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Need a Water Insoluble Wick for Herbal Mosquito Repellent

09/29/2010 2:35 AM

I have developed a herbal mosquito repellent and i need a water insoluble wick to inseminate the liquid and diffuse it in the atmosphere to drive the mosquito away. please guide me the material to be used for making the wick that is water insoluble and has got good porosity. please help me

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09/29/2010 2:38 AM

Just about any natural fibre.
Cotton, wool, hamp, jute, linen etc
Plants and animals don't generally dissolve in the rain which is a reasonable indicator that their products won't either.
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09/29/2010 2:49 AM

Those natural fibers wont be able to inseminate the liquid through the wick when heat is applied to them.

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09/29/2010 3:27 AM

That's odd as they've worked for centuries in oil lamps and candles
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09/29/2010 3:40 AM

I am not going to ignite it. It will receive heat through the vaporizing machine. So they might get shrink when they receive the heat. moreover i have not provided any source for ignition.

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09/29/2010 3:50 AM

Capillary action doesn't rely on heat.
When I was a kid my Mum used to have these air fresheners called Airwick, it was a BIG FAT fibreous wick on a wire frame imersed in a bottle of stuff, you took the lid off and pulled the wire frame/wick assembly up, it was a tightish fit in the neck of the bottle so it wiped off surplus liquid as it was raised. It provided a large surface area and probably drew up further liquid by capillary action.
I think you need to do some practical experiments, I also think you are confusing the vapouristion effect of heat and the effect of capillary action.
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09/29/2010 4:06 AM

thank you . i will try this out.

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09/29/2010 2:40 PM

Del <swishes tail and dissapears monitor left>

Aren't you somthin'!

Oh, and is "dissapears" an English spelling?

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09/29/2010 5:01 PM

<puts paws on hips and sighs>
It's a cat spelling ok? Everybody knows that.
Doubble s insteadd of a doubble p You wanna make sommptin' of it eh?
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09/29/2010 5:58 PM

No, no. Don't get your fur ruffled.

Who cares about killing insects anyway?

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09/29/2010 9:03 AM

Take a look at polypropylene mesh. It's used to make filters for many chemical processes.

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09/29/2010 11:12 AM

Seems like a strip of plain old kitchen sponge would work. The kind you use to wash dishes.

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10/03/2010 5:48 AM

Cotton is insoluble in water and is used for candle wicking. Welting is made in a thicker cord. Thread, string, twine, or rope, all are obtainable in cotton and are capable of wicking and insoluble in water and most solvents.

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