Cotton Rebuild Tastes Like Cardboard

[loislolalane]

So I rebuilt one of my coil heads with cotton. It was one I once believed was the cause of some leakage I had a while back. Anyway, it tastes like cardboard. No burnt taste, lots of vapor, but it tastes like cardboard. Suggestions on stopping that?


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[Dakota Jim]

I have the same issues with cotton that's why I like genuine imitation silica (I'm old and smoked for 36 years and have accepted the fact I will not live to see 100, or 90, or 80, or 70, lets face I may die again tomorrow - yes, I said again - local hospital managed to kill me last Feb - but at least they didn't amputate anything)

back onto the subject - organic cotton? did you prewet the cotton wick and coil with your juice (or plain vg or pg)? and do not under any circumstance dry burn it.

 

[Blender47]

I made a cotton coil yesterday for the first time and didnt notice the cardboard flavor your talking about. Could it be your voltage level? I used cotton from the end of a q-tip cause I didnt have any cotton balls around and dripped juice directly on the coil before using.
I felt that it was smoother than using the string wicks I had in the past.

 

[KrisAinTX]

Wrapped coils take a bit of time to break in. My cotton and Kanthal builds take 2 - 3 hours of use before the odd flavor I get from them goes away completely.

That said - did you use organic cotton? Did you boil it first? Non-organic cotton is treated with chemicals like peroxide. That may be where your odd taste is coming from.

 

[Jazzi Mike]

Did you boil the cotton before you used it in the build? That could be an issue. With Protanks in particular, there are a lot of moving parts. You could be burning some of the rubber inside the PT too? There are a lot of things it could be.

 

[loislolalane]

Boiling did the trick! Thanks for your help!


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[dice57]

Yeah, I always boil a good handful of cotton for 1/2 hr at a low boil, then drain and dry, that way I have a good supply of cotton for wicking. I use the microwave to finish the drying at 30 second intervals, till nice and dry, since cotton balls take forever to dry out.

 

[Gfinch]

Did you boil the cotton before you used it in the build? That could be an issue. With Protanks in particular, there are a lot of moving parts. You could be burning some of the rubber inside the PT too? There are a lot of things it could be.

Moving parts in a Protank??? I am still a Newb so I am curious as to which parts are moving? LOL


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[mekc57]

Moving parts in a Protank??? I am still a Newb so I am curious as to which parts are moving? LOL


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Yeah, I didn't get that either!