Does anyone ever get juice that gunks up your atty?

[Redneck500]

Hi Friends,

I bought some juice from Madvapes, (im a Madvapes supporter, so don't think im dissing them or anything,) but, its gunking up my atty. I keep on having to blow out the atty and a bunch of juice comes out. Now, its a rootbeer juice and very thick. Is this a common thing? I bought some other juices that don't do this, but I'm thinking the thicker juices may have this problem. Any input?

Thanks
Josh

 

[BradSmith]

I love madvapes but I stay away from any dark liquids

 

[Lisa B]

Is it higher in vg then your other juices? Vg is very thick, if you have any pg, you may try thinning it a bit but be careful not to add to much or you will lose the nic strength and flavor.

 

[BiffRocko]

Yes. My daily vape is a very dark liquid that clogs attys very quickly. If an atty lasts 3 weeks for me, it's had a long life. Short of finding some other juice that I like as much as my daily, which I'm in the process of doing, there are a few things I've found that help mitigate the clogging problem.

1. Use Cisco LR 306 attys.
2. Use IMR batteries.
3. Remove the bridge and wick from the atty before use.
4. Periodically do mini "dry burns" throughout the day.

I've found that the higher heat produced by the Ciscos helps to slow the build up of particulates that clog the atty. Using IMR batteries, if you have a mod of some sort, also helps as they don't suffer from voltage sag and deliver higher power to the coil, meaning more heat and less clogging.

Removing the wick and the bridge helps by removing unnecessary surfaces where particulates can collect and contribute to clogging. The one catch about removing the wick and the bridge is that the atty can ONLY be used for dripping. You CANNOT use a cart on them without a wick and a bridge.

Often when I sense the atty is running low on juice, I do a mini "dry burn". While this is generally not recommended with Cisco LR 306s, since I remove the wick I don't get a bad taste by doing it. Also, because I have removed the wick and the bridge, it's very easy to see the coil and control the dry burn. My process is to simply remove my drip tip and pulse the button until I see at least 2/3 to 3/4 of the coil glowing.

I suspect that doing regular alcohol soaks would also help the clogging problem, but I'm way too lazy to do that.

 

[David Bruno]

Some of my favorite juices are the thick. I find that I use lower 3's v for them. when I use them with 5v it gets worse. I blow out my atty's at least once a night and bath them every now and then in alcohol. Carto's are more of a problem. When getting a clogg from thicker VG type juice, I'll run some pg through the carto and blow that out. I've found that 70 or 80% pg to 20/30 % vg never gives me much of a problem. 50/50 is the highest vg I'll use and will see a slight increase with clogging. I was using a few 100% vg juices and really had problems with LR and 5v pt's.

 

[jj2]

I stay away from the darkest of liquids. If I still have a problem, I just do dry burns more frequently.

 

[Dob_Bobolina]

I have not had a juice that gunks up my atties yet... Maybe I'm ordering from the right people =)?

 

[lafl333]

Do share...who? thx in advance

 

[Dob_Bobolina]

Do share...who? thx in advance

Well, I usually vape Backwoods Brew and Johnson Creek... I have never noticed gunk, but I do clean sometimes to get flavors out .. Like a really strong one. I just got some 100% organic juice in, it seems to be good too. I think the atomizer starts crapping out when the wick gets burnt... if you remove the wick the nasty taste goes away (if you cant clean it). But I have never noticed "Gunk" like a visible layer of stuff on anything.

I also use peroxide to clean my atties... soak the atty in it for a few minutes and then rinse with warm water... suck some of the water through the atty...

Maybe I call the "Gunk" by a different term though... bad taste...

 

[Kevin Freeheart]

TV juices do this in my experience.

 

[Raynen]

Vaporbomb juices are nearly clear, but have some "gunky" flavors. Waffle slightly does this. Then again, I blow out the juice out of the atomizer, and then I dry burn for 2-4 seconds before I change flavors, so my attys are really clean.

 

[WomanOfHeart]

I have some really dark juices that seem to gunk up my attys quicker, but I just blow them out more. I can't say that I've ever had a juice kill an atty, yet. I've only managed to kill my own when I tried doing my first de-bridge.

 

[Dob_Bobolina]

In 8 months of vaping I have never killed an atty for a 510... I still use my originals. I have however killed a LR atty, within 2 weeks =) I vape a lot too, go through 2 650 mah ego batteries per day.

 

[BiffRocko]

By killing an atty, we mean that performance drops to an unacceptable level. Not that it dies entirely. I've never had an atty stop working entirely from dark liquid either.

Also in reference to term gunk, it builds up on the coil and causes it to stop producing as much heat. This is the whole point of doing dry burns to clean attys. The process burns the gunk off the coil.

 

[banjo]

I've been using juices from:

FreedomSmokesUSA
PureVapes
Gourmet Vapor
Vaprite

And have had no problems with attys. I also use some DeKang juice, and have experienced no atty problems with it.

 

[Timothy Cullen]

which topvapor flavors becuase i have yet to have a problem with the ones ive tried being "
bluberry
ultamint
madrin orange
rose blossom
nutty caramel
and so on ...