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What Wick Should I Use? Let's Find Out!


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Has anyone tried wool as a wick? It will take twice the heat as cotton, but if it does burn it would probably taste like burnt hair. Supposedly they both have the same rate of absorbency. 

 

I know it sounds like a dumb question but I'm curious.

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I have not tried wool.  I have tried everything else...I think.  I currently can't make my mind up what is better, Japanese cotton, or Rayon.  The Rayon seems to have less taste, but Japanese cotton seems to wick slightly better.

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I'll still be adding the Rayon to my tests. I just got busy then, life happened and lost track of what I was doing here.  Now that I'll be doing it in video I have a new direction to work on. I still need to do the weights as well. Since I'll be starting from scratch again for the videos, I can add them in. I'm going to do the two I have now first.

 

Not sure about the wool, it may make my lungs itchy. :D

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I used to work with Kevlar and it wicks about the same as silica, but now I know why we cut it with a laser, a scissors will not cut it. other than that it was ok.

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