Hi guys,
Just a question about the spirit burner wicks. I bought a spirit burner from a jewellery supply store about a year ago and it came with a wick. I have had trouble with this particular wick, i.e. doesn't want to light up and when it does eventually burns off the cotton real quick and in turn I have to adjust the length of the wick to get enough flame to finish off dopping. I do let the wick soak up first, its certainly not dry. I also cut off the burnt end and try again, but to no avail.
Question: Can anybody please let me know where I can buy a longer lasting wick? Who supplies them?
I have a small amount of wick left thats in my old bottle of about 25 years ago and that works a treat. Not much left of it though. It is of a tight weave make and not such a loose weave as the one supplied with the new burner. I heard that this old wick may have some glass fibre weaved in it. It sure lasts a long time. Id like to buy this type of wick.
Thank You
Paul
0418 184 555
paulchristou@bigpond.com
Gooday Paul, John Broadfoot and I did a faceting course at Emerald a few weeks ago with 10 students and we had the same problem with two new metho burners. The wicks burnt away by the second day. One of the students had an old burner and it lasted the whole week thank goodness. You could contact Gem Hunters Haven at Glen Innes 0488181758 they did sell them. Also Gem Cuts at Ballina 1800112247.
Try Old English window sash cord?
Anonymous wrote: Try Old English window sash cord?
Anonymous wrote: Gooday Paul, John Broadfoot and I did a faceting course at Emerald a few weeks ago with 10 students and we had the same problem with two new metho burners. The wicks burnt away by the second day. One of the students had an old burner and it lasted the whole week thank goodness. You could contact Gem Hunters Haven at Glen Innes 0488181758 they did sell them. Also Gem Cuts at Ballina 1800112247.
Paul I went to Spot light last week and found a few different size and types of cord in the blind section and in the ribbon section. Some is bought by the metre and others are made up in packets. I got a couple of different types. The black blind cord has a white center 5 metres for $5.00. 5mm thick. The black part is mostly polyester and leaves a plastic type cover over the wick.
The white cord from the ribbon section seemed to be the best and burnt similar to the old wicks we used to get in the olden days. this one you get by the metre. 4.8mm $2.27 per metre.
Bob Boddington
0427463012
Bought some "cotton piping cord" from Spotlight yesterday size 3 to use in my burner $1.25 /m about 6mm diameter. Works a treat.
Thank you to all who replied to my request about the spirit burner wick. After talking with Robert Boddington today, he encouraged me to send a post to the forum regarding my trials with the spirit burner wicks.
Well, having tried all types of wicks I could lay my hands on and to no avail, I realised that my original burner I bought 30 odd years ago didn't come with such a long neck holding the wick. My original bottle had the screw down top with just a hole in it to pass the wick through. With this in mind, I cut down this long neck to about half its length, which in turn, would allow the "metho" less distance to travel upwards during the burning period. To help this further, I also inverted the bottle upside-down to allow the "metho" to drip through and thoroughly wet the wick. After wiping the excess "metho" from around the bottle, all the wicks I tried, burned as should.
Just make sure that the wick end is trimmed of all black burnt ends, open up the fibres a little and that it is fully soaked with metho.
Glad I could be of some help
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