Does Anyone Else Hate The Taste Of New Cotton?

[WillieB69]

I have tried all sorts of different cotton. Japanese organic cotton, Cotton Bacon V2.0, the cotton balls they stick in with your new tank or atomizer, etc..... But for the first several drags they all taste like I'm sucking my liquid through freshly washed bed linen. I saturate well before I seal up my decks and assemble my tanks but this taste pervades. I've even pulled tanks apart again right after filling them because I was thinking I'm getting dry hits but the cotton will still be good and saturated. This taste lasts for several good draws and sometimes doesn't go completely away for a couple of hours. Eventually it settles down and I start tasting my juice in full effect but the first several draws almost make me gag from the taste of cotton.

Let the record show I have experienced this on Kanger Subtank Minis, my Smok TFV4 Mini and a couple of clone tanks I picked up. That being said, I don't think it has anything to do with any particular tank either.

If there is one think truly dampening my vaping experience right now, it's that fresh cotton taste. Is there some way to get rid of this??

 

[Foggy Road]

I guess this is one of those subjective kinda things. I've gotten to the point where I don't even notice the new cotton taste anymore.. But then I've got the kinda taste buds that think Hershey bars with mustard is a delicious treat.

Maybe try Rayon??

 

[WillieB69]

But then I've got the kinda taste buds that think Hershey bars with mustard is a delicious treat.

Do you even chocolate, bro?

Maybe try Rayon??

Pantyhose?

 

[Caterpiller]

I used to feel the same as the OP and really notice the new cotton taste, but I've not noticed it recently.

I don't know if I've got better at wicking or my taste buds have just become oblivious to the cotton.

I also take my KGD out of the plastic bag it comes in, and leave a few sheets to air in my vape box. Again not sure if this really helps or has just become a ritual.

 

[WillieB69]

I also take my KGD out of the plastic bag it comes in, and leave a few sheets to air in my vape box. Again not sure if this really helps or has just become a ritual.

Might be something worth trying. Maybe get something I can put the cotton in with a little container of liquid to sort of let it absorb the taste through evaporation.

 

[Foggy Road]

I also take my KGD out of the plastic bag it comes in, and leave a few sheets to air in my vape box. Again not sure if this really helps or has just become a ritual.

There may be something to this. I do keep all my cotton in the baggies but they're not air tight and have been kept in my VERY delicious smelling vape kit (tool box) for months now.

 

[aceman3330]

This may seems like a silly suggestion, or even an insult, but it's not. Right before I build I wash my hands thoroughly then again right before wicking and again before filling ghe liquid and again when it's all said and done.
I also puff a few short drags and blow out without inhaling in the beginning.
Oh, and if I find some cotton taste too horrible, I quit using it and switch to other brand.


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[Rule62]

I don't use tanks. I'm a squonker, using bottom feed atomizers only. But one thing I do is this. When I rewick, I give a couple squonks, in order to fully saturate the wick; and then I'll let it sit for several minutes, before hitting the power and taking my first drag. The only time I've ever gotten a noticeable cotton taste is when I've vaped a new wick too soon. If I let the atty sit, for even 1/2 hour, I never get any hint of cotton. I usually use either KGD or Cotton Bacon.

 

[Skitterpop]

Is there some way to get rid of this??

I had the same problem and went through several different types of cotton. Tried rayon and have never wanted to use anything else since. A 500 foot box from sally's and I have a life time supply for myself and my son.

 

[WillieB69]

That's two suggestions for rayon now. Isn't rayon part polyester or something? Won't that melt? Has me curious what y'all are using.

 

[Rule62]

Have you ever rewicked an atty right before bed, woke up in the morning and taken that first vape, and it's perfect?
It's because the cotton has had several hours to become fully and completely saturated.

 

[sofarsogood]

I have tried all sorts of different cotton. Japanese organic cotton, Cotton Bacon V2.0, the cotton balls they stick in with your new tank or atomizer, etc..... But for the first several drags they all taste like I'm sucking my liquid through freshly washed bed linen. I saturate well before I seal up my decks and assemble my tanks but this taste pervades. I've even pulled tanks apart again right after filling them because I was thinking I'm getting dry hits but the cotton will still be good and saturated. This taste lasts for several good draws and sometimes doesn't go completely away for a couple of hours. Eventually it settles down and I start tasting my juice in full effect but the first several draws almost make me gag from the taste of cotton.

Let the record show I have experienced this on Kanger Subtank Minis, my Smok TFV4 Mini and a couple of clone tanks I picked up. That being said, I don't think it has anything to do with any particular tank either.

If there is one think truly dampening my vaping experience right now, it's that fresh cotton taste. Is there some way to get rid of this??

What I care about most is a nice throat hit. For me that experience is at it's best with new wick and wire. To keep things fresh I rewick every 3-5 days and make a new coil every 1--2 weeks. I use Japanese organic cotton and it's fine.

 

[Alter]

What I have found especially with rayon is that the breakin taste directly relates to how tight the rayon is in the coil. When I first started using rayon, and packed the coil tight I had a severe breakin taste that usually lasted for the first tank, now with experience along with a slightly looser wicking, I can wick my rayon subtank/TFV4 and have no taste what so ever. I did have a brief encounter with cotton eons ago as wicking but didn't like replacing the wick every few days so I used hemp fiber for a couple years in our protank builds, thats another breakin taste altogether, hemp requires removing of all the off colored shards and bunnies or you get a woodzy taste but was a more absorbent and longer lasting wicking material than cotton.
I do store all my wicking in airtight containers(nothing more special than wicking a dog hair into the coil...YUK), wash hands before touching and not pack the coil too tight. Plenty of hits and misses learning to wick but it paid off with almost perfect wicking in every build now.
IMO its well worth ditching the cotton and using rayon as wicking. The rayon box your after is box #44060, thats for the 500' box.

 

[UnclePsyko]

That's two suggestions for rayon now. Isn't rayon part polyester or something? Won't that melt? Has me curious what y'all are using.

No, rayon isn't polyester... Polyester is a synthetic man-made material, rayon is basically purified cotton, nearly pure cellulose.
I hated the taste of cotton myself so I switched to rayon a few years ago and never looked back.
Rayon can also handle higher temperatures than cotton, it doesn't burn as quickly when getting dry and I think it's better at wicking juice than cotton.
Cotton basically absorbs the juice like a sponge and swells, Rayon wicks more efficiently and doesn't swell up in the coil, choking off the juice flow.
Give it a try, couldn't hurt.
There is a loooong discussion here:
Rayon wick, better flow, flavor, saturation and Nic Hit!

 

[Alter]

I vape a DIY Hangsen tobaccos and can run my subtank/provari for 3+ weeks at work vaping @3 tanks a day and take the coil that has a bit of cocooning but the rayon is still nice and not burnt, thats a spaced 1.2ohm coil so it can fire the provari.
I agree totally with UnclePsyko, he saved you 751 pages of reading. Once you catch on to how tight the wick is to be in the coil, rayon is nothing short of a great vape.
Pull the rayon back and forth in the coil so you feel it just has a ioda of friction and stop. Rayon doesn't swell so you need that ioda of friction to set the rayon nicely in the coil.
I've been using rayon for almost a year now and the bottom line is if you have a breakin taste with rayon then its wicked wrong, probably too tight. There should be no breakin taste at all if the coil is wicked correctly.

 

[Bunnykiller]

Rayon.... no cotton taste..

and BTW, why hasnt anyone tried Egyptian cotton??? When I go into the expensive linens departments at hi end stores all I see is linen made from Egyptian cotton... dont ever see japanese cotton sheets etc... if japanese cotton is supposed to be so awesome.... hmmmm makes ya think

 

[Vaslovik]

Never had that problem with mesh. Just sayin...

 

[GccTxs67]

I always tasted cotton with TFV4 stock coils, seems like it took over half a tank before it was gone.

I use 2 wicking materials, Cotton Bacon V2 or Texas Tuff Raw Cotton, neither have a cotton taste to me.

I recently did a wick with Koh Gen Do and it tasted like Cotton.....Never used Rayon, thinking about trying it though.

 

[Bad Ninja]

Rayon > cotton.
500 FT for $9 at Sally's.

No cotton taste, better wicking, cheaper than cotton balls.

 

[GccTxs67]

I have a Sally'e literally right across the street, I don't know if If I want to get 500 feet of it in case I don't like it. They have smaller packages?