How to get rid of the horrible taste in my new Woodvil :-(

[NICnurse]

Howdy!

My newest REO arrived yesterday! Hello Woodvil! But, bad news on it. It tastes like wood finish and oil so bad I cannot use it. I have let it sit out on my deck for 2 hours today, ran vodka through the tubing and the catch cup, and it STILL tastes horrible. It is like I am vaping strawberry flavored french fry grease. :-(

What have some of you tried to get rid of the tung oil taste? I read that pianoman put his out in the sun for a while. The smell did decrease, but the taste is still there. Let me know what you all would suggest I try.

 

[dokebilee]

You can't really do anything about the tung oil smell other than to let it blow through. I've heard that the smell lasts from a range of a week to a month, maybe someone can correct me here if i'm wrong.

 

[NICnurse]

Thanks for the input! So, I am better off to go ahead and fill it with liquid and start running my juices through it in hopes it clears up soon? Fingers crossed it is just a week and not a month!

 

[WhatAClumsyGirl]

I just noticed it for about a week. I couldnt taste it in the juice, just could smell it while I was vaping.

 

[NICnurse]

I just reassembled it and thankfully, the taste is pretty much gone. I was worried it was still going to taste funky because the feeder tube smells like the oil really bad. But so far, running this second nicliquid batch with a new carto seems to be working much better. I guess we will see how the next couple of days unfold with it!

 

[BDub]

Got mine yesterday too! I can definitely still smell the tung oil on the wood but when I vape I don't smell the oil at all.

 

[Rhapsodies Fire]

From what I can tell...now that I got my li'l Woodvil, its from the inside that doesn't have the poly on it. When I open my mod, I can smell it ...and its strong. But, I'm too busy vaping it to open it up and leave it outside to air. Maybe on the weekend or something..................................ya....right.

I've had mine just over a week now.

 

[bushmaster]

I just reassembled it and thankfully, the taste is pretty much gone. I was worried it was still going to taste funky because the feeder tube smells like the oil really bad. But so far, running this second nicliquid batch with a new carto seems to be working much better. I guess we will see how the next couple of days unfold with it!

The flavor seems to be much worse when using a carto. The filler or batting in the carto becomes saturated with the tung odor and won't go away. Better to use an atty until the mod has aired out if you have an atty on hand.

 

[mlinky]

I know mine was bad when I first got it. I sent it to Rob for a sex change operation, and by the time I got it back, the smell was gone, so 1 1/2 weeks for me.

 

[WhatAClumsyGirl]

lol @ sex change operation.

My Lolly ( silver mini ) is with robert right now....she's having a face lift....

Edit : I guess its a heart valve repacement....her switch is the orignial from the first batch of mini's so she needed a upgrade.

hell, im the one needing the face lift, not her ! LOL

 

[jcarter]

Howdy!

My newest REO arrived yesterday! Hello Woodvil! But, bad news on it. It tastes like wood finish and oil so bad I cannot use it. I have let it sit out on my deck for 2 hours today, ran vodka through the tubing and the catch cup, and it STILL tastes horrible. It is like I am vaping strawberry flavored french fry grease. :-(

What have some of you tried to get rid of the tung oil taste? I read that pianoman put his out in the sun for a while. The smell did decrease, but the taste is still there. Let me know what you all would suggest I try.

I got mine today, and I can taste it as well. The sense of smell and taste is different from one person to the next, but it at least seems as though I am tasting it. Currently I am just vaping through it because I know it will pass. Oh, I am using a 510 atty and a drip tip.
That being said, it vapes like a ....!

 

[AlmightyGod]

I have two Woodvils, both have Walnut bodies.
(Photos below.)

The first one was not vapeable for 3 weeks.
The smell was STRONG.
(The plastic bottle was even saturated with the odor.)
I tried a number of methods to reduce the smell.
The most effective was drying it on the sweater rack inside of my clothes dryer.



The second one had less smell on day one, than the first one did after 3 weeks.



Go figure...

 

[mlinky]

I have two Woodvils, both have Walnut bodies.
(Photos below.)

The first one was not vapeable for 3 weeks.
The smell was STRONG.
(The plastic bottle was even saturated with the odor.)
I tried a number of methods to reduce the smell.
The most effective was drying it on the sweater rack inside of my clothes dryer.

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The second one had less smell on day one, than the first one did after 3 weeks.

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Go figure...

That bocote door is amaaaaazing!

 

[AlmightyGod]

That bocote door is amaaaaazing!

I was a lucky dog to get that one!

 

[Mudflap]

AG, those are beautimous Woodvils.

I officially hate you too.

 

[gamedemon]

I got mine yesterday. It was so bad that even when I used the same atty on my Grand, the atty still tastes like the oil... Uggg... I put it on the window sill open and hoping it will be fine.. the smell is terrible, and the taste is even worse... My next step if the smell does not go away in 3 days is to put it in the oven on very low temp.. see what happens.

 

[aziffel]

That bocote door is amaaaaazing!

AG, those are beautimous Woodvils.

I officially hate you too.

Yeah!,what they said!

 

[NICnurse]

Man, sounds like a few of us are having this problem. :-(

As someone mentioned, I do use a carto. And it makes total sense that the "smell/taste" is getting stuck in the batting of the carto. However, I can hardly keep it in the same room with me! The smell is so strong! I used a new carto and it started off ok. After an hour vaping on it, back to oil taste. :-( I had to completely toss the 6mL bottle that came with it because the smell was so strong. I let it soak in vodka all day and it didn't remotely remove the oil smell.

Guess I am gonna try to let it air out on the deck again this weekend. And I may try the oven idea. I have never used attys before, so I may have to resort to ordering one and trying that. Thankfully I have my Mini to get me through until the oil taste/smell issue is resolved. Kinda disappointed though. :-( I really hope this resolves over the next few days/weeks. If not, I may end up with serious buyers remorse over this. I guess my non-smoking sense of smell/taste is super sensitive!

 

[tybin]

i would recommend using the other bottle that comes with it. funny, i have three and have never noticed anything. maybe my ole nose isn't completely healed or i'm just like tung oil

 

[lostknitter]

I would try putting in a zip lock bag overnite with baking soda and see if that doesn't take the odor out before I put it in an oven. I don't think dry baking soda would damage it.