Cotton with ugly colour

[SrK]

Hey guys, I have beeng vaping in my Delta II a DIY liquid of (Apricot + mentol) for about 2 weeks. But I have just vaped like 30ml of the e-liquid so the coil should be OK. The liquid is totally transparent, but when I went to change my coil, I saw that the colour of the cotton was very ugly, like a dirty brown colour. With other liquids whose colour is darker it should be right, but I didnt have any dry hit while vaping it and I dont understand why the colour ir like that? Any ideas, or you consider that is a normal thing?
Here is the picture of the coil:

Thanks guys

 

[Denvap0r]

It's pretty normal, especially with sweeter juices I've noticed. I change my wicks pretty regularly depending on the types of juices I'm vaping.

 

[Completely Average]

Totally normal. Especially with juices containing sweetner or menthol. My wife vapes pure menthol juice, nothing else added, and I've seen her wicks come out much darker than that. She'll use the same coil and wick until it starts leaching brown gunk back into the tank, turning the liquid a golden color.

 

[Bunnykiller]

looks normal to me , in fact it looks pretty clean... I do DIYNETs... ( real tobacco used in my juice making) and my wicks turn black, but then again my juice looks like Hersheys syrup too

 

[SrK]

Ok! So I guess that this colour is because of the menthol, thanks guys

 

[Bunnykiller]

kinda wondering if that coil came out of a Kayfun .....

 

[SrK]

Actually is Delta II

 

[suprtrkr]

Yeah, that's perfectly normal with sweet/menthol juices. Clean, actually, I wouldn't have changed that one.

 

[bigrf85]

pretty normal i think its the gunk on the coils leaching into the wicks like a coil teabag effect

 

[Gothicmace59]

I agree with the color changing on the sweeter juices as well....I think it has something to do with the overall heat that is generated by the rda when vaping. I have had the same results using a strawberry blend that us as clear as water in the bottle but after several days of vaping it has caused the wicks to turn a similar color. I also noticed that if I have the wattage turned up to get more flavor ....this effect tends to happen sooner. Also a side note....you can clean those coils off by running some water in your sink...getting your wick free coils glowing and when the are cherry red...hold under the running water....just be careful to hold it sideways as you don't want the water entering your battery. I do thus maybe three times and the coils look brand new.

 

[malayson]

Maybe the liquid that u use have sweetener ingredient in it. Sweetener like stevia seem to make your coil gunk and turn e liquid to brown.

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[Ou2mame]

My coils usually look like that, probably not as bad cause I change the cotton and clean the coils every week, on Sundays actually. I just finished breaking down my 4 tanks and rewicking them. Keeps the flavor fresh.

 

[Frenchfry1942]

Not to discount anything, but, what is the air quality like that is being sucked through the air holes?

 

[Phassat]

mine much uglier even after 2-3 days... juice color should have some effect but yours still quite clean IMHO

 

[danjaman]

It looks to me like the darker colour on your wick is from the caramelised sugars/sweeteners that are burned onto the coil.
The way to stop that happening is to remove the wick when the coil is starting to look black and fire the coil with no wick inside, until the blackness burns off of the wire.
Then re-wick and you're golden.

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[skrymir]

I vape a lot of menthol juices and haven't had that kind of discolorization... it may be from sweetners in the apricot. I had huge discolorization from 12 monkeys juice when I tried it (worse than what youre seeing) and it has a lot of sweetners in it and is also known as a coil killer

I'd actually be interested that recipe... is it similar to the Champlain juice from Adirondack?

 

[RJazz117]

Unless the wick was actually burned, I'd still be vaping on that.

 

[Reyray]

That looks normal I only change my wicks once a week or when they start to taste burned. Also my coils are black but it doesn't seem to affect the taste. How often should coils be changed by the way?

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[RJazz117]

I usually rebuild my coils if I've burnt the wick, or they stop producing flavorful vapor...under my normal use, I'm getting between one and two weeks on a set of coils.

Note: I use my RDAs at home, and my tanks on the road, but I do sometimes use both at home. My tanks get more use than my RDAs.

 

[brivy]

Cotton looks ok, coil looks a little toasty.

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