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People with shorting issues - Oxidize your wicks.
One thing a lot of people seem to have trouble differentiating is the concept of "oxidizing" the wick and "carbonizing" the wick.

Basically what we are trying to do is to oxidize the wick so that the surface of the wick becomes electrically non-conductive so as to prevent a short when wrapping a coil around the wick. So with that in mind here's the difference between the 2 processes :

1) Oxidizing ...