Boge Carto Dissection....Mold?

[llmercll]

Hello!

Last week I dissected a boge 2.0 carto that one of my friends held down on for too long, causing the poly to burn, rendering it useless. Curious as I am, decided to dissect it and see exactly how it works. Here are a few pics.

http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/3530/dscn2995z.jpg
http://img811.imageshack.us/img811/2070/dscn2998u.jpg
http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/3056/dscn3001l.jpg
http://img855.imageshack.us/img855/16/dscn3000.jpg

The last pic is a close up of a little strip I pulled out with the polyfill. It was toward the battery end of the carto. While the polyfill was clean (aside from where it got charred), that strip has all sorts of yellow blotches on it.

Any idea what this is and whether or not it's harmful?

thanks!

 

[six]

Cooked on juice. It's isn't anything I would worry about.

Neither PG nor VG provide an environment for mold to grow.

 

[iBANKAI]

I took the filler out of my carto one time..looks somewhat like the pics u have..

 

[Eddie.Willers]

PG is an antiseptic and cannot provide an environment for mold.

 

[llmercll]

PG is an antiseptic and cannot provide an environment for mold.

that's good to hear!! does vg share these qualities? =)

I clean my cartos with water, blow out, and let sit overnight...could mold grow then? I wonder what the purpose of that strip is, and why it had cooked on juice while most of the polyfill was white...

thank you!

 

[M_FactorX19]

looks normal to me. try some clear dual (or single) coils cartos out if you want to get a really good idea how they work. they are easy to take a part and put back together. this really helps with cleaning.

 

[KTaylor]

JMO I think what caused that discoloring is the VG. It is vegetable glycerin. Most vegetable based oils or glycerins when heated to a certain degree will scorch and stain, especially an absorbant material like cotton or polyester. Those are almost impossible to get out once they are burned in. Wouldn't be to worried.

 

[llmercll]

Thanks for the replies!

 

[washvap]

Well, the third pic looks like your carto was burnt. Welcome to the club.

 

[The Big Chief]

that's good to hear!! does vg share these qualities? =)

I clean my cartos with water, blow out, and let sit overnight...could mold grow then? I wonder what the purpose of that strip is, and why it had cooked on juice while most of the polyfill was white...

thank you!

The strip provides a barrier so the coil doesnt come in direct contact with the polyfil, as it could melt. That strip takes the brunt of the beating. That strip is silica wick if Im not mistaken..and wont even melt over open flame, but liquid will still cook around it.

 

[birdbrains]

Man it looks like your friend burned the hell out of that thing! I've dissected every carto I ever got a burnt taste from and never came near those levels of pure char. Tell that guy to go easy on those things!

 

[llmercll]

The strip provides a barrier so the coil doesnt come in direct contact with the polyfil, as it could melt. That strip takes the brunt of the beating. That strip is silica wick if Im not mistaken..and wont even melt over open flame, but liquid will still cook around it.

http://img811.imageshack.us/img811/2070/dscn2998u.jpg

Hmm I thought the wick was the little white cylinder above it? in the picture above =p

Man it looks like your friend burned the hell out of that thing! I've dissected every carto I ever got a burnt taste from and never came near those levels of pure char. Tell that guy to go easy on those things!

I know!! messed it up real good. He just said it tasted funny,handed it to me, I took a puff, and was like ZOMG!!11!