Burnt coils
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I have some coils that are months old - heat them up, hit them with a steel wire brush and some water - good as new. I'm hoping you are talking about wick or idk what is going on. Wicks normally don't last more than a few days for me.
My coils get burnt and my cotton gets all dark brownish.
Whuuut? A month or so? I usually have to heat the coils up till its red hot and then dip it in water to clear off the black stuff accumulated on the coils. But I find myself doing that almost twice a day.
You might just be using a super gunky juice. If the juice is dark in color chances are its going to "caramelize" on the coil and get gunked up, requiring a dry burn to clean it up. That's just a thing that happens with all juices and coils, some just do it faster than others. Also coils that are touching will do this much faster than coils with spaces in between.
What are you vaping? A really sweet and/or dark juice will play havoc with coils.
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posted same time as Romano!
The build up you are seeing sounds normal.
The darker the juice and the higher the nicotine the faster you will need to re wick.
Twice a day sounds excessive.
Does the quality drop?
Or does it just look dark and gunky?
The darker the juice and the higher the nicotine the faster you will need to re wick.
Twice a day sounds excessive.
Does the quality drop?
Or does it just look dark and gunky?
I am thinking you might be cleaning the coils sooner than needed.
Normal use will darken and gunk everything up.
If your vape tastes good and produces good clouds, I would try to wait longer before you refresh.
Normal use will darken and gunk everything up.
If your vape tastes good and produces good clouds, I would try to wait longer before you refresh.
Thanks all. So yall are saying that I could wait out until it taste burnt and funky before refreshing the coils? And I'm just using clear fruity juices so I doubt it's the juice?
Most likely. Yeah.
I can push my blackberry apple a day longer than my custard juice.
What nic level are you at?
I can push my blackberry apple a day longer than my custard juice.
What nic level are you at?
Try to clean coils once every third day?
Re wick once a day or two?
I chain vape at .5 too.
That's my routine.
And I'm told I rewick too often!
They always look worse than they are.
If it performs well. You should be fine.
Re wick once a day or two?
I chain vape at .5 too.
That's my routine.
And I'm told I rewick too often!
They always look worse than they are.
If it performs well. You should be fine.
I don't know about running the coils under water,
I would think the rapid cooling would weaken the coils.
A couple short dry burns with no wick should clean them just fine!
I would think the rapid cooling would weaken the coils.
A couple short dry burns with no wick should clean them just fine!
Alright thanks a lot for the tip. I've been rewicking too often and people have been saying that a packet of cotton can last easily a year but I don't think so or rather I didn't thought so. Anyway my mates have shared with me by heating the coils red hot and dipping it into water proved to work quite well but as per what you said, the integrity of the coils might weaken and that'll pose an issue as well.
I'm sure a few of the pros will pop in to offer some great advice.
I hope I was some help!
Take care!
I hope I was some help!
Take care!
I'm not exactly a pro. Been vaping about a year now. I do run my coils under the faucet when they get REALLY gunked up sometimes. Just make sure you let go of the firing button before you hit the water. But most times just dry-burning them will clean them sufficiently.
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