burned taste

[Jason Hunter]

Im using ego mega attys and dripping. In the last few days Ive switched to 100% vg based juices and have been getting a kind of burned taste. I cleaned my attys today hopeing to fix the problem but i still have the same taste.

I cleaned them by soaking them in vodka (80 proof) then rinsing in hot water, drying, priming and vaping.

any feedback or tips?

 

[Robert T]

I've never tried straight VG before, usually the flavoring is PG based but not always. If it wasn't happening before then it might be the VG. Try a mix and see if that helps.

How's that for stating the obvious? : )

 

[Switched]

Could be you burned the wick as VG doesn't wick as well as PG. Once a wick is burnt there is no getting rid of the taste without de-wicking.

 

[zoiDman]

... any feedback or tips?

Try soaking your atty in White Vineger for 45 minutes, rinse, dry burn, rinse, dry and prime.

Vineger does a much better job of removing "gunk" buil up on the coil/wick.

BTW - Why have you decided to go with 100% VG?

 

[Jason Hunter]

Try soaking your atty in White Vineger for 45 minutes, rinse, dry burn, rinse, dry and prime.

Vineger does a much better job of removing "gunk" buil up on the coil/wick.

BTW - Why have you decided to go with 100% VG?

Thanks for the tip. I went 100% vg cause it's what Vapure sells put of their store front. But they do diff ratios as well. But thought I would give the 100% vg a try.

 

[Jason Hunter]

Could be you burned the wick as VG doesn't wick as well as PG. Once a wick is burnt there is no getting rid of the taste without de-wicking.

All my attys are dewicked. And the 100% vg is wayyyy to thick and wicks poorly so im topping off more often. Im deff going back to a mix that contains atleast 30% pg to keep the juice wicking out of the carts.

 

[Jason Hunter]

how do you prime the atty exactly??? im sure i know how but i jsut wanna double check cause im still not getting full taste and flavor, even on a vg/pg mix... i dont think its primed right.

 

[Stosh]

Easy way I use to prime them is drip 6-7 big drops of 100% pure VG (glycerin) in (flood it) and fire
it up to heat the VG throughly, a few 5 second button pushes. Kinda like a "wet burn" instead of
dry burning, then blow it out and drip normally and vape away.

I've found this helps to break in tha atty too, and the mega's do seem to take longer.

 

[wyojoe]

STOSH ---I have never tried the wet burn, does it clean the atty and coil better than washing or rinsing.

 

[Stosh]

STOSH ---I have never tried the wet burn, does it clean the atty and coil better than washing or rinsing.

I've tried water, PGA, iso-acholol, crest pro-health, hydrogen peroxide, coke, dry burn, and a little pure PG or VG heated with a "wet burn" works as well or better. It's not a perfect solution, but will work in most cases and is quicker and easier than most.

Reading many posts and ideas, a very toxic soultion used to clean ice machines will clean an atty perfectly to like new. (not what I want to inhale)

If it doesn't do the trick, well, attys are meant to be disposable after a time.