After 'pulsing' a coil, it tastes funny...

[edubs]

I am new to re-buildables. I have an eGrip with a rba base. After I 'pulse' a coil with their 510 adapter either to fix coil shape or to de-gunk it I get a funny taste....Any suggestions? Thanks

 

[Treborsmug]

Hope you're not pulsing with the wick in?......nah...can't be...

 

[Robino1]

I am new to re-buildables. I have an eGrip with a rba base. After I 'pulse' a coil with their 510 adapter either to fix coil shape or to de-gunk it I get a funny taste....Any suggestions? Thanks

I use a dental brush to get the ash stuff off. DenTek Easy Brush Cleaners Standard | Walgreens I gently brush off the coil and the inside of the coil.

You should be able to find them at any drug store.

Also, another thing you can do is rinse the coil off after it cools.

 

[Robino1]

Oh forgot...

Welcome!

 

[Susan~S]

Hello and welcome to the forum edubs. Glad to have you here!

Rinse it off after dry burning.

 

[EBates]

Welcome aboard
I just blow the burned crud away while the coil is cooling between pulses.

 

[edubs]

Hope you're not pulsing with the wick in?......nah...can't be...

Haha, not with the wick in

 

[edubs]

Thanks for the all the welcomes! I will try these methods soon!

 

[staticmotion]

Try heating the wire with a lighter (or a torch, if you have one) to help burn off the coating which comes with those kinds of wires. I started doing this because I felt that my builds tasted funny too, even when using juice I well knew the taste of from testing it on my Nautilus Mini.

 

[AndriaD]

I rinse, then dry-burn 5-6 times (pulses)... then rinse again under fast-running water... then shake. I look at the coil and if there is ANYTHING left, I do it over, until it looks very clean and there is no scent coming from it when I pulse it. That's about it.

Andria

 

[Kloverz158]

Yea I either torch it to clean it or I'll wash it throughly and make sure it's clean then fire with a few pulse. GL

 

[edubs]

Thanks Again for all the responses, i will be experimenting with this tonight

 

[The Ocelot]

Hi new potential friend!

After you pulse it I'm assuming you put in a new wick, add juice, vape and it tastes funny, correct? What are you using for wicking material?

 

[Swordsbeer]

seen quite a few videos getting the coil good and hot and hitting it with water running at the sink. Make sure you are tilting it down to not get water in your unit.

 

[edubs]

i have an egrip with the rba base, no worries about getting the battery and electronics wet because the base comes completely out

 

[edubs]

I do add a new wick after i pulse it, i am using organic Japanese cotton. i have tried cellulose 100% rayon and i have never gotten a good taste off of it and i am not sure why. i have a lot of great reviews about its pure taste.

 

[The Ocelot]

I do add a new wick after i pulse it, i am using organic Japanese cotton. i have tried cellulose 100% rayon and i have never gotten a good taste off of it and i am not sure why. i have a lot of great reviews about its pure taste.

The reason I asked it because I get a weird taste no matter what wicking material I use. It takes a couple of minutes for it to go away and I wondered if that might be (at least part) of what you are tasting. Does the funny taste diminish as you vape or get stronger?

 

[edubs]

The reason I asked it because I get a weird taste no matter what wicking material I use. It takes a couple of minutes for it to go away and I wondered if that might be (at least part) of what you are tasting. Does the funny taste diminish as you vape or get stronger?

It does not seem to diminish

 

[vincom]

if dryburning then the heat generated might be affecting the insulator.
do short bursts w/a cooling off period inbetween each burst, rinse off before wicking