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Dangerous Silica crystals.

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    #2
    DirtyBollox
    Registered Users Posts: 7,674 ✭✭✭DirtyBollox


    jamie72 wrote: »
    What do you guys think of this? I did a search and couldn't find a topic on it. Makes me wonder about that extra throat hit I'm getting from my T2....

    http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/modding-forum/284030-wick-materials-safe-vs-dangerous.html


    just dont buy silica wicks then. if you ask the lads on ezsmoke or e-smoke they can tell you what the wick is made of i imagine. if you want to make your own the use the draw string off of a pack of cotton pads (i was advised a few days ago to do this.) i imagine though that there will be some prep involved like in that post like soaking it in boiling water to clean it and all that before use.


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    Sir Digby Chicken Caesar
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 23,556 ✭✭✭✭Sir Digby Chicken Caesar


    there was a thread on it here a while back and over on ukvapers

    afaik the general consensus was don't use ****ty fibreglass wicks, silica should be fine

    the fibreglass wick that comes with the clockwords RDA for example falls apart as soon as you look at it and it sheds more than my cat, that kinda stuff i'd be kinda worried about vaping.. but even then once it's properly soaked in juice the strands are gona be too heavy to go flying about into your lungs anyway

    from what ive seen of the kangers/novas they dont seem to be using the terrible wicks, look solid enough.


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    grindle
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    DirtyBollox wrote: »
    ...use the draw string off of a pack of cotton pads....
    That'd be a terrible waste of all the pads inside!

    Here's the wool pad method.

    Be warned - strips of cotton pad in ejuice look like epic snots.


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    DirtyBollox
    Registered Users Posts: 7,674 ✭✭✭DirtyBollox


    grindle wrote: »
    That'd be a terrible waste of all the pads inside!

    Here's the wool pad method.

    Be warned - strips of cotton pad in ejuice look like epic snots.

    so thats what you meant the other day, looks easy enough.


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    jamie72
    Registered Users Posts: 877 ✭✭✭jamie72


    Bollox,
    I'm just thumbing through a few forums looking for similar info, apparently using stuff like those cotton pads isn't a good idea as they will have been treated with chemicals and bleached for colour. If you search for 'unbleached natural candle wick', you can get that for feck all. Just boil it a few times to remove any residue on it and use that.


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    DirtyBollox
    Registered Users Posts: 7,674 ✭✭✭DirtyBollox


    jamie72 wrote: »
    Bollox,
    I'm just thumbing through a few forums looking for similar info, apparently using stuff like those cotton pads isn't a good idea as they will have been treated with chemicals and bleached for colour. If you search for 'unbleached natural candle wick', you can get that for feck all. Just boil it a few times to remove any residue on it and use that.

    Thanks :) hadnt actually tried it but i imagine in my rush to get a vape when all things went wrong i would just go with what i had.

    Like back when i was a smoker, i once tried to make a rollie out of grease proof paper cause i was out of skins. Turns out its not a good idea. :pac:


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    Elbow
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,484 ✭✭✭Elbow


    DirtyBollox wrote: »
    Thanks :) hadnt actually tried it but i imagine in my rush to get a vape when all things went wrong i would just go with what i had.

    Like back when i was a smoker, i once tried to make a rollie out of grease proof paper cause i was out of skins. Turns out its not a good idea. :pac:

    I'm presuming that didnt burn too well? :p


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