Blue foam & burning taste

[Memnoch D]

Has anyone else noticed a burning taste while using the blue foam? It doesn't always happen just occasionally. I'm pretty sure it's not the wick because I have taken off the mouthpiece and sucked on the tailpipe after I tasted it. Their was no burnt taste their though so that can't be it. The foam never looks like it is burnt either. But it has to be the foam because I have never tasted that with the pollyfill before. This is the where I got my foam from. https://strictlyejuice.com/index.ph...ducts_id=222&zenid=13h678n3vgvjjqsnseg2cuhqb4 This is the correct type of foam isn't it?

 

[Jmitchelliv]

That's the right stuff alright. Are you sure you're lining your cart up paralell to the bridge? Or are you noticing any melting of your carts at all? Really the only time I notice burning taste is when the foam is bone dry.

 

[Memnoch D]

I didn't now you had to line the cart up parallel to the bridge. Maybe that's the problem, I just stick them in their to where they are level with the button on my battery. The carts aren't burnt though, I checked that.

 

[Garnoch]

An Anne Rice fan!! I don't know what you're using the blue foam with but I love that stuff with attys. Only used it though with a Sidesho and 902.

 

[WomanOfHeart]

It actually does sound like a wicking problem. The wick inside the atty isn't the problem, it's the blue foam. That's where you're wicking problem is. Make sure you haven't overstuffed the cart with your filler. If there's too much in there the juice isn't going to be able to get down to the bridge. Try doing a plug mod like this one:

Highping's Simple Cart Mod

You can do this with blue foam or Fluval, too.

 

[dormouse]

I very rarely get a faint burny taste with blue foam and when I do and check the problem is usually that my blue foam has slipped in and isn't even contacting the atty (i.e. so it's not the blue foam I'm tasting but rather lack of juice on the atty). When the blue foam IS touching and it doesn't taste right, I top off and if that doesn't help I do a full fill (i.e. remove foam, fill cart 1//2 way with juice, press the foam into that then work the foam back up into position using a smooth tiny unbent paper clip, then top off if needed (usually is).

If it still tastes funny then either it is time to clean the atty or time to clean the foam or both. This weekend I needed to do both after using both all week (especially because I used some juices with oil-based flavors like citrus and I also used a super-thick VG a couple of times).

I have never ever gotten a taste from any of that as bad as burning polyfill (white) stuffing.

My cleaning methods...
blue foam - hold a corner tight and rinse under running water then pat dry with paper towel
cart - rinse under running water and shake out
atty - soak in vodka (grain alcohol from liquor store would be better). I soak overnight in a jar of vodka after making sure all trapped air is out of the atty. I swish occasionally. Next day I swish, scoop some alcohol through it to rinse out dissolved stuff, shake it out well and set on paper towels to dry for days until I need it (meanwhile I am using the previous week's clean dry atty after priming). if I needed it right way I would use blow dryer or blow through it until it is dry.

 

[WomanOfHeart]

I really do like using Fluval more than polyfil or blue foam. I think it wicks better, doesn't burn, easier to work with and can be cleaned and re-trimmed over and over before it needs to be replaced. This is when I actually use carts, which isn't very often these days. I prefer dripping and I use cartos when I'm away from the house and can't drip.

 

[Memnoch D]

Thanks for all the helpful tips everybody. I'll try them and hopefully it will fix the nasty taste I get sometimes.