Blank 808 Cartos, prefilled etc.. Weird Taste?

[2xchapter]

Been noticing this weird taste from the cartos, not a burnt taste but like a chemically taste, yicky faint taste? lol

I've noticed it on the prefilled grape cartos and thought the juice was running low.. so i went ahead opened a new blank carto filled it up with 70/30 french toast ejuice and after 10-15 puffs im noticing feint yicky taste and smell.

anyone else have this problem..? should i boil, or soak them in alcohol over night?

 

[MichelleDen]

This is the general prob they are trying to figure out.. Mine all did it too. Not all at first, but some, right away...

 

[2xchapter]

How did you get over the problem michelle? ^^ any suggestions? i have way to many cartos lol

 

[MichelleDen]

I stopped using them... so not the person to ask...

 

[VAPlN']

Ask Leaford if they are coating them in PG or something like it after manufacture. New atty's always have a coating in them that I blow out before dripping on them. I have read that this PG picks up a nasty taste from being in contact with the inside of the atty during storage and shipping. It makes a huge difference on those first few toots if I blow them out first. Hold a papertowel on the end and blow through one. See what comes out the other end.

 

[cryx]

How did you get over the problem michelle? ^^ any suggestions? i have way to many cartos lol

I know exactly what you are talking about. Broken record sound: remove the adhesive inside the carto, but that's not trivial for most people. If it doesn't shape up, toss it and use a new one.

 

[starsong]

Ask Leaford if they are coating them in PG or something like it after manufacture. New atty's always have a coating in them that I blow out before dripping on them. I have read that this PG picks up a nasty taste from being in contact with the inside of the atty during storage and shipping. It makes a huge difference on those first few toots if I blow them out first. Hold a papertowel on the end and blow through one. See what comes out the other end.

ahhh I forgot all about that... they put primer or something on attys, so it makes sense to blow out a blank. Not sure that would work for a prefilled tho.
Oy, I remember my first old fashioned cart and atty, and nobody told me to blow out the primer. ewwwwwww

 

[VAPlN']

Yeah... they wouldn't need the coating in a pre-filled. I meant the blanks.

 

[Frick]

Ask Leaford if they are coating them in PG or something like it after manufacture. New atty's always have a coating in them that I blow out before dripping on them. I have read that this PG picks up a nasty taste from being in contact with the inside of the atty during storage and shipping. It makes a huge difference on those first few toots if I blow them out first. Hold a papertowel on the end and blow through one. See what comes out the other end.

This is actually a decent idea, and something I hadn't thought of. As star said, any of us who tried attys knows that they're covered in nasty stuff when you get them new. Blowing them out didn't even really get it all out of there. I tried spinning them, blowing them out, all the tricks until I ended up just washing them out with water and letting them dry.

I wonder if there's some sort of primer (it definitely wasn't always PG in the attys; it was nasty, oily stuff) in the blanks?

 

[2xchapter]

hmm I just opened up another blank carto and blew in to paper towel, nothing came out ><.. maybe it'll just magically goaway after i refill it couple times.. im going to try boiling one, soaking one in alcohol see if that works ><..

 

[VAPlN']

I use everclear or vodka to soak my atty's and then rinse with very hot water and wahlah... boiling seems to shorten the life of my atty's.

 

[Frick]

hmm I just opened up another blank carto and blew in to paper towel, nothing came out ><.. maybe it'll just magically goaway after i refill it couple times.. im going to try boiling one, soaking one in alcohol see if that works ><..

Don't use alcohol. It will trash the carto. I tried this with zero luck. Use hot water and let it dry for quite a while (48 hours) or blow-dry it.

 

[leaford]

The blanks don't have any "primer fluid" in them, they get tested with a dry burn so they don't need primer.

And as much as people complain about the primer fluid in regular attys, it's really just a couple drops of e-liquid, usually tobacco flavor. Nothing special.

 

[VAPlN']

I didn't say carto... I said atty's... I use my carto's 10-20 fills and then pitch them. They're not expensive enough to spend the time and effort cleaning.

 

[Frick]

I didn't say carto... I said atty's... I use my carto's 10-20 fills and then pitch them. They're not expensive enough to spend the time and effort cleaning.

I was referring to the post before yours. I even quoted him.

The blanks don't have any "primer fluid" in them, they get tested with a dry burn so they don't need primer.

And as much as people complain about the primer fluid in regular attys, it's really just a couple drops of e-liquid, usually tobacco flavor. Nothing special.

Good to know.

Order some 510 attys from Cignot (or many others) and you'll believe me; the stuff in there is not just PG. It's oily manufacturing fluid of some kind, that tastes like burning oil for many (not inhaled) drags. I've spent a lot of time trying to get that nasty stuff out of attys, boiling them, alcohol baths, vodka, etc. If it was just PG, I'd have vaped it and dripped into it when it ran dry.

 

[leaford]

I was referring to the post before yours. I even quoted him.





Good to know.

Order some 510 attys from Cignot (or many others) and you'll believe me; the stuff in there is not just PG. It's oily manufacturing fluid of some kind, that tastes like burning oil for many (not inhaled) drags. I've spent a lot of time trying to get that nasty stuff out of attys, boiling them, alcohol baths, vodka, etc. If it was just PG, I'd have vaped it and dripped into it when it ran dry.

Oh, I know what you mean. But trust me, I've been to lots of factories, and all the ones I've been to just drop a drop of e-liquid before giving the atty a test puff. I've never understood how that becomes so nasty tasting. But it's just e-liquid, not oil or anything else. I think that rumor got started because the Chinese usually call the e-liquid "oil." They also refer to the paint on the tube as oil. Oil seems to be their go-to translation for anything wet.

 

[VAPlN']

Yes, I've never had a new atty without it being in there. I'm told that it picks up that "nasty taste" from being in contact with the freshly machined metal surfaces over time. Blowing it out, priming the atty with a couple drops, and then dry burning and rinsing it is usually enough to get the taste out. I always enjoy my flavor more after soaking the atty the first time more than when it's new though.

 

[Frick]

Oh, I know what you mean. But trust me, I've been to lots of factories, and all the ones I've been to just drop a drop of e-liquid before giving the atty a test puff. I've never understood how that becomes so nasty tasting. But it's just e-liquid, not oil or anything else. I think that rumor got started because the Chinese usually call the e-liquid "oil." They also refer to the paint on the tube as oil. Oil seems to be their go-to translation for anything wet.

Interesting. It sure tastes "oily" (I had the misfortune of vaping my way all the way through that stuff when I didn't know any better). I almost gave up vaping because of that. I thought that was what people were used to tasting.

Then I wonder where the concept of "primer fluid" got started? That term is all over ECF and every other vaping forum. My attys from Cignot even came with a little instruction sheet telling the customer to blow it out and dry burn it before using, and they refer to it as "primer fluid".

 

[leaford]

Interesting. It sure tastes "oily" (I had the misfortune of vaping my way all the way through that stuff when I didn't know any better). I almost gave up vaping because of that. I thought that was what people were used to tasting.

Then I wonder where the concept of "primer fluid" got started? That term is all over ECF and every other vaping forum. My attys from Cignot even came with a little instruction sheet telling the customer to blow it out and dry burn it before using, and they refer to it as "primer fluid".

I think it pretty much came out of this forum, back in 2008, because we all wondered whether there was some sort of primer fluid being used. Speculation becomes certainty after a while.