might be a great idea to enable using a microcoil in devices that require a longer wick eg: Ithaka or iAtty     ...  depending on the thickness available and if it can be rolled to a point and threaded into a microcoil that is.

Sounds good ffs.

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[lobeydosser]

I thought that the whole idea of using cotton wool as a wicking material was that you rolled one end into a point to get it through the coil and then cut that bit off leaving the strands of cotton to expand once the e-juice got to it inside the atty.
This will not happen with braided cotton candle wick.

[blakey]

Cotton wick has been used for quite a while now, I have a load here but I rarely use it due to the fact that it burns far too easily for my liking.
Great in drippers though

[newdawn]

Not sure if this is the same wick, but it's from the same company Elly mentioned.

[Elly]

Dec 4, 2013 9:48:06 GMT newdawn said:

Not sure if this is the same wick, but it's from the same company Elly mentioned.

Yeah it's the same wick, i was using it for my vision crystal clearomizer with a top wick as they're quite easy to re wick. Decided to upgrade lol! I'm on a vision spinner with a Kanger clearomizer with a bottom wick now, i find the bottom wicks alot easier as when my clearomizer with a top wick used to get low on juice, i used to find myself tipping it, worrying that there wasn't enough juice getting to the top haha (don't know that made any sense atall) but yeah, it is definitely good wick, just the right thickness etc. I suppose it all comes down to individual taste

[Elly]

Dec 4, 2013 8:23:13 GMT @freefromsmoking said:

Elly can you post a link to the cotton wick that you bought, please

Jan 4, 2014 14:04:36 GMT Elly said:

Dec 4, 2013 9:48:06 GMT newdawn said:

Not sure if this is the same wick, but it's from the same company Elly mentioned.

Yeah it's the same wick, i was using it for my vision crystal clearomizer with a top wick as they're quite easy to re wick. Decided to upgrade lol! I'm on a vision spinner with a Kanger clearomizer with a bottom wick now, i find the bottom wicks alot easier as when my clearomizer with a top wick used to get low on juice, i used to find myself tipping it, worrying that there wasn't enough juice getting to the top haha (don't know that made any sense atall) but yeah, it is definitely good wick, just the right thickness etc. I suppose it all comes down to individual taste