How to Sew Fire Wicks

This Dark Monk instructional video, teaches the techniques and pholosophies used by Dark Monk to sew wicks. These are shown on a fire eating torch, but the same methods can be used on fire fans, staves, or any fire wicked prop.
If you are interested in our wick repair kits or want to purchase Kevlar for repairing you wicks, you can find them all at www.dark-monk.com
If you have questions or suggestions about this video or other videos we can do to help, please either leave them in the comments below or send us an email at [e-mail]

[@christophergraichen3786]

I am the wick repairman for my club and this video hands down has been my go-to for at first, learning the basics, then quick refreshers, and no just the emphasis that I still do it correctly. Great video, great people, great company

[@xursed7990]

This guys the real Chad.
I love dark monk products and it's really cool to see you doing tutorial videos.

[@ameliaaglow]

Thank you, Chad! After years of outsourcing, This video and your kit have me feeling confident enough to tackle my hoop wicks myself.

[@baromeo512]

Love it Chad!!!

[@estherloveschickens9075]

This really was helpful I can't see quite what's going on in the other videos thank you.

[@SiobhanFirefly]

Thank you for this video

[@jeromefourie8023]

nice one

[@user-qs4zn9zm2q]

Hi how to order kevlar tapes

[@i_am_kanani]

what thickness of thread do you use?

[@chadbennett]

I prefer about a TEX 120 thread size.

[@aerialbrina]

how long is the kevlar?

[@chadbennett]

We (Dark Monk) use 11" of 1/16" thick 1.5" wide wicking for our eating torches.

[@DazzleLoo]

What kind of needle point do you use? Like ballpoint, sharp, triangle point???

[@DarkMonk]

Hey DazzleLoo. I don't think it matters much what the point of the needle is. The type of yarn used on flat Kevlar wicking, is a loose weave, so that you aren't having to poke through a tightly woven product like denim. There are a lot of layers and that can compress around the needle though, causing it to be tough to push through (not a tip issue but just all the material layers around the needle). So I would recommend a high quality steel in the needle, so that you don't break the needle while pushing through. Those types of needles are def more expensive than normal needles and are surgical or spring steel.
Here is our wick repair kit if that helps -> dark-monk.com/Equipment/Wick-Repair-Kit

[@DazzleLoo]

Thank you for your response. The reason I ask is because ballpoint, which is normally for knits in sewing, moves the knits aside for the needle. While sharps can cut the knit, causing an enlarged hole. I ask because bigger the hole I was thinking more room for oxygen to burn my threads. What needle size do you use? I wanna try and keep my needle as small as I could.

[@chadbennett]

@@DazzleLoo I think a ballpoint might be slightly better, but for how loose most kevlar wicking is, I don't think it really matters. You don't really make a hole with a loose weave like this.
Reducing the heat absorption is key to not having your thread burn through. The best way to prevent that is to have as small as possible stitches showing on the top layer. It isn't really the oxygen, but more just the overall heat at the outer layer that will cause the damage. If the thread is loosely stitched with a large exposed stitch, that will cause the thread to fail. I hope that helps.