Using cotton wicks it seems as if I still get the "cotton taste" whether I cook it 1-4 times, I was just wondering if their is a way to make that taste dissipate a little faster? I'm using a Trident with 28ga twisted wire twisted with a drill till it breaks if that helps
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I must be lucky because I've only got it on my last build... Five mins I was tasting cotton and wondering what I did wrong. Then it went away and I'm tasting my delicious juice!
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Yes sir! That's where I got my itaste vv v3. Love those guys. Each time I go I spend an hour and they help me out.
Bought a patriot and would've been super disappointed if I bought it online. No vapor and they drilled it out for me
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Bought a patriot and would've been super disappointed if I bought it online. No vapor and they drilled it out for me
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i helped open that store... i made the juice and got em to order those rdas... that store was partly my brain child... im gonna open my own store in texas soon...
The less cotton you use the less cotton taste you get and the better it works. Keep it fluffy don't compress/roll the wick. Only twist the one end to feed it through. Try to have an even pulled wick the size of the id of the coil.
I've pretty much stopped using cotton; as soon as it gets the SLIGHTEST bit scorched, just ever so slightly browned, it tastes horrible. Silica doesn't give me that.
Andria
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I'll try that. I think I use too much. It works, but I'm paranoid about leaking.
Right out of the gate with 100% vg and flavoring 0% Nic, i never get cotton taste on my drippers unless i push my juice to the limits edge and get a dry hit..
Oooh boy i hate hittin the other side of the edge
Oooh boy i hate hittin the other side of the edge
Also don't make it a tight fit inside the coil..
The second you feel resistance when pulling the cotton,Stop..
I just use sterile cotton straight from the bag. A good rule of thumb is it requires less than you think...
Cotton pro:
Many people claim cotton tastes better.
Many people are worried about silica wicks shedding fibers that will lodge in your lungs and possibly cause or contribute to silicosis. Cotton is biodegradable and shouldn't cause any lasting issues.
Cotton is cheap and universally available as both cotton balls and yarn.
Cotton con:
Cotton burns easily. One dry hit (or mostly dry hit) and the wick is toast. Silica is much more durable, and it allows for dry-burning.
Some people don't like the taste of a cotton wick.
Good post. All I can say about that boogiebear about silica is, after 39 yrs of willingly sucking down cancer, a bit of silica really doesn't frighten me. When I'm gardening, and pouring sand, I probably get a lot more silica in my lungs than from an atty's wick.
But those dry hits on cotton... UGHHHHHH! Like setting your jeans on fire and huffing it... ughhhhh And as you said, all you have to do is scorch it a LITTLE, and that's it, it just tastes awful after that, and you have to get up and go change it. Silica doesn't do that, and it doesn't give dry hits, either.
Andria
I've gone from cotton to braided cotton wicking material. No bad tastes and easier to work with in my opinion.
The dry hit might not be burning cotton, it might be Acrolein created when VG starts burning...sometimes I get a dry hit with the awful burnt grease taste and the cotton wick is not noticeably burnt. Also, sometimes upon inspection its not the cotton itself burning but juice in the cotton that gets burnt. I've almost gotten to the point where I can tell the difference between burnt cotton and burnt juice taste. I think it has to do with the tightness/density of the wick in the coil- Hypothesis: Too tight +dry wick = burnt cotton, Too loose +dry wick = burnt juice
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