ok guys I have to thank you all because this filtering technique COMPLETELY eliminated my unbearable coughing with vaporizng over time!!!!!!!!!
i was about to switch back to smoking.... but now, it's a pleasure again.
Thank you Alan for the hemp fibers tip!!
I long believed it was the the heat orthe dryness causing irritation, but then you came up with your theory about the big oil particles.. You NAILED it imo!!! How did you find THAT out!? you're the best
You are welcome decaptain. I was so excited to see how well the filter works.
I was trying to figure out why the Sublimator was delivering such smooth hits. The oil it produces was a clue. That oil had to be coming from somewhere. Larger particles of oil in the vapor will have more energy and be thrown to the side of the tube with the swirl of air in the chamber. The atomizer acts as a condenser to trap the oil. As the inner surface gets covered with oil, it can more easily attract oil because it sticky/oily. The reddish color of the oil indicates that it was condensed at a high temperature.
A fiber filter seems to work well on a cigarette and I have been roasting dirty cotton swabs for a while so why not give it a try. The oil condenses as a honey brown color in the hemp fibers indicating a bit lower temperature. The filter starts grabbing more oil the more saturated it gets. There is much more sticky surface area on which the vapor can condense. It works even better with the Vapor Lung, as the lower pressure allows the oil to boil at a lower temperature and more smaller particles are formed.
The theory also fits why water filtration makes the vapor somewhat smoother. The larger particles get stuck in the water but allow the smaller ones through. Warm / hot water should remove more of the large oil particles and give a smoother hit because the oil is less viscous at higher temperatures which makes it sticker. I find the most comfort when the oil is about the same temperature as your lungs when it reaches them.
I don't really have any more fear of inhaling the fibers than I do with any of my clothes, towels, bedding, respirator, etc. The hemp fibers don't seem to break down very much even after roasting. I always use a hemp filter when I am roasting the hemp/cotton. After a few draws of vapor the fiber starts to get sticky and captures any loose fibers. Almost like a spider web.
Cotton balls at the store sell for around $0.10 a gram when you buy 100 of them. That works out to $100 for 1 kg. The hemp fiber is $0.034 per gram. It just depends upon how much hemp fiber you plan on using.
I can include some with an order if anyone want to try the hemp fiber. I do have plenty.
