What do you light with?

[churnbabychurn]

I use "plumbers lamp wick". You can get it in most local hardware stores (lowes and Home Depot don't have it). I put it in the brass tube and use extra virgin olive oil bought at a grocery (not the cloudy cheap stuff sold in judaica stores)
Beautiful flame every time

What is it made out of?

[Eliyohu]

Just make sure not to put water on the bottom since they suck up the oil from the bottom like a straw. If you don't want to full the cup just fill it up halfway without water. Most people who I've spoken to who these didn't work for it was because they put water on the bottom.

Some people specifically put water on the bottom to symbolize klal yisroel floats on top and doesn't mix with the umos

[aygart]

Some people specifically put water on the bottom to symbolize klal yisroel floats on top and doesn't mix with the umos

fine but don't do that with these since it sucks from the bottom and water doesn't burn

[ushdadude]

What is it made out of?

Cotton

[churnbabychurn]

Cotton

Cool. I'm in. link to buy?
Google is giving me a list of plumbers


Eta looking at your pic again, how woven are these? Is it really multiple wicks?


Eta again, now I see a post upthread from CBC explaining why maybe cotton WOOL is mehudar...

[skyguy918]

Cool. I'm in. link to buy?
Google is giving me a list of plumbers


Eta looking at your pic again, how woven are these? Is it really multiple wicks?


Eta again, now I see a post upthread from CBC explaining why maybe cotton WOOL is mehudar...

I was thinking about this again. Ner mitzvah has 2 types of cotton wicks: regular (the red box in the link) and multi-ply (the green box in the link). I've used both extensively, and found a much better flame from the multi-ply. So it's hard to taina that you need davka the kind in the red box because it makes a better flame. I don't know whether tzemer gefen would halachically exclude multi-ply, but worse flame can't be the reason.

[yitzgar]

+1
I make sure that the wick that goes into the tube doesn't stick out more than about an 1/8 - 3/16 of an inch. Less makes a tiny flame, more makes this shriveled up thingy in the flame.

I started burning the top of the wick first, and it helped a lot for the shriveled ash in the flame

[chinagel]

i use a mop head they make great wicks

[churnbabychurn]

i use a mop head they make great wicks

Huh? A new one I suppose? Which brand?

[chinagel]

Huh? A new one I suppose? Which brand?

a new one? yes. any brand as long as its cotton

[ushdadude]

Cool. I'm in. link to buy?
Google is giving me a list of plumbers


Eta looking at your pic again, how woven are these? Is it really multiple wicks?


Eta again, now I see a post upthread from CBC explaining why maybe cotton WOOL is mehudar...

I bought 2 rolls several years ago in a plumbing store near ytv. They pay a long time. It is the same exact wicks r Belsky ztzal used

[username]

Some people specifically put water on the bottom to symbolize klal yisroel floats on top and doesn't mix with the umos

Source?

[good sam]

Source?

Saw this in Piskei Tshuvis. A little different than Eliyohu was saying.

[username]

TY!