Advice for newbies! Cartridges and ripping!

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JohnnyElsewhere

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.. Title is suppose to say 'dripping,' but anyway! You guys all know that by now!

So, here's a little advice that I'd like to give to some of you new to vaping.

The first involves cartridges and refilling; and to be honest, i followed some instruction on YouTube to properly clean the filling in the carts.

1. If you're refilling, be sure to rinse the filling in warm water. Give it one or two run throughs until it's completely white. Squeeze it dry with a clean paper towel, or something that's not a regular hand towel.

2. Be sure not to put too many drops in the cart before you put the filling in. Five or six drops well do you plenty. After you put the filling in, give it a little shake, then put one or two more drops to top the cart off.

3. When vaping a refilled cart, be sure to give it a few shames when attached to the atromizer. Usually, if you're not using a low resistance atomizer, you can get a good 5-6 nice drags.

4. If you're absolutely POSITIVE that there's more juice that can be vaped, but you're not getting the flavor from the cart when you're vaping (i.e: That horrible, burnt and unpleasant flavor.), the excess juice you dripped before putting the filling might be stuck at the top of the cart you're using. So give it a few shakes, and the juice will flow back into the filling, and you're in business!

5. This goes hand in hand with #4. If there is excess juice on the top of the cart that hasn't been absorbed into the filling in the cart, it'll sound like your atomizer is flooded (meaning there's too much liquid in the atomizer for it to work properly. But, that's for dripping.). This is associated with a 'gurgling sound when you take a vape from your device. Like in #4, just give it a few good shakes, and you're in business again!

As for dripping!

1. MAKE SURE not to put more than 2-3 drops of liquid/juice into your atomizer. This prevents flooding, and prevents some of the juice from being dragged up and leaking from your mouthpiece into your mouth (Which is really gross.).

2. Be CAREFUL if you're using a metal drip tip; ESPECIALLY if you're using a low resistance atomizer. It can get extremely hot and burn your mouth, possibly. And if you flood your atomizer, the excess juice will heat up and burn your lips, too.

3. MAKE SURE your connection is clean on your device AS WELL AS the connection on your atomizer that screws into the device. I cannot stress this enough. If you don't have clean connections, you will NOT get a good vape. (Although, this can be considered as device care.)

4. DO NOT OVER-VAPE your atomizer to make sure the flavor is completely gone so you can switch flavors. If you 'cook,' your atomizer, and want to check if it's good to go for a new flavor, you WILL experience a really bad 'burning,' sensation in the back of your throat. )I did this once, and it was KILLER. Brutal.)

5. (This is just from personal experience.) Even though custom drip tips are inexpensive and overall neat in general, they're sincerely a hit or miss when it comes to vaping. I find that it doesn't work as well for me, since some liquids are too thick, and some just don't really taste good out of a custom drip tip. To each their own, though. If it's your thing, then by all means, go for it!

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That was all in a span of a week. Hah. This young grasshopper is learning quickly, huh?

Happy vaping, guys!
 
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