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Post: #1 How to upgrade a Vision Ego Rebuildable OR Vivi Nova with cotton wool pads





In my opinion this is a big upgrade in the performance of the standard Vision Ego Replaceable and definitely improves the Vivi Nova - but not to the same extent.



Far more vapour, Better flavour, No wicking problems, Cheaper - In less than 5 minutes, you can rinse out the atomiser head then dry burn the coil and re-wick again effectively giving you a new atomiser head again and again.



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You'll need some cotton pads (I've only tried the ASDA ones)





Split the cotton pad down the middle - (Usually you'll get about a third of the thickness coming off on one hand leaving you a fatter and a thinner half) discard the thinner one.





Turn the pad over and pat the fluffy side down.





These pads are oval shaped. Using a pair of scissors, cut across the shortest diameter of the oval against the grain (you'll see a sort of grain that runs along the longest diameter)





Cut a strip from the pad approximately 4mm wide for atomiser heads that were bought with the short wicks or 2 - 3 mm wide for atomiser heads that came with the long wicks (the coils are different diameters)





Taper one end by cutting a wedge of with the scissors - pull off a wee bit off fluff off the tapered end if necessary to make it nice and thin.





Twist the whole strip, start at the tapered end and work your way along by gripping with the left hand and twisting with the right.







Snip off any strands at the end of the tapered end to make it easier to insert.





After you've washed your atomiser head (if its been used) gently pull out your old fibre glass wick, if it doesn't want to budge then try pulling out one strand at a time. If it still doesn't want to budge and its welded onto the coil the then dry burn it until you can pull it off.



Dry burn the empty coil at 3.2 volts until you get a clean glowing red coil with no smoke.







Push the wick through the coil. grab the end that emerges with your left hand and TWIST (not pull) the rest of it through keeping the whole wick quite tight by using both hands as you go.



If its really hard work to twist it through the coil then the wick is far too fat and the force could break the coil - Go back and make a thinner wick.



Once you have the wick inserted fully, make sure that the part of the wick that touches the coil is relatively loose (just gently touching the coil) you should be able to pull the wick from side to side inside the coil and feel little resistance. It doesn't matter if the rest of the wick is fatter, just make sure that the part that's inside the coil is not too compressed. The reason for this is that cotton wool expands massively as soon as it's wet so the wick will be sitting nicely against the coil as soon as you prime it.



If the wick is too fat and compressed tightly inside the coil it won't wick as effectively and you'll get less vapour maybe a burnt taste. If the wick is too thin and sitting like a sausage in the Albert Hall you may get over wicking and need to keep blowing the clearomiser out. These are extremes and hardly ever happen - most of the time as long as you make sure that the wick is sitting quite nicely, it'll work just beautifully.



If you do need to make the coil touching part of the wick thinner, just pull out a few strands of cotton. you can do this while the wick is inserted, just twist the wick slightly out, thin out about 7mm of wick, then twist that part back in between the coil.





Trim the wicks to your preferred size - (I trim so they sit just above the screw thread on a Vision)





Prime the coil with 3 or 4 drops of the liquid you intend to use and also prime the top of the wicks







Pop the cap on, screw on the tube and you're ready to go







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Zorbz Hi - I thought I'd share this cotton wick method here because I've had so much success with it over the last 4 weeks or so.In mythis is a big upgrade in the performance of the standard Vision Ego Replaceable and definitely improves the Vivi Nova - but not to the same extent.Far more vapour, Better flavour, No wicking problems, Cheaper - In less than 5 minutes, you can rinse out the atomiser head then dry burn the coil and re-wick again effectively giving you a new atomiser head again and again.-------------You'll need some cotton pads (I've only tried the ASDA ones)Split the cotton pad down the middle - (Usually you'll get about a third of the thickness coming off on one hand leaving you a fatter and a thinner half) discard the thinner one.Turn the pad over and pat the fluffy side down.These pads are oval shaped. Using a pair of scissors, cut across the shortest diameter of the oval against the grain (you'll see a sort of grain that runs along the longest diameter)Cut a strip from the pad approximately 4mm wide for atomiser heads that were bought with the short wicks or 2 - 3 mm wide for atomiser heads that came with the long wicks (the coils are different diameters)Taper one end by cutting a wedge of with the scissors - pull off a wee bit off fluff off the tapered end if necessary to make it nice and thin.Twist the whole strip, start at the tapered end and work your way along by gripping with the left hand and twisting with the right.Snip off any strands at the end of the tapered end to make it easier to insert.After you've washed your atomiser head (if its been used) gently pull out your old fibre glass wick, if it doesn't want to budge then try pulling out one strand at a time. If it still doesn't want to budge and its welded onto the coil the then dry burn it until you can pull it off.Dry burn the empty coil at 3.2 volts until you get a clean glowing red coil with no smoke.Push the wick through the coil. grab the end that emerges with your left hand and TWIST (not pull) the rest of it through keeping the whole wick quite tight by using both hands as you go.If its really hard work to twist it through the coil then the wick is far too fat and the force could break the coil - Go back and make a thinner wick.Once you have the wick inserted fully, make sure that the part of the wick that touches the coil is relatively loose (just gently touching the coil) you should be able to pull the wick from side to side inside the coil and feel little resistance. It doesn't matter if the rest of the wick is fatter, just make sure that the part that's inside the coil is not too compressed. The reason for this is that cotton wool expands massively as soon as it's wet so the wick will be sitting nicely against the coil as soon as you prime it.If the wick is too fat and compressed tightly inside the coil it won't wick as effectively and you'll get less vapour maybe a burnt taste. If the wick is too thin and sitting like a sausage in the Albert Hall you may get over wicking and need to keep blowing the clearomiser out. These are extremes and hardly ever happen - most of the time as long as you make sure that the wick is sitting quite nicely, it'll work just beautifully.If you do need to make the coil touching part of the wick thinner, just pull out a few strands of cotton. you can do this while the wick is inserted, just twist the wick slightly out, thin out about 7mm of wick, then twist that part back in between the coil.Trim the wicks to your preferred size - (I trim so they sit just above the screw thread on a Vision)Prime the coil with 3 or 4 drops of the liquid you intend to use and also prime the top of the wicksPop the cap on, screw on the tube and you're ready to go--Zorbz