Dripping tastes terrible, what am I doing wrong?

[TypeOholic]

OK, so, I just got a Riva 510 a few days ago and I am not getting this dripping thing. I have watched a few videos on dripping and I don't know what I am doing wrong. I put the atty on the battery, drip 3 drops in, stick the drip tip on, wait like 10 to 15 seconds then vape. I have also tried waiting up to 30 seconds just to make sure it wicked in.

All I am getting is the taste of burning atty. I get a lot of vapor but it tastes like hot metal and similar to lighting the filter end of an analog. So much so, that I can't taste the juice at all.

I prepped the atty by blowing out the little bit of primer that was in there. My very first hit was the best one I have had. It tasted fairly like the juice but I still tasted the atty. Since then, all I taste is burning atty. I tried dripping about 5 drops of juice into the atty and blew it through. I tried cleaning the atty with hot water and gave it a dry burn. I just don't know what I am doing wrong.

Any help is appreciated

 

[Shel]

TypeO
I wish I knew what to tell you.

I've been vaping for six months, going from a 510 to an eGo, and now using a bottom feeder (Ali'i)

I only drip, or use a bottom feed mod, which is basically the same as dripping.

I find that the taste is much better then I got from carts, carts would run dry and I'd taste a burning taste. Also, even after what seemed like the cart was dry, I'd pull the fill out, and find quite a bit of juice in the cart... just it wasn't getting to the atty!

I don't wait... I drip three drops, then vap. Wish I knew why you're getting a burnt taste!

Sorry I can't be more help. Maybe give it a little while longer, and see if the atty needs to be broken in?

 

[SpEcTReCHieF]

Are you using a LR atty? Sometimes it takes abit to break in the atty when dripping. Also try putting in a few more drops, almost to the point of flooding it. Do you hear a gurgling sound when you draw on it? If you are still getting the burning smell/taste, leads me to believe you dont have enough juice on the atty. Try a couple more drops on it and ensure you keep the atty wet. Hope you get it working better, good luck.

 

[Lisa B]

It sounds like you are still getting some primer taste, sometimes takes a few days to get broken in. Make sure you have enough juice in it and if still getting that awful taste try to not inhale and just keep up with it til it tastes good.

 

[ScotTex]

Edit: I'll delete my comment and let the e-cig-elders speak.

 

[Automaton]

MORE JUICE!

New atties can be touchy while they break in. Sometimes it takes the form of being a juice hog.

Try adding more juice, a couple drops at a time. If you get to the point of gurgling (which means flooded) and it still tastes like a car on fire, there may be primer left in it.

Blow it out well, and let it soak in isopropyl alcohol (70%-91%) for 10 minutes or so. Pick it up, threads down, and let the alcohol drain out the bottom. Dunk it back in, pick it up, and repeat. Do that 4 or 5 times.

Set it to dry in a well-ventilated place (in front of a fan or something) overnight. And try again in the morning.

If you do this, it will be bone dry in the morning. Make sure you prime it very well. Start with 5 or 6 drops, try that, and if it's not right, add a couple more. It can take as many as 8 drops.

 

[TypeOholic]

I don't wait... I drip three drops, then vap. Wish I knew why you're getting a burnt taste!

Sorry I can't be more help. Maybe give it a little while longer, and see if the atty needs to be broken in?

I thought about a break in period as well. But, the first try on the atty was the best. I tasted some of the juice and got normal vapor. But every hit since then is just terrible.

Are you using a LR atty? Sometimes it takes abit to break in the atty when dripping. Also try putting in a few more drops, almost to the point of flooding it. Do you hear a gurgling sound when you draw on it? If you are still getting the burning smell/taste, leads me to believe you dont have enough juice on the atty. Try a couple more drops on it and ensure you keep the atty wet. Hope you get it working better, good luck.

I am using the 2 attys that came with my kit. I do not know if they are LR or not. I would guess not. I have tried 2 drops, 3 drops and 5 or 6 drops. Regardless, I get the burning taste. I have heard the gurgle noise but it went away after chambering a few mouth fulls of vapor and then the burning taste came with the vapor.

When I hit the button without the drip tip on the atty, I can see it producing vapor. Regardless of how wet I make the atty, the vapor smells and tastes like burning. For the heck of it, I just put 4 drops on the bridge and 2 more drops around the edge. When trying to vape that, it gurgled and produced a LOT of vapor but still tasted and smelled terrible. After trying to puff it like 4 times, I think the atty just died. It will now do nothing. So, now I have 1 more atty to kill. If I can't figure out this dripping thing before that one dies, back to cartomizers I go.

 

[kushka]

I wrote a response to add more e-juice. But after I posted i saw that you had posted that you had.

Now I am just stumped. Could it be the juice - have you used the same juice in a cartomizer? I am sory - I can't think of anything else -

 

[TypeOholic]

MORE JUICE!

New atties can be touchy while they break in. Sometimes it takes the form of being a juice hog.

Try adding more juice, a couple drops at a time. If you get to the point of gurgling (which means flooded) and it still tastes like a car on fire, there may be primer left in it.

Blow it out well, and let it soak in isopropyl alcohol (70%-91%) for 10 minutes or so. Pick it up, threads down, and let the alcohol drain out the bottom. Dunk it back in, pick it up, and repeat. Do that 4 or 5 times.

Set it to dry in a well-ventilated place (in front of a fan or something) overnight. And try again in the morning.

If you do this, it will be bone dry in the morning. Make sure you prime it very well. Start with 5 or 6 drops, try that, and if it's not right, add a couple more. It can take as many as 8 drops.

I want to point out that this is all your fault. It was your videos that made me buy into this whole ecig thing. So I can honestly say... "It was you alright?!?! I learned it by watching you!!!!"

I think I have used enough juice. Actually, before I realized you posted, I had responded again that I think I killed my atty with too much juice. So, it wasn't lack of juice. And I'm pretty sure it wasn't primer as I had blown it out and it had been through a hot water rinse as well as blowing some peppermint liquid through the atty.

Car fire is a good way to put it. My office now smells like a car fire with a hint of vanilla.

I wrote a response to add more e-juice. But after I posted i saw that you had posted that you had.

Now I am just stumped. Could it be the juice - have you used the same juice in a cartomizer? I am sory - I can't think of anything else -

I actually saw your response before you changed it. I have used more than 1 juice to drip in the atty. All of which I have used in cartos with no issues. Peppermint, vanilla, watermelon and cinnamint. They all tasted the same. Like burning metal.

 

[Automaton]

Fine, blame me!

Hmmm...

If it were me, and I wanted to save that atty, I'd do the alcohol soak, and try that. If it still doesn't work, I'd debridge it, or at least de-wick it.

Sometimes the wick is in such a position to cause a burning taste. The bridge may or may not be contributing.

Try removing the wick. This will make it not work well with a cart, so be sure you only want to drip with it. Basically, take tweezers and pull out all that hair-like stuff that's sitting under the bridge. Here's a vid.
YouTube - How to remove your Wick (Mod)

If it's still bad, try taking out the whole bridge. This will make it REALLY useless with a cart, but for dripping it may actually increase performance
YouTube - Removing The Bridge (mod)

Removing the wick is fairly easy. But be careful removing the bridge. If you pull up the atomizer connection, you can break it. Just keep an eye on it, and it should be ok.

 

[levsweld]

Maybe its yur braces? haha, jk...
Try another atty, if it works better, just ditch your other one, stop wasting liter's of juice

 

[TypeOholic]

Fine, blame me!

Hmmm...

If it were me, and I wanted to save that atty, I'd do the alcohol soak, and try that. If it still doesn't work, I'd debridge it, or at least de-wick it.

I think the atty is now just completely dead. It does nothing at all when connected to the battery. I will give it a soak in alcohol to see if it revives it but for now I am thinking it may have been a bad atty. If atty 2 does the same thing, I will try the wick and bridge stuff with it before I kill it.

Maybe its yur braces? haha, jk...
Try another atty, if it works better, just ditch your other one, stop wasting liter's of juice

I don't have braces.
I am going to try the other atty that came with my kit and see what results I get.

 

[levsweld]

I've heard lots of times where people have gotten dead or near death atty's. so the best thing you can do is order somewhat of an abundance of them on your orders. then, learn to clean them properly every now and then, and you'll notice that your huge stock of atty's wont even get a dent, but always good to have at least 5 in total, that are either brand new and/or being used

 

[ScotTex]

Great Jesus Juice! I should have just left my comment here in the first place ... try another atty, if it's still f'ed-up return it.

 

[TypeOholic]

Great Jesus Juice! I should have just left my comment here in the first place ... try another atty, if it's still f'ed-up return it.

HA! Was your original comment to try another atty? That's great! If it makes you feel any better, that is what I am going to do.

 

[ScotTex]

LOL yes. That was exactly what happened to me with my first atty.

 

[musiceqlslife21]

Fine, blame me!

Hmmm...

If it were me, and I wanted to save that atty, I'd do the alcohol soak, and try that. If it still doesn't work, I'd debridge it, or at least de-wick it.

Sometimes the wick is in such a position to cause a burning taste. The bridge may or may not be contributing.

Try removing the wick. This will make it not work well with a cart, so be sure you only want to drip with it. Basically, take tweezers and pull out all that hair-like stuff that's sitting under the bridge. Here's a vid.
YouTube - How to remove your Wick (Mod)

If it's still bad, try taking out the whole bridge. This will make it REALLY useless with a cart, but for dripping it may actually increase performance
YouTube - Removing The Bridge (mod)

Removing the wick is fairly easy. But be careful removing the bridge. If you pull up the atomizer connection, you can break it. Just keep an eye on it, and it should be ok.

Listen to mistress nomad about this suggestion about pulling out the wick and/or bridge. When i first recieved my ego(my first ecig) which was only a few weeks ago, I experienced this problem as well, after a few days usage. I tried blowing out the atty, rinsing and dry burns but it didn't change a thing. But when I took the wick and bridge out it completely solved my problem.
Watch Phee's videos once or twice to get the general idea and feel for it. I made those mods to my first two attys because of the burnt taste and now they work perfectly. If you do decide to get some LR atty's I suggest being extra careful doing this mod on them because I tried it on one a few days ago, and i noticed it was a little harder to pull the bridge out, as i almost destroyed the atty. Good luck, hope all turns out well.

 

[TypeOholic]

And now, the second atty. Blew out the primer and dripped in 4 drops of watermelon. Gave it a hit and it tasted like crappy watermelon. But, that was a big improvement over tasting like a steel forge.

So, a few more drops of juice and a few more pulls. Still kinda bad but still watermelon.

Another 2 drops and the atty gurgled a little bit but it seems much better than the first one. I can at least taste watermelon on this atty. On that first one I could not taste the liquid at all. Now, I think I just have that burning atty taste stuck in my mouth. Gonna give it a rest for tonight and try it again tomorrow.

Thanks all

 

[VV Vapster]

I am having the same issues with one of my atties, my guess is your atty is not broken in, or something is down by the coil causing your burning taste, have you boil cleaned it yet?

 

[NukeDOC]

try this. leave the cone off. drip your juice in. put the tip back on. hold a napkin up to the holes where the atty meets the battery. BLOW lightly into your ecig. do you hear a gurgling? if so, give it a good firm half-second blow. now take a draw and see if that helps out.

if this works youve just been flooding your atty. what i have been doing, with new or newly cleaned attys, is put in one drop at a time. right on the bridge. wait a few seconds and take a small draw. repeat two or three times till it gets just the right amount of juice in the mesh and over the heating coil. ive found with dripping you have to learn each atty's "sweetspot". thats basically how much juice you need to prime and how much to drop in at a time to maintain that nice hit.

dripping definitely has a learning curve to it and every atty will act different to it in my experience. currently i am dripping into two different attys. a stock riva 510 atty with the bridge in tact. once primed, it takes 1-2 drops to maintain it for a few draws with the occasional blow-out. the other is a de-bridged de-wicked joye 510 atty that i have to give a 1/2 drop and let it run down the side wall but man is that vapor nice when it hits right. so thick, almost creamy.

one more thing... even though i use a drip tip, i still take it off so i can drip exactly where i need to drip.