I’ve taken apart and rebuilt factory coils for all sorts of tanks. Sometimes I reuse the mesh strips and just rewick them. Some coils are a lot easier to do than others. Smok S1 coils for the Baby V2/V9 Max tanks is a simple task for me. Uwell’s Nunchaku Mesh coils are a bit more difficult but it can be done. I’ve done it out of boredom and have seen good to great results.
I’ve never attempted to re do dual or triple coils. The single cylinder styled ones are easiest. The Uwell Rafale VRBA is good for practice. If you can get that thing performing well, tearing down and rebuilding factory coils is much easier.
I’ve been trying to find something that’s most similar to the wicking they use in those factory coils. They’re thin strips of a pad like cotton. Some of the cotton facial tissues I’ve gotten are very close. The problem is I haven’t gotten any that haven’t been bleached. It’d be nice to have strips of that padding to just twirl around the coil. I’m not into boiling my wicking material but maybe some day. I’ve used some of it though and it works great except the flavor is nasty when vaped lol.
So I usually use regular cotton pads from my Puff (brand) stacks. I cut a strip off and use as much as needed. The cotton we use is loose compared to “the padding”.
exactly! I have been looking for the right cotton for years and the only stuff I have found that works (it’s the same stuff) is the cotton in theses kits that I reviewed in the video at the beginning of the thread. They have other kits with wider cotton for the mesh coils. You should check em out. I paid a total of 10 bucks if I remember correctly. That includes shipping and IMO it was worth 10 bucks just for the cotton.
Back in the day when I would rebuild the Nautilus coils, I would save the outer “skin” of the muji pads then cut them into strips and layer as many as needed around the coil. It was a lot easier then trying to get the loose stuff to align correctly. Of course I’m sure you’d need a lot more of it with todays coils
Really well actually. Better than the fluffy stuff that come undone and blocks all the airways (on the tiny Nautilus coils). Maybe cut the pad with the skin on to size then seperate by thickness needed? I could assume that the skin might hold it together enough to hold it’s shape. Might be worth a try.
I’ve tried it all. Probably not but I did try that lol. Like I said ealier, for the 10 bucks it costs to get the kit and have it shipped is worth the amount of cotton you get with a kit. IMO. It would be great if there was a way to get a hold of a big pack of it though.
@INOIROC Hey man, I can’t find that thread where we get more in-depth and I do believe you left a link to so cotton you found at @FastTech.com. Help. I got my check and the money I put aside for “hobby” is burning a hole in my pocket.
I’ve been reading Fasttech said it’s against PayPal rules to order e-cig related items. I ordered the day before I started seeing people talk about it. Not sure if they have other payment options or what we can and cannot buy using Paypal anymore. Let us know how it works out!