Ok, just something I picked up and it's a real frustration-saver for me.
Remember those weird wire things for threading needles with? Well, I'm using the same concept to assist with threading wick through a coil. Cotton and even hemp I don't have much issue with, but the Tencel fiber is another story. Stuff is wiry and fuzzes out easy.
Here's what I do:
1. Take a length of a thin wire, I use 33 gauge, fold it in half.
2. Cut your piece of wick, then fold it and the wire across each other like this:
3. Grasp the point where the wick and wire meet and carefully hold it together while threading the ends of the wire through your coil.
4, Carefully and slowly pull the ends of the wire, threading the wick though the coil...if it feels tight, stop.
5. Slip the wire out of the loop of wick and you're good to go.
Remember those weird wire things for threading needles with? Well, I'm using the same concept to assist with threading wick through a coil. Cotton and even hemp I don't have much issue with, but the Tencel fiber is another story. Stuff is wiry and fuzzes out easy.
Here's what I do:
1. Take a length of a thin wire, I use 33 gauge, fold it in half.
2. Cut your piece of wick, then fold it and the wire across each other like this:
3. Grasp the point where the wick and wire meet and carefully hold it together while threading the ends of the wire through your coil.
4, Carefully and slowly pull the ends of the wire, threading the wick though the coil...if it feels tight, stop.
5. Slip the wire out of the loop of wick and you're good to go.