Blue Foam PLUG! UPDATED v2.0 "THE SLUG" - The Search is over!

[Brachinus]

I've yet to find a "lip" on either my 510 or 901 carts - flat or round. Can someone fill me in??

901's don't have it, but if you look down inside a 510 cart, you'll see an area where it narrows on the sides on the inside (about where the air vents are on the outside). You might have to look at an angle to see the sort of beveled bit. That's what people are calling the "lip."

 

[pmd]

Can't get this working for me, had high hopes too.
Found the right foam ( you were right, not on website but in store)
Atty's are gettin hot,real hot but it ain't producing, obviously I'm doing this wrong,wasting juice flooding or juice not leaking and just not doing what it should. getting frustrated for now.

 

[Scottes]

You may have the plug cut too big. If the atty is going dry but the cart still has fluid. Try trimming a *little* off the plug. And you might want to "prime" the plug if it's dry, just add a drop or two to the top of the plug, the part that touches the bridge.

 

[eclypse]

Today it went to the local mall.. its an outdoor mall. So i was vaping away. I bought 2 extra carts and an extra atty. Hey, just encase

So low and behold the damn things are not wicking right. I guess my latest size of 11-11.50mm long is too big and its squishing the foam too much for any fluid to wick through.

I'm dragin and dragin away hard puffs to get it to work. At the end of the night i have a nice plasticly taste in my mouth.. sucks.

Anyways, i'm back to the original size i believe.. It has a very slow leaky faucet drip going on but for same reason i like it.. hehe. Seems to last forever though.

I also found something strange out tonight. When it runs dry you can add a couple of drops to the plug. On mine i could get 3 drops.. one more drop and it pooled up bigtime. I was outside when this happend and i just gave the cart a quick wrist flick and all good.

I'll tell you this.. 3 freakin drops and the damn thing is going and going and going. Hittin hard with no signs of letting up. I sat there and basicly chain vaped the thing and it would not run out. I came in and sat at the computer to write this and took another hit that totally would resemble the first hit off a full cart.

Now, i used to top off all the time with the poly-fil. 3 drops and i would never ever get anywhere near this many hits off of it. Basicly, 3 drops would be a smoke for me. I've also have dripped 2-3 drops into the atty and it would'nt last this long either.This has to be many smokes... if not a pack! heheh kidding.

Just awesome..

Back to playing with the size.. Glad your all having better luck then i am. I must be thinking too much about it.

 

[AcidGhost]

It is rather difficult to get the size and "squish" of the blue foam just right.
Too big and too compact = slow wicking / flow
Too small and too loose = addy floodage / leak
It tends to be rather hard to get it just right. I am finding after a few weeks that I can get it just about balanced. I may get a little leakage at first but nothing too bad or nothing a simple wipe off cant fix and then after that smooth sailing. If you want to have good wicking then you might just have to accept the fact that you are going to get a bead or two of leakage every now and then.
Its a fragile balance.

 

[pmd]

You may have the plug cut too big. If the atty is going dry but the cart still has fluid. Try trimming a *little* off the plug. And you might want to "prime" the plug if it's dry, just add a drop or two to the top of the plug, the part that touches the bridge.

Thanks Scottes, it's working well now, great mod, feel I'm really using all the juice instead of tossing juice soaked ptb's away all the time.
my prob was hard draw atty's I keep having trouble with , not the mod itself.
Not being so precise with cutting exact dimention of foam, just winging it

 

[VinnieVapor]

I will have to try this mod !

I wonder if when a bit too big and too compact you cannot just use a needle and make some holes to help the flow ?

 

[Slickstick]

I made this video after seeing this post. It is the best method I have used thus far for the 510.

Search this on youtube, I can't post links here yet...

Joye 510 Titan Blu Fluval Cart Mod E-Cig

 

[them0nk]

i tried the other fluval mod... and it seemed to give me headaches for some reason, even after rinsing them out like crazy... anyone else have that problem?

 

[eclypse]

i tried the other fluval mod... and it seemed to give me headaches for some reason, even after rinsing them out like crazy... anyone else have that problem?

Fluval and the blue foam are different stuff.. Fluval is basicly like poly but stiffer, long haired stuff. The blue foam is bonded foam and is spongy.

Vaperhead4life.. is this your video? Joye 510 Titan Blu Fluval Cart Mod E-Cig If it is.. you might want to change the name to blue foam if possable.. Not that big of a deal though as the product bag is shown with the correct name.

That mod looks like the normal blue foam filler mod where you use a cart length piece and not the plug like my mod.

Oh and them0nk.. if your talking about the blue bonded foam.. No no headaches over here.

 

[eclypse]

EDIT 11/9 12:00 PM:

HOLD OFF ON THIS PLUG VERSION! The version below is too thick and it holds juice. Noticed that when it felt dry i'd touch it with the tweezers and it still had juice in the plug. Draw was real firm as well. I guess i was too tired last night when i was vaping. This morning i was messing with it and now i believe the new one coming is the home run! Perfect size and consistancy.. easier draw. I was even able to fill it from the top after installing the plug lol. Nice change.
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I've come up with a better plug. Tried it last night. Didnt get to mess with it till late this evening. Basicly 2 pieces side by side.

Going to be real tuff to explain it so i'll get some pics up and details tomorrow.

Reason to the change is.. i've found that it works better if its taller as it will make better "deeper" contact with the bridge. Now the ruff part is that the foam only comes in that one thickness so were stuck using 2 pieces to get this done.

I'll try to explain the size real quick..

While typing this i've found a SUPER SIMPLE way to make this that everyones gona love!

Pull out one of those large square pieces of the foam. Cut one long strip of the foam about a 1/4 inch wide. Fill the cart up wtih fluid up to the lip of the cart as before.

Now take the long strip and put the 2 ends together. So your doubling up the long strip with the wide sides touching. Now shove the ends into the top of the cart and use a pair of tweezers to push the pieces in. Obviously you want it only as deep as the inner cart lip. Once your sure its at the right height. Take your scissors and cut the flush with the top of the cart.

Add a drop or 2 to the top of the plugs. Insert and go!

Yeah.. the pics will most likely still be needed so i can show which way to insert the plugs.. basicly put, each plug will have 2 lips to rest on. It will be a strong plug and wick like a beast!

 

[BriDog67]

Not to take anything away from anybody as all of these mods seem to work quite well but I use the blue foam for my 510, cut it slightly wider and longer than the cartridge, insert it with tweezers and cut it flush with the top. This seems to work just fine for me and doesn't involve any sort of precision. When I need to top off it's usually 12-15 drops. With the standard poly-fil it was a constant 2-3 drops.

My guess would be that the ultimate goal is to get as much liquid in the cartridge as possible but to me, 12-15 drops is quite a bit and will last a while.

Just sayin'

 

[eclypse]

Newest way above is'nt a precise cut.

Everyones dropper is different.. mine drops large drops, so 10 drops fills it up to the lip and another 2-3 drops and its good to go.

Obviously an empy chamber will hold more juice then having the foam down inside and or a straw or spring.

If i had a small dropper, i wonder what high number of drops it would be. hehe

 

[eclypse]

Refer to post 131.. Details and pics to come after i emtpy the cart a few times to be sure.

 

[CCutty]

Think I'll give this a try

 

[eclypse]

2nd full cart and i'm in love! Need to change the name.. i keep calling it the "Slug". That will help seperate this from other plug mods.

Now have a massive NIC buzzzz... smoked it so hard and often that the atty was boiling hot and even the cart was hot on the lips! lol. I hope that gives you some indication of how much i love the new SLUG!

I'm going to fill the cart one more time so i can leak test it by standing my protege up so the juice will run downward. If it leaks, i'll cry.

The new way will be easy and something your sorta used to with the fold and shove it in and cut flush to the top of the cart way.

P.S. For those other simular mods involving a straw.. this one aint gona work for you.

 

[redemma]

Hi, all -

I've been lurking for a few weeks now, and this is my first post. I LOVE this mod & have been using it for five days. I've found I don't really need to be too precise with the foam length into the cart, as long as it's snug enough against the sides, it doesn't leak, but it seems to work best & last longest when its just resting on the inside lip of the cart, the way eclyspe described. TOO snug, of course - it won't draw. But there's a pretty wide range where it works just great. I line up the cart on the foam & cut with a small pair if scissors around the shape from the top to the inside lip (so it's a bit larger than the inside opening), trim off any rough edges, fill it, pop the foam in, prime the top of the foam with a couple drops, and its good to go. And it absolutely burns all the juice. I can taste immediately when it's out of juice, too - before the atty's dry, the cart gives me - hmm - dunno - dry & slightly burning taste. I've been trimming the foam slightly below the top of the cart. And it's very re-usable. I was out of town all week-end, and just mostly topped off regularly from my bottle rather than refilling carts. Worked great.

Based on the rich, thick vapor, and consistent draw, my SO has also decided he wants a 510 with this cart mod. Thank you, eclypse!! I'll definitely stay tuned for your updates, but thus far - this mod is working GREAT for me! Hard to imagine improvement, but I'm all eyes and ears...
Thanks!

 

[eclypse]

Hello, redemma! Glad you like it. Thanks for taking time and making your first post on these forums to tell me about it. Flattered.

Your welcome!

Wonder how long its going to be before we see carts in the future manufactured with the blue foam. hehe. Were doing all the hard work for them i'm sure.

Hey, if its working great for you please continue with what your doing.

I think i'm mainly just trying to get it perfect and get the same results everytime.. also may be just the difference in the e-juice were all using. I know mine is thin juice.

Whenever i can get some time together "Hopefully soon now that i think i'm done with this mod" i can get some sales together so i can order up some new juice that i know will be thicker. Then i'll see which verison of my mod will work best with it.


To everyone:

Just got the new pics taken and uploaded on the computer. I'll edit these and upload them shortly for all to see the new easy way.

 

[Pete54]

C'mon Eclypse. Spill the beans! I have a drawer full of every type of cart filler imaginable, but there's always room for one more!

 

[eclypse]

C'mon Eclypse. Spill the beans! I have a drawer full of every type of cart filler imaginable, but there's always room for one more!

Trying.. Damn USE.com picture host site is laggin on me.. I got them all up there, just waitin for it to say DONE with processing so i can link them.

Come on server!