I am using V4L prefilled cartos that i have cleaned by boiling and let dry for days. With a syringe I only get maybe 1/4 cc of liquid in. I get maybe 6 vapes from this. I bought all this new juice (including some v4L) and it is really tough. Do I need to buy blank cartos and if so which ones are best for my V4L batts and hold the most. thanks. 15 days no analogs
Help. My cartos only take a few drops before flooding
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Use this method to fully saturate them the first time. Then you can add drops as the flavor diminishes.
Drying boiled cartos for days may not dry them. Some have to bake them in a low oven (like 175F) for hours to get them dry. And note - if these cartos were heavily used before cleaning they will never work as good as new because you cannot clean off the baked on residue on the coil.
As for filling - with a DRY carto - you have to block the threaded end hole with finger+tissue or the carto spike from the carto condom. Then I make a new fresh 1ml carto take 18 drops of juices. Then I wait 20 seconds or so, then add however many more drops it will soak in (usually 4-8). (OR you could use the syringe - I don't). Then you clean it up - the threads, and then I hold a bit of tissue against the stuffing and tilt the open end down and puff into the threaded end (between light and medium single puff) to sop up any excess juice. Then I settle the carto - I lay it on different sides and both ends over about 15-20 minutes (enough time for the 80pG/20VG thin juices I use to dampen every bit of the stuffing).
As for filling - with a DRY carto - you have to block the threaded end hole with finger+tissue or the carto spike from the carto condom. Then I make a new fresh 1ml carto take 18 drops of juices. Then I wait 20 seconds or so, then add however many more drops it will soak in (usually 4-8). (OR you could use the syringe - I don't). Then you clean it up - the threads, and then I hold a bit of tissue against the stuffing and tilt the open end down and puff into the threaded end (between light and medium single puff) to sop up any excess juice. Then I settle the carto - I lay it on different sides and both ends over about 15-20 minutes (enough time for the 80pG/20VG thin juices I use to dampen every bit of the stuffing).
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If you have a food dehydrator, use it to dry your carto's out. Or you can try the lowest setting on your oven but I've never had any luck drying them that way. However, I suggest you get a few boxes of blanks from V4L. I like the WOW cartos because they produce a warm vape at lower voltages.
I'm pretty sure that Waters_Andrew meant that his cartos aren't fully dry and still full of water.
If your juice is high on the VG (esp. 100%vg), it'd take a loooong time to fill one up, I think.
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