DIY evod coil heads wick and wire

[milomonkey]

Hello,

I want to give a shot to re-wicking my evod heads and I went through a few tutorials on this forum on how to do it so I really cant wait to give it a shot.

I was thinking of using the Silica 2mm Wick and Kenthal 0.20mm wire for my Evod heads. I already ordered ohm meter so getting the wick and wire is my next step. Are these the correct components needed to re wick it?

Thanks!

[Perpetua]

They are indeed correct Milo . . . you could give some Ekowool a shot if you really wanted, but I'd get the 1.5mm of that as it's a hollow wick and a bit fatter than regular silica as a result.

allaboute-cigarettes.proboards.com/thread/22461/evod-protank-tips-tricks

[Greg]

I'd suggest you try a micrcoil with 0.25 kanthal and 2 mm silica wick or even better and cheaper cotton wool wick. I find microcoils much easier to build and there longer lasting than standard wrapped coils, there much easier to rewick to.

[Fockskey]

Jan 5, 2014 11:16:59 GMT Greg said:

I'd suggest you try a micrcoil with 0.25 kanthal and 2 mm silica wick or even better and cheaper cotton wool wick. I find microcoils much easier to build and there longer lasting than standard wrapped coils, there much easier to rewick to.

I'm with gregb on this one, micro coils last much longer and seem to have less problems with the dreaded gurgle when done correctly.

[milomonkey]

Have you guys got any websites to acquire micro coils?

[Greg]

Jan 5, 2014 21:23:57 GMT milomonkey said:

Have you guys got any websites to acquire micro coils?

Don't think you can buy them but there a doddle to make

allaboute-cigarettes.proboards.com/thread/32391/microcoil-cotton-guide

[milomonkey]

do I really need a blow torch? can I not just burn the wire using the battery?

[Carpe Vapor]

Jan 5, 2014 21:40:38 GMT milomonkey said:

do I really need a blow torch? can I not just burn the wire using the battery?

You can.  Try and get them as tight as possible to start with.

Then give them a burn to get them glowing and as soon as you release the button, squash them with some tweezers, hold a few seconds and blow to cool.

Repeat a few times.

[Roscopecotrain]

Jan 5, 2014 21:40:38 GMT milomonkey said:

do I really need a blow torch? can I not just burn the wire using the battery?

Carpe is right you can do it that way. My tweezers wont fit into my protank heads to squeeze then together so hopefully you can with your evod heads.

Sent from my Galaxy Note 2

[milomonkey]

Looking at that tutorial I don't suppose I could get the same result with silica wick? if I was to stick with the 2mm silica wick and wrapping without the needle and tweezers do I need 0.2 or 0.25 wire?

[Greg]

Jan 5, 2014 21:53:41 GMT milomonkey said:

Looking at that tutorial I don't suppose I could get the same result with silica wick? if I was to stick with the 2mm silica wick and wrapping without the needle and tweezers do I need 0.2 or 0.25 wire?

If your not microcoiling then use 0.2 kanthal and 2mm silica. Won't be as good as micrcoil and cotton though IMO.

[milomonkey]

Out of curiosity.... how long do those cotton micro coils last?and I assume they vape a lot better than the kanger made coils?

[seniorphil]

The cotton will need replacing every 1/2 weeks, or when you change juice. Dry burn the coil and re-wick.
They are a lot better than the factory produced ones, and when you've done a few you'll be doing it with your eyes shut.

[milomonkey]

Hello,

Is this a good cotton to use for the coils? It says 100% pure natural... I couldn't find organic coils anywhere around my town.

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Jan 20, 2014 16:23:05 GMT milomonkey said:

Hello,

Is this a good cotton to use for the coils? It says 100% pure natural... I couldn't find organic coils anywhere around my town.

That type of cotton wool has generally been bleached but if you boil it, squeeze out the excess water and dry it out on a radiator for example it will be fine. Organic cotton would be better and less faff if you can find it  ...  most local pharmacies should stock it.