my box of cellucotton says 100% rayon fibres
im sure there is different processes to get rayon depending on needs/purpose
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So your post made me curious. I just went to amazon to see what I had put in my cart and indee it was cotton, Amazon.com, but there is also one that is 100% rayon here, Amazon.com : Graham Cellucotton Beauty Coil 100% Rayon, Regular : Beauty & Personal Care. The boxes look identicle so, it’s important to pay attention to the details of the description. Same price too. Check out the links. I’m glad I caught that.
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This is the same as what I have,
It has CelluCotton on the box but is 100% Rayon.
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I actually just bought both the cotton version and the Rayon version…They’re only 6.99 per box. I’ll have enough wicking for awhile. There’s 40ft in each box.
I’m off to the races, everything is ordered and I should be building my first RTA by next weekend. The only thing that I didn’t get yet is the tool kit and coil checker but I have a shop full of tools and I can build it on my mod. I have all sorts of tweezers and precision screw drivers and flush cutters. The only thing I dont have are ceramic tweezers but I think I can get by without those for now. The coil master v3 kit is kinda hard to find, a lot of places are sold out. Any thoughts on the chinese kits that are being sold out there?
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You should probably read the thread that warkwarth pointed to above for the debate on Rayon. It clears up a lot of misunderstandings. Please don’t highjack this thread.
Thanks
Marcel
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Eh, the tool kits are mostly overrated, I think.
Tweezers are handy for teasing, thinner and tucking cotton. But in pinch you can do it all with the little flat screwdriver.
The screwdriver that comes with most RTAs is usually 3mm ⌀, so you can use that for coil positioning.
This is my “kit”. I don’t think any item here was more than a few bucks from the all-supplier, Amazon.
If you ever get to winding your own coils a coil jig is worth it. But that’s probably the only specialty tool involved in any of it.
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I did happen to find a Coil Master kit and TAB ohm reader/building platform but had pretty much pieced together a kit and was building on my mods by that time.
I had picked up a coil winding tool from Coil Clout and just added to that,
I think the Coil Master TABs/ohm readers saw more use in days past when many folks were building for mechs - before the regulated mods became more advanced.
If you’re happy with your cutters and drivers, the main thing I would recommend picking up is one of the winding kits, though some folks prefer the stepped rod style or just screwdrivers.
edit: oh, ceramic tweezers are good to have too, but folks make do without them.
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have you looked on ali-express?
i have bought wire, pre-built coils, mods, chargers and tanks and alot of tools vape and not there. because canada has a very lousy selection
even de-walt has some tools made in china
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I have every tool pictured in your post and then some, except for the coil jig which I can pick up at some point. I fix cars and I have a machine shop…I got lotsa tools…LOL
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I know right! I never think about looking on Ali-express because of the long shipping times, but I should. Just about everything is made in China.
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I think I would like a build platform and some ceramic tweezers and the coil jig. I just bought 50 pre-made coils so I should be good for awhile. I just got my wife a mod with a sub-ohm tank also. I’ll eventually get her an RTA too. I think she’s liking it. I’ve bee3n rinsing out the stock coils under warm tap water and blowing them out and I’m getting quite a bit more mileage on them. The cotton gets gunked up quick on those things.
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I just went on ali-express and got decent looking ceramic tweezer, A wire winding rod and a coil cutting guage, all for under $6. Can’t beat that. I’ll probably get it by october 1st.
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I switched to vaping around September 2014 and used factory coil tanks for about seven years. There were a few lean times for me and I know I gave cleaning coils a try, though I don’t recall having great success (probably Vivi Nova tanks mostly). Happy to hear it has helped get you through!
I had thought about RTAs at various points but didn’t make the jump until 2022. They’re pretty much all I use now but will sometimes fire up a sub-ohm tank to run through some commercial juice.
Wishing you and your wife much success with your new gear!
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Why wouldn’t you use an RTA to vape commercial liquid? I’m curious.
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You should use everclear or cheap vodka to soak your stock coils. Cleans better. Just soak overnight in a shot glass, rinse and let dry completely.
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I thought about doing that but I haven’t seen anybody do it yet so I was a little reluctant to try it. I don’t keep much liquor in the house because I’ve been sober for 25 years, but my wife will have a drink occasionally with friends on holidays, she’s not really much of a drinker. She just told me theres half a gallon of clear bacardi rum in the cabinet…I didn’t even know. After 25 years that stuff is only good to clean stuff as far as I’m concerned. Thanks for the advice!
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I tend to let factory coils go longer before I feel the need to change them - I usually get through 50-60ml (depending on the liquid), whereas with RTAs I usually want to freshen them up after about half that.
I also usually only run my DIY liquid through RTAs. Most of my mixes are testers of no more than 30ml so they seem to fit better with my refresh habits.
So it’s more of a habit/mental thing I guess.
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There’s nothing better than a fresh stock coil and my favorite juice, but I find that after 2 or 3 days, the vapor production goes way down along with the flavor. It’s because the small cotton in those things gets gunked up fairly quickly. The coil is still fine. Then I discovered that they can be cleaned…and it works! Which leads me to the reason for wanting to switch to an RTA. I’m not a cloud chaser but I am a flavor chaser… 
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I just got my Hellvape Dead Rabbit 3 RTA. I built it, first time. I didn’t too bad with the cotton, thinning it out etc… I used the shoe lace cotton that came with it. This thing produces a ton of flavor compared to the GeekVape zeus stock tank. I think I just got hooked on RTAs. It’s such a better experience. None of the vape shops in my area carry RTA tanks, so I’m probably gonna have to order my RTAs online. I haven’t used the rayon cotton yet…one step at a time. 
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