Can I use these?

[johntheawe]

http://www.cvs.com/shop/beauty/beau...lar-size-cotton-balls-100-cotton-skuid-213546

I just bought those cotton balls. I was wondering if I can use them or if I have to boil them first.

 

[Pancho_Brown]

Those need to be boiled unfortunately.

 

[BrattVapes]

Before someone with a higher knowledge level on this than myself can comment here...

When I started vaping I was buying this premium organic never treated cotton. I was uneducated, I was novice, and impressionable. I didn't know people boiled cotton... The cotton I was buying - which I no longer do - needed to be boiled even though it was never bleached. Organic as it was called. I've since started going to a beauty shop and buying their organic cotton balls a bag like that but organic and I still boil them. I'm going to assume that with proper boiling you could use these with no issues, in fact I have a friend who was using those balls without boiling for a considerable time before I found out... He said they worked just fine, I tasted the cotton with it however,.. But maybe that was just because they were u boiled.

I would say boil them down if you intend to use these.. Wow I didn't help. Lol.


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[UncleRJ]

I had purchased a bag of the CVS organic cotton myself.

When I called the 800 number in the small print of the bag, I was told there could be traces of Hydrogen Peroxide left in the cotton.

Best boil.

 

[johntheawe]

Yeah, it actually does smell as if there was HP in the cotton, good thing I asked. It's better than un-usable. I'm glad I can boil it. Could someone point me to a tutorial and/or video to help me boil the cotton?

 

[UncleRJ]

The best way to boil it is to get a jug of distilled water.

Fill a clean pot, bring the water to a boil and gently drop the cotton balls in it.

Let them boil a few minutes, the remove with a slotted spoon and gently deposite on a paper towl.

I suggest drying them in a toaster oven at about 120 deg F.

If you do that or air dry without deforming the "Balls" when they are dry, they retain most of their natural shape and can be easily unrolled to form wicks.

 

[johntheawe]

The best way to boil it is to get a jug of distilled water.

Fill a clean pot, bring the water to a boil and gently drop the cotton balls in it.

Let them boil a few minutes, the remove with a slotted spoon and gently deposite on a paper towl.

I suggest drying them in a toaster oven at about 120 deg F.

If you do that or air dry without deforming the "Balls" when they are dry, they retain most of their natural shape and can be easily unrolled to form wicks.

Awesome, thank you. I'm about to do that. So, could I use purified water instead? I'm not even thinking about tap water, but would it be fine to use some purified water? Also, would it matter if I just put them in a regular oven at like 100 deg F for like 4 minutes?

 

[UncleRJ]

You can use purified water.

Sure, you could put them in a regular oven if yours can be set as low as 100 deg F.

But its gonna take more than 4 minutes to dry a completely soaked ball of cotton.

The last time I dried cotton balls, I think it took over an hour at 120 deg F in my toaster oven.

 

[NitroBex]

The best way to boil it is to get a jug of distilled water.

Fill a clean pot, bring the water to a boil and gently drop the cotton balls in it.

Let them boil a few minutes, the remove with a slotted spoon and gently deposite on a paper towl.

I suggest drying them in a toaster oven at about 120 deg F.

If you do that or air dry without deforming the "Balls" when they are dry, they retain most of their natural shape and can be easily unrolled to form wicks.

I differ a little from this tactic when when I do boil cotton. Often times the contaminates in the cotton pool at the top of the water so pulling the cotton balls through that just recontaminates them... It is best to skim off the top of the water and then spoon them out. I also recommend drying between 2 layers of paper towels. With out pressing air drying. As far as the water, distilled is the best the whole idea is to remove as many contaminants as possible, purified water can still have minerals and such in it ...

Distilled water — Distilled water is a type of purified water. It’s water that has gone through a rigorous filtration process to strip it not only of contaminants, but any natural minerals as well. This water is best for use in small appliances — like hot water urns, or steam irons, because if you use it, you won’t have that mineral buildup that you often get when you use tap water. Though it may seem counterintuitive, this wateris not necessarily the best for human consumption, since all of the water’s natural, and often beneficial, minerals are absent.

Purified water — Purified water is water that comes from any source, but has been purified to remove any chemicals or contaminants. Types of purification include distillation, deionization, reverse osmosis, and carbon filtration. Like distilled water, it has its advantages and disadvantages, the advantages being that potentially harmful chemicals may be taken out and the disadvantage being that beneficial minerals may be taken out as well.

Read more: http://www.mnn.com/your-home/at-hom...water-spring-water-and-purified#ixzz3efkS6RBZ

 

[johntheawe]

I'm just going to air dry them, I hate that they are small, but yeah I'm going to do the skimming method thing.

 

[johntheawe]

I'm just going to air dry them, I hate that they are small, but yeah I'm going to do the skimming method thing.

Changed my mind, 200 deg F in normal oven for around 20 min then bringing down to 160 until dry