What would be a substitute Material for kelvar.

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Permalink Reply by Pierre on March 12, 2009 at 7:03pm

i havent tried it but ive heard that fiberglass rope works as a cheap good material.

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Permalink Reply by Mr Joe on March 14, 2009 at 7:37pm

Fibreglass deteriorates reeeeeally quickly in my experience, and doesn't hold much fuel. Sorry to say that kevlar wick really is the only way to make anything that's going to last and produce a decent flame every time, it's not so expensive when you think about it, you don't need much! :)

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Permalink Reply by WizzYo on April 1, 2009 at 7:42am

Yea, you are best off just saving up for a kevlar set. If you take care of it they last forever and are way cheaper in the long run because almost anything else burns up very quickly

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Permalink Reply by Salyc on April 8, 2009 at 10:15pm

Dyami Kaplan said:

the legend i heard is that before kevlar and even still in some corners of Thailand, spinners use cotton. It doesn't last for very many burns but it works.

Problem with cotton wicks is that you can end up with particle spray. Unless you have a super good spin zone you could really hurt someone. Hmmm law suit vs. price of Kevlar…
KEVLAR Please J

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Permalink Reply by Helen on April 9, 2009 at 6:23pm

you can order yards of kevlar from homeofpoi.com for cheap and make your own set of poi heads. it is very inexpensive! I would highly suggest doing this, it has saved me money and actually made me money as well because my bf and I started making them and selling them for cheap.

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Permalink Reply by Nick Nomad on April 9, 2009 at 7:55pm

Salyc is absolutely right. Cotton is a very dangerous material, especially if equipment is constructed at home. PLEASE DO NOT USE IT.

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Permalink Reply by Fujizzle on April 14, 2009 at 9:20pm

i found a fire store that actually sell kevlar 2 towns far.
thanks ya'll

Salyc said:

Dyami Kaplan said:

the legend i heard is that before kevlar and even still in some corners of Thailand, spinners use cotton. It doesn't last for very many burns but it works.

Problem with cotton wicks is that you can end up with particle spray. Unless you have a super good spin zone you could really hurt someone. Hmmm law suit vs. price of Kevlar…
KEVLAR Please J

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Permalink Reply by Fujizzle on April 14, 2009 at 9:21pm

and helen thank you i think i gonna do that.

Helen said:

you can order yards of kevlar from homeofpoi.com for cheap and make your own set of poi heads. it is very inexpensive! I would highly suggest doing this, it has saved me money and actually made me money as well because my bf and I started making them and selling them for cheap.

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Permalink Reply by Helen on April 19, 2009 at 9:01am

no problem! I'm glad I could help out :)

Fujizzle said:

and helen thank you i think i gonna do that.

Helen said:

you can order yards of kevlar from homeofpoi.com for cheap and make your own set of poi heads. it is very inexpensive! I would highly suggest doing this, it has saved me money and actually made me money as well because my bf and I started making them and selling them for cheap.

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Permalink Reply by Rabbit on June 1, 2009 at 5:00am

Hey there...I was looking for people in OC (it looks like you're the closest) and read this thread. I'd like to add that if you are looking at making your own set of heads that there are differences in rope wick, it's worth spending a little more to get something that will last longer.

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Permalink Reply by Fire Mecca on June 3, 2009 at 7:59pm

Normally, places in the States have it at a better price, and there are plenty of places to look. Home of Poi gets their wick material from the USA, still, probably.

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Permalink Reply by jumblymamba on June 26, 2009 at 9:31am

Yeah it's expensive and made in an intense chemical orocess-some extract of crude oil is boiled under pressure in sulfuric for hours or something like that,then we pour on more oil products and burn ..it's ironic that most of the fire people I meet are pretty swiched on to enviromental concerns but life is full of irony ..and I haven't found anything better to use as wick

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