Filling cartos tips?

[AMP]

Hey guys,
Im a month into vaping, and in that time, I filled a couple cartos a couple times. Yet half of the batch that I fill are good, the other half come out overfilled and I have to blow the excess out wasting that liquid. Are there any tipes for filling? I tilt it, wait for the cotton to suck up the liquid, and everything, but I still get cartos that sound like a water pipe bubbling. Any help?

 

[madjack]

...I almost always overfill...that way, I know they are completely filled...that little bit of blowout is not enough to worry about compared to what I was spending on the funkies...saving 350 bux/month, I can afford to waste a drop of two.........
madjack

 

[dormouse]

How I fill Vapor4Life (and Bloog and SI) KR8 cartos and Boge 510 cartos

I use thin clean juices - PG w/ 20% or less VG and a couple of Vapor4Life WOW juices (also thin) and I avoid any juices that leave a lot of flavoring sediment in the carto stuffing. I don't use any filling tricks - just normal fill and cleanup and settle for a carto that is less likely to be overfilled or leak.

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With the carto off the battery... Pop out the soft cap with an unbent paperclip in the mouth hole, very careful not to catch stuffing or the wire loop.
Shake and open the eliquid

Fill
Hold a bit of tissue on the threaded end hole, tilt the carto, and add 18 drops per ml of capacity into the stuffing (Boges and most KR8 cartos are about 1ml).
Wait 15 seconds or so then see how many more drops the carto stuffing will soak in easily.

Cleanup
Clean up the threaded end, tilt open end down into tissue, puff into threaded end to clear air channel (Boges and the KR8 cartos I use have a defined center air channel and I want to see light through that) While the carto is still open end down, touch a soft bunch of tissue to the top of the stuffing to get the loose juice - this will help prevent leaks.

Settle (first fill only)
Cap and let it settle - I lay it on different sides for 15-20 minutes to make sure every bit of stuffing gets damp so I won't singe the carto. if you use thicker juice than me (I use 20% Vg or less) then you may need to wait much longer.

While vaping
While vaping, if the vapor gets a bit light or a bit dry or the carto is getting hotter than normal, I take the carto off the battery and add eliquid. Also, I use such light sediment-free juices, I can look at the stuffing and see if it needs juice because the stuffing goes back to near-white.

I often use a plastic or delrin drip tip as a mouthpiece on Boge and KR8 cartos (not to drip into since the juice would head for the central air channel). Easy to pop out to add juice.

 

[washvap]

Standard cartos (boge LR): 25 drops is all that's needed.

*Drip alongside the filler material in increments of 5-10 drops at a time.
*Let it sit for 2-3 minutes each to let it seep into the filler material.
*After to have reached the limit. Let it sit for 20-30 minutes for everything to be properly filled.

XL cartos (DC, resurrectors): 45 drops

*Same steps as above

This way you won't overfill your carto and it'll work as it should without blowing it out. Overfilling leads to decreased performance as well as life of the carto.

 

[dormouse]

The number of drops is variable depending on the size drops your bottles make. That is why I do 18 first for a standard size carto, then wait a bit, then add just the number of drops more it will soak in easily. And note that I hold a tissue against the threaded end hole while doing this.

I also only use good cartos, well structured inside with no inner seals and a defined center air channel.

And I take my time - I don't put juice in faster than it will soak it in.

 

[Devlin]

I ran into this video on another thread when I was learning how to fill my first Carto.This "condom" technique works well and makes it a lot easier. As well, I felt a little heat on my lips from the Carto getting hot when vaping. Fixed that by taking out the white soft top and using my drip tip.(maybe this is the correct way?) I don't drip into the carto, but it keeps my lip from feeling the heat.
A Great Way To Fill Cartomizers - YouTube

 

[chrisohare71]

Here is another great video from PBusardo....
A PBusardo Tutorial : Filling Boge 510 Cartomizers - YouTube
I actually haven't used this method, but I know some people do. My friend showed me how to use a syringe to fill a carto. I fill it slowly, a bit at a time on all four sides, starting at the bottom and working my way up. I like this way and it seems to be faster then dripping to initially fill it or the condom method shown in this video (seems a little messy). Just don't push the syringe too fast(hard) or it will go all over the place...Also recently, a veteran around here told me that when you first start vaping, if you don't get juice all over the place or burn yourself on an atty, you must be doing something wrong!

 

[atom48]

Using the condom method on the initial fill of the carto actually isn't as messy as one would think. At that point the condom is new and fits securely around the carto. However, if you use the condoms on subsequent fills it will be messy because the condom will have stretched out some. That's why I only use that method on the initial fill of a brand new carto. For subsequent fills I drip from the top (drip-tip off) around the edges (@ 45 degree angle) until the filling is slushy again.

 

[SpiderMo]

I usually drip mine 20-25 drops depending on the size of drops and size of cartos until the batting is all good and slushy!!!