Funny taste from cotton?

[scotsman]

I have been using cotton ( asda baby one ) but noticed it had a funny after taste i tried two of my juices mixes in a dripper with this cotton and thought it was the mix
i put the same mixed juice in an iclear xi and it tastes fab with no funny after taste, put the same juice in my taifun gt with cotton and the aftertaste is there/

So what do you guys/gals use ? i have heard of sera filter wool or juwel would these be ok ? i have boiled some of the asda cotton balls and they are drying so i`l re wick the taifun and try again maybe they just needed boiling

[decoy]

is it like its perfumed almost

[scotsman]

Its hard to say but yea you could call it that?

Compaired to the i clear you taste it easy on the taifun with the same juice it has to be the cotton somethin they used on it maybe ?

i have boiled some  and its 99% dry on the radiator so i`l give the boiled a try

[Deleted]

It sounds (just off the top of my head) that it might be perfumed. Try home bargains?

[decoy]

i just put it down to not likeing cotton wool and im useing the same cotton balls from asda almost like a parma violet type taste

[scotsman]

Hopefully boiling it will sort it out if not im going to try something else i really like the cotton idea just the bag i have makes juices taste odd

Thinking about it yes it kinda taste like parma ( i hate those sweets lol )

[decoy]

ok immm gona run out today and get a different supply cause everyone seems to think cotton best thing since sliced bread(im a man i dont boil water lol)and i just haven't gotten on with it but been using the asda balls
cant rem who was onabout it by they were saying that cotton yarn(loooked like a shoe lace )was good

[scotsman]

decoy

Try boiling it ( pretend your boiling bolts or somethine ) i just popped of the boiled one in and the first few draws tasted alot better!
Still going to try filter wool. saves having soggy lengths of cotton on the radiator

All i did was boil the balls (lol!) for a few mins sqeeze out water unroll them so there in strps and plop on radiator

[decoy]

May 3, 2014 6:45:56 GMT scotsman said:

decoy

Try boiling it ( pretend your boiling bolts or somethine ) i just popped of the boiled one in and the first few draws tasted alot better!
Still going to try filter wool. saves having soggy lengths of cotton on the radiator

All i did was boil the balls (lol!) for a few mins sqeeze out water unroll them so there in strps and plop on radiator

looks suspiciously at that cooker thingy

now how do you use it

just woundering whats filter wool and were can i get it from 

[Super-Shiny]

May 3, 2014 6:45:56 GMT scotsman said:

decoy

All i did was boil the balls (lol!) for a few mins sqeeze

[decoy]

had a think and came up with the mans solution
popped em in the kettle

[decoy]

May 3, 2014 6:54:47 GMT Super-Shiny said:

May 3, 2014 6:45:56 GMT scotsman said:

decoy

All i did was boil the balls (lol!) for a few mins sqeeze

i wasnt touching that ;p

[scotsman]

Edit removed link to product

made an error it cant be used others have posted!

[scotsman]

yes.....i could have worded that one better!

You stuck them in the kettle ? bwahhaha! suppose that works also
Im no stranger to the cooker im a house hubby lol + carer for our disabled son so the "wifey" tasks fall to me
but its all good

[Fockskey]

Sera wool will not work well as its structure is too open and it will not wick well. It is used in atties like the Spheriod as a retainer of the juice, in these RBA's the wick is made using silica or cotton the same as your RBA.

I get an after taste using cotton for a short while until the wick has been used for a while, this is quite normal as they have to settle down. I even get a different taste with silica until it has settled. You must use pure cotton wool and ideally steralised, if it does not say pure cotton wool, dont use it.