Well Bob's stuff got here
Many thanks to
@BobsHere Your thoughtfulness and generosity are greatly appreciated no matter how this turns out.
I got a piece of the SS mesh cut down and did the CB/Rayon wicking, I think pretty close to what you said above.
This is by far the best result I've gotten with mesh in this rda. No burning at 50 watts even after my regular length pulls. That alone calls for a parade.
That said, it's a royal pain to set this up, still absorbs liquid like death valley in July, and unless I can run it quite a bit warmer and rayon takes some time to break in, I doubt I'll do it again.
In other words, at 50 watts ,the vape I'm getting is still way too tame and cool for me and the flavor decent, but not great, which is why my thought about rayon maybe requiring some break in time.
In other other words, in terms of what I look for in a vape experience, it's still pretty far away and I honestly can't see myself putting in this much effort and spending this much juice to not really get what I want.
Maybe it actually will allow me to run it a lot hotter this way. If so that may be a different story.
In any case, the rayon and SS mesh will always remain greatly appreciated.