510 mouthpiece - paint loss, metallic taste?

[Dillan]

Wondering basically if these are normal and/or related;

1) Refilled my first prefilled cart twice - first time everything seemed normal at first, but started to taste a bit metallic later. Topped off again, but was metallic and bitter from the get-go again.

2) Noticed this morning that the mouthpiece/cart has a ring of... what appears at least possibly to be missing paint, a tiny fraction of an inch from the edge facing me (not the atty side). The color of the unit overall is black, the apparent undercoat/material underneath seems to be a dirty bronze color (but is not consistent).

3) Switched to a different atty AND different cartridge - as would be expected, no metallic taste (other than the battery, it's a completely different unit, but it does eliminate the "it's in my mouth" hypothesis. Doesn't eliminate the "it's in my head" hypothesis entirely, of course.)

Switching the units (using new cart/old atty, and old cart/new atty) appears to reveal the problem to be the atty, rather than the cart, at least from a couple casual puffs. Still, the "missing paint" issue concerns me a bit, so;

a) Likely cause? If it is the atty, is it time to clean it out already after two days?
b) Should I be concerned about the mouthpiece issue? Is this normal / has anyone else experienced it before?

 

[oldtechno]

I must have missed something in this...I have 14 of those 510s, all of them are black---all of the mouth pieces are black....all of them are plastic--none of mine are made of metal.

 

[oldtechno]

I'm talking about the mouthpieces/cartridges--they're plastic.

Your's aren't?

 

[Dillan]

I agree, the piece feels and weighs like plastic, but there's still a "paint" issue (if that's what it actually is - maybe it's a plastic topcoat or something?).

Apparently I cannot post a picture of it yet. I need to go post ten or so more replies before that's possible. *grump*

 

[oldtechno]

Sorry, I keep leaving important information out;

I mean all my mouthpieces/cartridges are plastic. I have no paint on mine or metal on my cartridges.

Do your's

 

[bluewraith]

510 carts are 100% plastic. No paints

 

[oldtechno]

Is it hard for you to push the cartridge/mouthpiece into your atomizer?

 

[Dillan]

Mine also appear to be plastic. I would not have thought there was any paint at all, until I saw the discoloration ring myself. The resulting color is metallic, but I'm fairly certain it is not actually metal.

 

[oldtechno]

If your cartridge is hard to push into your atomizer--I think the atomizer is 'skinning' some of the plastic off the cartridge.

 

[Dillan]

Ok. Now I feel a bit dumb (there are no stupid questions; only stupid people ) The discoloration must have been bits of... erm... me. Or rather skin/saliva/some combination thereof. Assured that they were indeed plastic, I tried scraping.. and popped the entire piece off, where the apparently, erm, organic.. material was wedged in the tiny crevice.

Ok, paint is no longer an issue anyway (I was afraid to scrape before for fear it was paint, and doing so would simply dislodge more)

 

[oldtechno]

Dillan:

After reading your post#8, I would have though something scrapped off from the inside of your atomizer and stuck to your cartridge.

Check the top (inside) part of the atomizer and see if the sides look normal.

 

[oldtechno]

New information notied..............I'm still reading over the rest of you original post.

 

[oldtechno]

That metalic taste might be from a new atomizer loosing its primer (juice). Everybody says it taste awful.

 

[Dillan]

The metallic/bitter taste issue is still there, but I've got it narrowed down to the atty itself (the other atty doesn't have the problem, even with the mouthpiece/juice the problem was first noted with) No obvious signs of anything stuck inside the atty.

 

[oldtechno]

There is another possibilitly about that metallic taste--it might be time to pull that filler material out of the cartridge and run it through hot water. Pat it dry with a paper towel or napkin--stuff it back in there after you fluff it up--re juice it.

 

[Dillan]

Yeah, I thought of the primer - yet it's the _new_ atty which works perfectly, and the old one which is grumpy - even with a new, moist cart. I thought it was the primer itself which was supposed to taste nasty?

 

[oldtechno]

Well, I just got a notification from Windows--it's about to restart my system so it can install an update...see you all later.

bye!

 

[oldtechno]

I've got a few minutes left--With your last post you eliminated the cartridge.

At this point you need to blow out the atty (close your eyes if you use your mouth to do it).

 

[Dillan]

Ok, let me recap (and good luck with the update; Windows 7, Vista or XP? I've been hearing horror about 7 recently...)

New, moist prefilled cart + new atty = ok
Old, topped off x3 cart, slightly dry + new atty = good
Old, topped off x3 cart, slightly dry + old atty = burnt
New, moist prefilled + old atty = burnt

No fibers visible in the atty. Atty is about 3 days "old" (counting from first use), and is the only one until today I'd been using.

 

[oldtechno]

The primer itself is stuck to the atty. When you first start vaping is usually taste bad. You mentioned it was an older atty. That, the newer one tasted better. The older atty could still have 'some' primer on it.

I'd blow it out. If that doesn't work try a quick 'dry burn'. I don't recommend dry burns not even for a couple of seconds. But it is the next step.

I'll be back within twenty minutes...bye.