Harsh metallic taste genesis style

[ebbrey]

Hey

I have been using scotts vids on oxydising the mesh and funkyvapes *perfect coil method* i'll sum up:

I have the cobra, and i cut out 400 mesh 20mm x 40mm and then roll it really thin, i cut the end off at an angle then i thread it on a needle. heat it with propane torch until glowing red and dunking in water. I repeat 3 times. Then i soak it in eliquid and light it up 3 times. After oxy i take my kanthal, burn it so it glows 3 times and create the coils on a drill bit. Then i mount the drillbit/coil on to the cobra. Pull out the drill bit and slide the mesh wick through the coil almost down to the bottom of the tank. I check that my cooils are evenly spread out and that there is no hot spots or wires not firing up. Fill the tank, not too quick not too slow. I can see the wick is wicking nicely. I vape it at a 90 degree angle, and get lots of vapor, but it taste really bad. Worse than a burned out silica wick the metallic taste is so strong that it burns my tounge just the taste of the vapor. And this is on 6 watts.

Any ideas?

 

[RsK0807]

is there space between the mesh and the coils? you want the coil to be in contact with the mesh completely except the +/- leads... not tight, but in contact...

 

[jhjohnson123]

I had this same issue. My fix was after oxidizing I boiled the wick and all the parts and it cleared out metallic taste. Hope this helps.

 

[ebbrey]

Hmm i noticed a tiny tiny space between the coil and the wick at some parts, and i pulled some more on the coil at the top to see if i could tighten it more.. That made 50% of the bad taste to dissapear so thats prolly the issue then..

 

[ebbrey]

Ty for the tip i will try boil mine

 

[jhjohnson123]

You're welcome.

 

[Maconi]

Side question, what's the size of the Cobra's wick hole? Meaning what size drill bit are you using? I've ordered a Cobra and want to get the right size bit so that when it arrives I can get straight into the pains you're currently experiencing lol.

Thanks in advance!

 

[EDO]

I am far from an expert on this but the first two wick I made worked perfectly as far as no hot spots and no shorts. I did both of them under five minutes each. After making the wick the same way that you described and flaming the wire...I just wrapped the coil directly on the wick made them all nice and neat and then put the wick through the hole. The coil will be able to move up and down relatively easily...so position the coil where it should be. Do clockwise roll on the negative contact and a couterclockwise roll on the positive. IF you get any hot spots it will be at the positive contact. Fiddle with it and make sure it is as close to the positive contact as possible. I think the only mistake I made I should have made the wick a little smaller so that the wick doesn't hug the walls of the hole. I think you will get much better wicking if there is airflow there.