Distilled Water and Coil Gunkyness

[Sptz]

Hey guys,


I always mix my liquid with about 3% or 4% of distilled water just to thin out the VG as I do Max VG always.
I remember reading somewhere that water did pre-maturely caused coil gunk, apart from the type of flavorings etc, would it be safe here to just use PG instead of water? I feel like I'm getting that slight "burnt taste" way too soon, when I do, I check the coil and it's pretty gunked up, the cotton is fine and perfect.

Cheers

 

[DreamWithin]

No reason why you can't use PG instead of water. Personally, I'd rather increase my PG ratio than add water if I need to thin a juice, but that's just my preference. It won't thin quite as much with the same amount when compared to water, as it's a little thicker than water, but will do the job just fine

 

[Cyrus Vap]

Hey guys,


I always mix my liquid with about 3% or 4% of distilled water just to thin out the VG as I do Max VG always.
I remember reading somewhere that water did pre-maturely caused coil gunk, apart from the type of flavorings etc, would it be safe here to just use PG instead of water? I feel like I'm getting that slight "burnt taste" way too soon, when I do, I check the coil and it's pretty gunked up, the cotton is fine and perfect.

Cheers

My experience has been the opposite wrt coil gunk, I thin all VG anywhere from 10-22% depending on my mood. Less water leads to faster gunk in my experience. I also don't use flavors though, so my coils and wicks last forever.

 

[mhertz]

Lol - Indeed me too I was shocked when I first changed to unflavored vg with 20% water and didn't have to rewick for over 3 weeks

 

[r77r7r]

Maybe you're just vaping too low power.

 

[Cyrus Vap]

I'm really into this Vector RBA now too, and its even worse. I don't know if its a top airflow thing or what, but I can go on and on with a coil/wick set up vaping at 40-50 watts lol

Sorry for the side track.

 

[Sptz]

Maybe you're just vaping too low power.

Low power? Really? How would that gunk up faster? Thought it was the opposite

 

[r77r7r]

Low power? Really? How would that gunk up faster? Thought it was the opposite

OOps, nevermind, you're a sub-ohmer.

 

[Sptz]

I'm not though haha

 

[dannyv45]

I've never experienced water, DW or saline gunking coils. To much sweet flavoring yes but water no I don't think so.

 

[Kurt]

From a chemical standpoint, water should not contribute to coil gunking. It lowers the boiling point of a juice dramatically, and also thins it, causing more evaporation, less decomposition. In my experience it is flavors that cause the majority of coil-gunking, especially tobaccos and sweet vanillas.

And I refuse to use PG at all. Like MANY people here, it dries me out too much and can cause other unpleasant problems for me. And even if I use flavors, they are generally 5% or less, especially at high wattage. Just no need. 90% of the time I vape unflavored VG juices. My general recipe is %water + %flavor = 20-25% (higher for RBA tank systems that need thinner to wick well). The rest is VG and nic.

 

[Cyrus Vap]

Good to see you Kurt!