Burning gunk off coils

[sigtausteve]

How often do you burn gunk off your coil before you change the coil out? I have been dripping various flavors, one mainly which is bobas bounty. It is a 100% vg juice which from I under stand vg gunks up coils pretty quick and pretty good. My coil is about 4 days old built with silica wick. If I can just burn the gunk off do I have to change the wick? Or do I need to wrap a new coil?

 

[justinonymous]

Most of my juices don't build up too much gunk at all. That, and I rewick the cotton every few days. But there's this one juice that just leaves me dumbfounded every single time I use it. Within 30 minutes of juice, my cotton has changed color (old cotton) and there's a ton of gunk on the coils. It's the kind of gunk that doesn't just burn away. You either try and scrape it off or just build another.

But to answer your question, I prefer to just wrap another coil if I can. It's always nice to have a fresh one!

 

[BobC]

You only need to change a coil if it breaks, dry burning to clean frequency varies with the type of juice you use, sweeter juices gunk up quicker then non-sweet juices, really not a VG/PG issue. With Silica, dry burning can burn the wick, dry burn just enough to clean the coil (pulse, not steady burn)if you burn the wick, just replace. You may want to try ekowool, it doesn't burn like silica.

 

[sigtausteve]

Cool. Thanks for the tip. I'm new to rebuildables if you couldn't already tell. Lol. Greatly appreciated






Jester

 

[BobC]

Most of my juices don't build up too much gunk at all. That, and I rewick the cotton every few days. But there's this one juice that just leaves me dumbfounded every single time I use it. Within 30 minutes of juice, my cotton has changed color (old cotton) and there's a ton of gunk on the coils. It's the kind of gunk that doesn't just burn away. You either try and scrape it off or just build another.

But to answer your question, I prefer to just wrap another coil if I can. It's always nice to have a fresh one!

You can dryburn any juice gunk off a coil, if you use cotton, just remove it, dry burn and re-wick, really no need to replace a perfectly good coil just due to gunk

 

[justinonymous]

You can dryburn any juice gunk off a coil, if you use cotton, just remove it, dry burn and re-wick, really no need to replace a perfectly good coil just due to gunk

I know this, but I have no idea what the mix is on this juice and I can't find it online. I use 26 gauge so it does getting pretty hot but no joke, it won't burn off. I have to physically scrape it lol. It's just with this particular juice.

 

[MrStik]

I run micro dragon coils. So my wicking material is not in the coil, but it is outside the coil as a bedding. I pull the bedding out and dry burn the coil until it glows a very pretty red/orange. Then put the bedding back, or use new yarn for a new bed.

 

[BobC]

I know this, but I have no idea what the mix is on this juice and I can't find it online. I use 26 gauge so it does getting pretty hot but no joke, it won't burn off. I have to physically scrape it lol. It's just with this particular juice.

What PV you using, can you get the coil to glow red? If you don't have the proper PV, 26 is pretty thick wire to use, you need lots of amps to drive it

 

[sigtausteve]

I run micro dragon coils. So my wicking material is not in the coil, but it is outside the coil as a bedding. I pull the bedding out and dry burn the coil until it glows a very pretty red/orange. Then put the bedding back, or use new yarn for a new bed.

Interesting. I have never heard of "dragon coils". Is that something you can only do with micro coils? I poked up some 28g and was gonna wrap that up to a nice coil. What do people use for micro coils. If there is a sub thread can anyone link it?






Jester

 

[BobC]

Interesting. I have never heard of "dragon coils". Is that something you can only do with micro coils? I poked up some 28g and was gonna wrap that up to a nice coil. What do people use for micro coils. If there is a sub thread can anyone link it?
Jester

Get your reading glasses and a case of beer:
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...271-micro-coils-increase-vapor-flavor-th.html

 

[justinonymous]

Interesting. I have never heard of "dragon coils". Is that something you can only do with micro coils? I poked up some 28g and was gonna wrap that up to a nice coil. What do people use for micro coils. If there is a sub thread can anyone link it?





Jester

You can find the dragon coil thread here

 

[BobC]

For coil beds:
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...3463-check-out-my-nano-dragon-coil-build.html

Ya got me justinonymous

 

[rouxdoo]

I burn the boogers off my Boba's boiler daily.

 

[Rule62]

For me, it's a major plus for using micro coils. I have a couple DIY juices that gunk up coils in one tankful; usually ones with stuff like peanut butter, caramel, etc. I have others, such as some tobacco mixes, that hardly gunk up a coil at all, after several fills. I just pull out the cotton, dry burn a few times, then brush off any ash residue, inside and out, with one of those little Dentek brushes that you can find in the tooth care section of the drug store. Once the coil looks like new again, I just pull a new piece of cotton through. No need to make a new coil.

 

[sigtausteve]

You can find the dragon coil thread here

Dude, ridiculous! The concept is so easy yet heinous at the same time. I'm gonna have to run to walgreens to get some sterile cotton. Boom goes the dynamite!






Jester

 

[sigtausteve]

Burnt off the gunk, wick is still good. No more "gunky burny" taste. Bobas is back to its pure flavor. Thanks all for the help, advice, suggestions and ideas. I am so glad I became a part of this community and forum.






Jester

 

[MrStik]

Dude, ridiculous! The concept is so easy yet heinous at the same time. I'm gonna have to run to walgreens to get some sterile cotton. Boom goes the dynamite!






Jester

I love the simplicity of it...

I would recommend boiling the cotton after you get some. Even though it is sterile, that just means no living micro-organisms reside on, and in the cotton. I got a weird taste (not everyone gets it) before boiling. After boiling, it tasted fantastic.

 

[BobC]

I love the simplicity of it...

I would recommend boiling the cotton after you get some. Even though it is sterile, that just means no living micro-organisms reside on, and in the cotton. I got a weird taste (not everyone gets it) before boiling. After boiling, it tasted fantastic.

You think cotton is good, wait till you try hemp fiber

 

[donnah]

For me, it's a major plus for using micro coils. I have a couple DIY juices that gunk up coils in one tankful; usually ones with stuff like peanut butter, caramel, etc. I have others, such as some tobacco mixes, that hardly gunk up a coil at all, after several fills. I just pull out the cotton, dry burn a few times, then brush off any ash residue, inside and out, with one of those little Dentek brushes that you can find in the tooth care section of the drug store. Once the coil looks like new again, I just pull a new piece of cotton through. No need to make a new coil.

I vape peanut butter with bavarian cream 95% of the time. 2 tank fulls and I pull the cotton, dry burn and rewick. I probably need to do it after every tank though.