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MickiO · 08-07-2009, 02:33 AM

I use the spring out of an ink pen and it keeps the filler from shrinking down to begin with, and holds liquid better. I just stretched out the spring, cut it to size and twisted it counter-clockwise into the poly filling and press it into the cart, it also works if you just split the filler down the middle and then wrap it around the spring, (You can get 3 of them, out of one spring, once it's stretched out)

Briar · 08-07-2009, 02:39 AM

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Originally Posted by MickiO

I use the spring out of an ink pen and it keeps the filler from shrinking down to begin with, and holds liquid better. I just stretched out the spring, cut it to size and twisted it counter-clockwise into the poly filling and press it into the cart, it also works if you just split the filler down the middle and then wrap it around the spring, (You can get 3 of them, out of one spring, once it's stretched out)

Hmmmm... I might try that. Doesn't the spring heat up though? I am wondering if it can melt the plastic of the cart on the bottom. I've had a couple of carts start melting on me already - baaaaad smell.

Briar.

watertones · 08-07-2009, 03:26 PM

I don't use cart filler much anymore, but when I do (mostly in the car) I just give it a gentle blow once or twice and the juice from the bottom of the cart travels through to the wicking or the from filling. Try that before you start reinventing the wheel, it may be much easier.

MickiO · 08-12-2009, 05:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Briar

Hmmmm... I might try that. Doesn't the spring heat up though? I am wondering if it can melt the plastic of the cart on the bottom. I've had a couple of carts start melting on me already - baaaaad smell.

Briar.

No, the spring doesn't heat up. Never has, and I've been doing it for over 2 weeks now. Never had a problem. Works great

SquirrilahFish · 08-12-2009, 07:43 PM

ive noticed shacking and sometimes blowing helps alot when using the PTB mod, although it seems like i can never get all teh juice out of there bf i need to top off

Pekingduk · 09-10-2009, 07:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MickiO

I use the spring out of an ink pen and it keeps the filler from shrinking down to begin with, and holds liquid better. I just stretched out the spring, cut it to size and twisted it counter-clockwise into the poly filling and press it into the cart, it also works if you just split the filler down the middle and then wrap it around the spring, (You can get 3 of them, out of one spring, once it's stretched out)

Wow, that sounds like what the inside of a VK/KR808D-1 Cartomizer looks like when "looking down the barrel' without the caps on. A spring/coil shaped wire surrounded by batting.

lordmage · 09-11-2009, 05:10 AM

moved out of newbie section due to newest post

Total Inferno · 09-11-2009, 10:18 AM

Sometimes reinventing the wheel is fun. Think I will
try the spring method. Thanks for the idea.

siap · 09-16-2009, 03:48 AM

I usually use a toothpick, paperclip, bobbypin, whatever's handy, to pull it up a little whenever I refill.

~bruce~ · 09-21-2009, 02:01 AM

I normally just use that drying out of a cart and loss of vapor as a sort of barometer to my vaping....if I start refilling alot I know it might be time to put it down for a while. Otherwise I would chain vape all day long.

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MickiO Super Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Colorado Posts: 324 Tweet this post!	I use the spring out of an ink pen and it keeps the filler from shrinking down to begin with, and holds liquid better. I just stretched out the spring, cut it to size and twisted it counter-clockwise into the poly filling and press it into the cart, it also works if you just split the filler down the middle and then wrap it around the spring, (You can get 3 of them, out of one spring, once it's stretched out) Last edited by MickiO; 08-07-2009 at 02:34 AM. Reason: typo

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SquirrilahFish Super Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Honolulu Posts: 307	ive noticed shacking and sometimes blowing helps alot when using the PTB mod, although it seems like i can never get all teh juice out of there bf i need to top off __________________ see you down in arizona bay - MJK

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lordmage House cleaning Mod. Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Dundalk,Maryland, USA Posts: 2,584 Blog Entries: 2	moved out of newbie section due to newest post __________________ Regards, Mage What senses do we lack that we cannot see and cannot hear another world all around us? Bureaucracy destroys initiative. There is little that bureaucrats hate more than innovation, especially innovation that produces better results than the old routines. Do not be trapped by the need to achieve anything. This way, you achieve everything.

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siap Full Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: KY, USA Posts: 64	I usually use a toothpick, paperclip, bobbypin, whatever's handy, to pull it up a little whenever I refill. __________________

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08-07-2009, 03:26 PM	#23
watertones Full Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: St. Paul, MN USA Posts: 114	I don't use cart filler much anymore, but when I do (mostly in the car) I just give it a gentle blow once or twice and the juice from the bottom of the cart travels through to the wicking or the from filling. Try that before you start reinventing the wheel, it may be much easier.

09-11-2009, 10:18 AM	#28
Total Inferno Full Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Abilene Texas, USA Posts: 29	Sometimes reinventing the wheel is fun. Think I will try the spring method. Thanks for the idea.

09-21-2009, 02:01 AM	#30
~bruce~ Full Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Florida Posts: 41	I normally just use that drying out of a cart and loss of vapor as a sort of barometer to my vaping....if I start refilling alot I know it might be time to put it down for a while. Otherwise I would chain vape all day long.