For the last few days I have posted some photos of stoves and I have received a few messages from this forum as to where I got my wicks.... Well I make them so I'm not sure if anyone is interested but here is how I make them. You need sandwich ties...fine tip pliers and the wick. The stove here is a radius 42 with a soldered in burner... Strip the wire...and wrap around the end of the wick... You'll trim off the unraveling parts later... Measure off how much wick you need... Wrap around the burner and twist the leads together... trimming off the excess wire If you have a removable burner you can make a donut with a 3rd wire...so it looks even cleaner
Really effective The first time I tried was with stainless wire but it was so hard it was nearly impossible to form Alec.
@Sellig33 You are correct...its 1/4" kevlar rope with fiberglass core. K1 Braided KEVLAR Rope Wick – Fire Mecca @Rangie I thought the same way that I would need a really strong wire, but in the end the wick doesnt even get scorched underneath and the wire never glows so its strong enough with twist ties @Blackdog Yeah in this use its what I like to use. I can cut carbon felt disks but I would have to make the hole big enough to either fit over the spindle or cut a split in it to go around it. If I have the burner out like I am re-wicking the stove then this is easy, but rare I do that. The rope is heavier so I dont tend to lose it in the wind like I have done with felt.
@Remus1956 , Kevlar rope is very useful for wicks or as preheater in a spirit cup. Especially when the spirit cup has pin holes. Gilles
The rope certainly looks neat when it it tucked in place! In some ways I prefer the looks of carbon felt... on the other hand that kevlar looks closer to the asbestos string sometimes added as a modification 'back in the day'.
There are probably 1000 ways to do this. I make mine with woodstove door gasket material (which is probably very similar to "1/4" kevlar rope with fiberglass core". I got a small coil of thin stainless-steel wire from Harbor Freight, and skewar the (cut-to-length) gasket lengthwise. Then I wind the wire emerging from each end a few times around the cut ends of the gasket rope. This way, the completed wick will hold its shape without fastening the ends together and so can be more easily removed from the burner if desired. ....Arch
I placed an order and got two feet of aramid/kevlar and 5 feet of Kevlar/fiberglass. Tried the aramid first and I am pleased, thanks for sharing the link