Calling all you super wickers please :)

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sonicflowjoe davetherayon thanks this is really helpful I think I may go for rayon as I tend to always put to much in ,iv changed the pads and the new ones are really thick ,I do have some balls and I pick up the roll to but I think rayon might be better for now

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Right that's me ready got my rayon thanks to Greg

[VapingBad]

Sorry I didn't reply @yavape, just got back to the desk, an easy way to get the rayon through especially if using thin wire is to use double the length & half the thickness, pass a loop of kanthal through the coil, thread the rayon through this so the bit of kanthal is in the middle then pull the kanthal back the way it came causing the rayon to fold in half and pull through the coil.

[igual]

Hiyas sorry I'm late getting bk I see others have given some great help.
Anyhoo here's my kfl v2 on istick @1.3 ohms






Edit forgot to say this is wicked with jap cotton pads not the muji cotton.

@yavape have you got some jap cotton and muji cotton?

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Apr 4, 2015 19:45:48 GMT VapingBad said:

Sorry I didn't reply @yavape, just got back to the desk, an easy way to get the rayon through especially if using thin wire is to use double the length & half the thickness, pass a loop of kanthal through the coil, thread the rayon through this so the bit of kanthal is in the middle then pull the kanthal back the way it came causing the rayon to fold in half and pull through the coil.

Brilliant got you I'll loop it through the coil and pull the rayon through so it needs to be nice and tight with the rayon , I'll follow the pics the best I can , as soon as the rayon gets here I shall have a go , thanks for all the help

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Apr 4, 2015 20:39:27 GMT igual said:

Hiyas sorry I'm late getting bk I see others have given some great help.
Anyhoo here's my kfl v2 on istick @1.3 ohms

Thank you igual I think I see how to do it now all these pics have really helped me , I would of probably just done it like the lemo and had a right time of it , I shall let you all know how I get on , I'm going to try with rayon first as I can be a bit eager with the cotton wool

[sonicflowjoe]

Apr 4, 2015 20:39:27 GMT igual said:

Edit forgot to say this is wicked with jap cotton pads not the muji cotton.

@yavape have you got some jap cotton and muji cotton?

What's the difference? I just ordered some muji. 3 bags at a great price which should last me ages if I get on with it. Previously have been using some jap cotton Pads I got from Vape atomizer mesh co. Which I really rate but couldn't resist giving the muji a bash at that price...

[xs2man]

Less is more, as said, with cotton. This is a twisted 0.32mm build around a 2mm bit (I think, although probably actually around a syringe needle) all wicked up with a Japanese cotton pad...



Clapton coil before adding the wick :

[tim]

Apr 4, 2015 21:59:35 GMT sonicflowjoe said:

Apr 4, 2015 20:39:27 GMT igual said:

Edit forgot to say this is wicked with jap cotton pads not the muji cotton.

@yavape have you got some jap cotton and muji cotton?

What's the difference? I just ordered some muji. 3 bags at a great price which should last me ages if I get on with it. Previously have been using some jap cotton Pads I got from Vape atomizer mesh co. Which I really rate but couldn't resist giving the muji a bash at that price...

I posted this before, but...

why worry about what you wick with?, unless you are planning to have dry hits. I just don't understand why people worry about wicking material. All it does is bring juice to the coil. You shouldn't even notice what the wick is made of if it is wicking juice.

Granted, if you get a dry hit and burn the wick it matters. But then you will re-wick anyway. No? They all taste c**p when they burn.

Am I missing something?

[igual]

I find that the cotton pads wick better with heavier VG juices the muji is good on 50/50 juices that's for me personally.

[tim]

Apr 4, 2015 22:20:52 GMT igual said:

I find that the cotton pads wick better with heavier VG juices the muji is good on 50/50 juices that's for me personally.

Oh. I thought cotton was better for pg heavy juice. But, saying that, I use 70% vg in my home brew, and that wicks fine in my ST and GT2. If I wick too tight I get a dry hit, but that is my fault.

[sonicflowjoe]

Apr 4, 2015 22:16:52 GMT tim said:

Apr 4, 2015 21:59:35 GMT sonicflowjoe said:

What's the difference? I just ordered some muji. 3 bags at a great price which should last me ages if I get on with it. Previously have been using some jap cotton Pads I got from Vape atomizer mesh co. Which I really rate but couldn't resist giving the muji a bash at that price...

I posted this before, but...

why worry about what you wick with?, unless you are planning to have dry hits. I just don't understand why people worry about wicking material. All it does is bring juice to the coil. You shouldn't even notice what the wick is made of if it is wicking juice.

Granted, if you get a dry hit and burn the wick it matters. But then you will re-wick anyway. No? They all taste c**p when they burn.

Am I missing something?

Well i noticed a massive boost in flavour when stepping up from using bog standard cotton balls to the japanese cotton pads. Could be partly due to the fact it tastes great pretty much straight away with very little time needed to break it in.

Also the properties of the material and its ease of use play a bearing. I don't like rayon or sillica stuff much. Rayon is squeaky to the touch and the feel of it creeps me out, also made me feel ill when i vaped with it. Sillica is a pain to work with, difficult to cut, and don't trust the dust that come off it when you cut it, wouldn't want to be inhaling that.

I guess all wicking materials have pro and cons, i don't really see why you wouldn't have any concern at all about the properties of what is probably one of the main things that could make a difference to the quality of your vape...

[tim]

Apr 4, 2015 22:39:35 GMT sonicflowjoe said:

Apr 4, 2015 22:16:52 GMT tim said:

I posted this before, but...

why worry about what you wick with?, unless you are planning to have dry hits. I just don't understand why people worry about wicking material. All it does is bring juice to the coil. You shouldn't even notice what the wick is made of if it is wicking juice.

Granted, if you get a dry hit and burn the wick it matters. But then you will re-wick anyway. No? They all taste c**p when they burn.

Am I missing something?

Well i noticed a massive boost in flavour when stepping up from using bog standard cotton balls to the japanese cotton pads. Could be partly due to the fact it tastes great pretty much straight away with very little time needed to break it in.

Also the properties of the material and its ease of use play a bearing. I don't like rayon or sillica stuff much. Rayon is squeaky to the touch and the feel of it creeps me out, also made me feel ill when i vaped with it. Sillica is a pain to work with, difficult to cut, and don't trust the dust that come off it when you cut it, wouldn't want to be inhaling that.

I guess all wicking materials have pro and cons, i don't really see why you wouldn't have any concern at all about the properties of what is probably one of the main things that could make a difference to the quality of your vape...

Ok. To be fair, I have only ever used cotton. Muji came with my ST mini, and some free when I bought some Kanthal. But I have used cotton wool balls from my OH's make-up box.

As long as it doesn't contain bleach (poisonous) and you don't dry hit/burn it, how would you know the difference?

[igual]

Tim pm me your address and I'll pop a couple of cotton pads and some rayon in post so you can try em.

[sonicflowjoe]

Think you'd know the difference by how good a taste you get... with the fibers all running straight with the jap cotton stuff the juice gets through more directly leading to a cleaner taste i think