Dont Dry Burn Your Kanthal
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After Dr. Farsilano's scare about dry burning. I tried vaping without pulsing. Tasted like crap.
And I've always spaced my coils.
And I've always spaced my coils.
Im not doing the ''non-burning'' for saftey issue per say,i just find the juice tastes better.I clean the wire with dish soap first and rise well.
Kanthal A-1 is designed to produce a thermally conductive, electrically resistive aluminum oxide layer... so I'm curious as to what you mean by "oxidized" and "damaged".
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I am no expert on metal properites but was researching the nickel 200 wire and Titainum wire for the Temp Mod im looking at getting, and read that its not wise to ''burn" them,so i am taking the same approach now to the Kanthal.I maybe wrong is saying K is damaged when burnt,but all i know,it does tastes like night and day to me now.
I am no expert on metal properites but was researching the nickel 200 wire and Titainum wire for the Temp Mod im looking at getting, and read that its not wise to ''burn" them,so i am taking the same approach now to the Kanthal.I maybe wrong is saying K is damaged when burnt,but all i know,it does tastes like night and day to me now.
Fair enough Heavy. Taste is so... what's the word I'm looking for? Oh yeah... "subjective".
Seriously... if it works for you, regardless of the intended metallurgy... I'm not going to say you're doin' it wrong.
Seriously... if it works for you, regardless of the intended metallurgy... I'm not going to say you're doin' it wrong.
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I know you didnt mean to say im doing it wrong,its all good.Im still on the fence tho about vaping with pure nickel,ive been looking for some Titainum wire but looks like its rarer than platium.
I know you didnt mean to say im doing it wrong,its all good.Im still on the fence tho about vaping with pure nickel,ive been looking for some Titainum wire but looks like its rarer than platium.
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Im just into a few hours of vaping with kanthal coil that is not ''pulsed'' or ''glowed red'' and i will say this so far....I CAN TELL A BIG DIFFERENCE in flavour and vapour production is even im proved.
Im just into a few hours of vaping with kanthal coil that is not ''pulsed'' or ''glowed red'' and i will say this so far....I CAN TELL A BIG DIFFERENCE in flavour and vapour production is even im proved.
Perhaps the real difference is that you're now using a spaced coil instead of a contact coil, and not so much that you didn't dry burn it. For me, there is a noticeable difference in flavor, and I've switched entirely to wrapping spaced coils at this point
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WOW...i guess taste is really subjective,i have used spaced coils before and they were ''torched'' before hand and i still notice a big change in flavour,im actually blown away.I am wondering tho what the gunk build up will look like in a few days.Im thhinking i just may have less gunk because i didnt burn of the coating on the wire.I will attempt to clean the coils with a brush and other means to see if i can keep it going.
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Im vaping Hangseng RY4 from RTS Vapes and spearmint from Flavour Art...DIY juice at 5 mg with Musci Japan cotton.
WOW...i guess taste is really subjective,i have used spaced coils before and they were ''torched'' before hand and i still notice a big change in flavour,im actually blown away.I am wondering tho what the gunk build up will look like in a few days.Im thhinking i just may have less gunk because i didnt burn of the coating on the wire.I will attempt to clean the coils with a brush and other means to see if i can keep it going.
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Im vaping Hangseng RY4 from RTS Vapes and spearmint from Flavour Art...DIY juice at 5 mg with Musci Japan cotton.
That's the other reason I use spaced coils: More time between re-wickings (less gunky build up). Seems all my favorite flavors are coil gunkers.
I do dry burn and re-use them though. I give them a quick dry burn to burn the gunk off, then scrub them under running water with a tooth brush till they look like new again.
I do dry burn and re-use them though. I give them a quick dry burn to burn the gunk off, then scrub them under running water with a tooth brush till they look like new again.
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28 ga K,5 wraps,1.0 ohm,spaced out to fit the Kayfun v4.
28 ga K,5 wraps,1.0 ohm,spaced out to fit the Kayfun v4.
I anneal my Kanthal with a lighter but that is all. I will likely die a horrible death.... not due to vaping though.
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We haved already died a million times times but only live once.Ever notice when you pluse your K wire the first time and you see smoke and it smells? thats the wire being destroyed in my thinking....i have to emphasize the difference i experience i feel between a ''pulsed red hot coil'' from one thats ''cold''....I LOVE IT.I think when a coil is ''burnt'' it takes of the protective coating.
We haved already died a million times times but only live once.Ever notice when you pluse your K wire the first time and you see smoke and it smells? thats the wire being destroyed in my thinking....i have to emphasize the difference i experience i feel between a ''pulsed red hot coil'' from one thats ''cold''....I LOVE IT.I think when a coil is ''burnt'' it takes of the protective coating.
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Heavy you are a genius. This really works, who woulda thought!
I'm not all that clued up on wether certain metal's can be bad or not if they havent been dry burned but i've been going at it with a spaced dual 22g, SS317L, 2.5mm id, 5wraps, 0.1ohm & cotton for a little while and .. well .. im loving it, its defo better taste, i have some 20 or 21g titanium i will be trying aswell very soon, thanks
ps. i cant stop looking at my shiney coils, im gonna havta take a pic for you hahahaa
I'm not all that clued up on wether certain metal's can be bad or not if they havent been dry burned but i've been going at it with a spaced dual 22g, SS317L, 2.5mm id, 5wraps, 0.1ohm & cotton for a little while and .. well .. im loving it, its defo better taste, i have some 20 or 21g titanium i will be trying aswell very soon, thanks
ps. i cant stop looking at my shiney coils, im gonna havta take a pic for you hahahaa
I ordered some from here:
Pure Titanium Wire 100% Guarantee Specific by UnkamenSupplies
I ordered 28 gauge (40 feet). I'm gonna try my hand at temp control coils on my Cthulhu and/or Goblin with it.
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