I've recently dry burned my pro tank mini 2 coil and I was wondering is it weird for your flavors to taste different after dry burning? I've also lost a ton of flavor wicks due to frequent dry burning after changing flavors so I was wondering if it was odd to experience a flavor change?
Dry burning. Wicks and coils.
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I don't notice any taste difference, assuming I burn 'em until they're back to clean AND I rinse off the nasty burned up stuff. You can replace the flavor wicks with a little bit of cotton.
You really shouldn't dry burn ProTank atomizer heads. I use to soak the heads in vodka then rinse them thoroughly under warm water. I would then wrap them in strips of paper towel to dry out the wicks (pull up the white protective sleeve prior). I'm not into rebuilding ProTank atomizer heads but I'm sure you'll get a lot of comments about that topic. When you dry burn this type of set-up, you are damaging not only the coil but also the wick.
I do both of those lol. I was just wondering if it was odd if it still taste a bit sour. (As in odd. Not a sour taste.)
So then I guess what you're saying is the pro tanks aren't meant to be dry burned per say but just cleant? Some of the rougher flavors like cinnamon or mint get stuck or gunky which is the only reason I dry burn them.
No I mean I stop dry burning once I notice the coils glow bright orange. So I mean I know i'm doing it right lol. I've cooked em before so I know the difference.
The vodka will remove that. Dry burning doesn't do anything more (after the vodka) than a warm water rinse.
You are not really doing anything to the coil itself. You may be doing something to your wick though. Since the coil heads are mass produced they are used with a lower quality silica wick most likely and you can only dry burn them so much before they start to taste a little off when juice is reapplied to them... If you can do it without disturbing the coil itself, you can take out the silica wick with some tweezers (sharp point preferably) and rewick it with some cotton and it will work just fine after letting it saturate in the liquid for a little bit.
I guess vodka is next on the grocery list. Is there any preference the the vodka. Higher proof I assume?
Not much of a technical guy so i'd probably just use the next coil instead of drying to revive or finicking with this one lol.
I don't dry burn anymore because of the same reasons. I just rebuild. It takes about the same amount of time as dry burning, IMO.
I am surprised nobody brought up the fact that the rubber insulator under the coil will melt if burned hot enough and that alone can give a bad taste that lasts.
Everclear is definitely the best choice, assuming of course you aren't from one of the 14 states that ban its sale. It is 190 proof (95%) grain alcohol. It is the highest proof alcohol you can have. Even if you had some 100% pure stuff, ethanol is hygroscopic, meaning that it will suck in moisture into the air, eventually reaching equilibrium near 95% ethanol / 5% water.
It's also dirt cheap.
It's also dirt cheap.
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