Something I just didn't think of till now, how do switch juices without dry burning your wick up?
How are you guys switching juices on silica?
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Silica doesn't burn that's why they use it. Try torching it sometime. It goes black then white again.
Soaking in PGA or water should get juice flavor out of a wick. An ultra sonic bath does a fantastic job on wicks, but nothing much for the char on the coil.
Soaking in PGA or water should get juice flavor out of a wick. An ultra sonic bath does a fantastic job on wicks, but nothing much for the char on the coil.
anything else that can work? Could I burn the juice off? That just doesn't sound right.
just rinse it under some warm water. that will get most of the old juice flavor out. if youre using even a remotely similar flavor, youre good to go.
if youre doing a dramatic flavor change, youll have to soak your wick in vodka or PGA for a few hours.
or torch the wick to burn off the old flavor like mentioned above. ive never tried that but sounds like itll work.
however, silica is awfully cheap. you might have better luck just buying a spool of it from ebay.
if youre doing a dramatic flavor change, youll have to soak your wick in vodka or PGA for a few hours.
or torch the wick to burn off the old flavor like mentioned above. ive never tried that but sounds like itll work.
however, silica is awfully cheap. you might have better luck just buying a spool of it from ebay.
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WHat are you using for an atomizer? Most people change juices by just vaping through the mixed flavors. Vape plain PG/VG until it tastes neutral if you don't like the mixed flavors.
Dry burning an atomizer is to turn the crusty charred juice remains to ash to clean the coil wire. If you can see the coil you can also use a very sharp needle (disconnect the battery) to break chunks off. The charred gunk lessens the flavor, quantity and quality of the vapor because the fresh juice can't get to the coil wire.
Dry burning an atomizer is to turn the crusty charred juice remains to ash to clean the coil wire. If you can see the coil you can also use a very sharp needle (disconnect the battery) to break chunks off. The charred gunk lessens the flavor, quantity and quality of the vapor because the fresh juice can't get to the coil wire.
I'm using a 9 dollar pheonix style from MOV. I got like 4 or 5 wraps of 30 g with a double stack of what I think is 2 or 3 mm silica
I just rinse with warm/hot water, pat dry with a paper towel, then dry burn until the coils glow. Takes less than 5 minutes and I have yet to get any leftover flavor from the previous juice. Anything more than that, and I just build a new coil. It's SO cheap and quick, you might as well if you have to mess with it too much. Of course, if you're scraping pennies, do what you gotta do.
Yep, I do the same. Or I just drip the new flavor (since I'm using a dripper) when it's time to drip. Silica changes flavors quite quickly and doesn't really retain the old flavor very well unless it's very strong.
I'm testing a bunch of MBV stuff today and haven't cleaned the wick once. I just drip the new flavor and the old one is gone. Do it when it's time to drip, though, not when the wick is soaked.
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