JC and dark juices

[Pepsifreak]

Ok now, just to be able to set things straight in my mind. I've read many places that Johnson Creek juice are atty killers. I've found this out personally as I love some of their flavors and its the first place I ordered juice from. Each one lasted about 2 days till it was gummed up. Went thru 3 atomizers and about 5 cartomizers. I'm using a 510 Tornado.

After reading some other areas of forums I noticed someone saying that it's just not JC but darker thicker juices period kills attys quick. So out of curiousity, what is it about the dark juices that gum up attys? Is it not just the dark juices or all sweet juices in general that gum em up? Is there flavors to avoid? Does it have anything to do with the amount of VG in the juice?

It's just that as much as I love JC's Tennessee cured juice I cannot afford killing attys left and right. I've ordered juices from 2 other places and hoping luck with them. Thanks for any input someone could give from they're experiences.

 

[Boodle]

Are you using Tennessee Cured from the Original or Red Oak JC line? I suspect you're using their VG line and the juice is thick? You could try a few drops of distilled water (set aside 3ml or so of your TC in a spare bottle to test). Pure Grain Alcohol (Everclear) can also be used to thin down juices. A drop at a time, shake, vape, repeat until you get the consistency of an 80/20 PG/VG juice for cartos and 70/30 or so for dripping.

I rinse my attys and DTs in hot water and blow them out at bedtime. I do it whether they need it or not. Some of my atomizers are months old and perform like new. They're dry and ready in the morning. They don't get a chance for a lot of gunk build-up in a day's use.

Cartomizers: You should get some extra life and better flavor thinning out a thick, dark juice in a carto. I don't put any juice higher than 20% VG in a carto. I'm not a big carto user. You may get better advice from another. I drip most of the time.

 

[Pepsifreak]

Yes I started with the Red Oak sampler, then went on to buy another 15 ml of the Tennessee Cured. It's 100% VG. I've thought of diluting it but as the highest nicotine level it comes in is 18, I didn't really want to drop further. Are you using distilled water or tap water to rince them with? I do blow mine out nightly with a can of compressed air, still had one gum up.

 

[JustaGuy]

Color may not be the issue, could be caramel or sweets. I vape Red Oak TC and it does gum up the atty after a while. I just soak in very hot water and dry burn (some advise against, I've had no prob.). I use this method: http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/tips-tricks/69834-my-atty-resurrection-method.html

 

[Boodle]

I rinse attys in regular hot tap water, blow through and repeat. We have a water softener and I don't know what that might do to an atty. On the final rinse I put it under the reverse osmosis tap for a second, just to be safe. Some people soak attys in PGA or cheap vodka. Others in a hot vinegar and water bath (great for removing skunk-juice). Sonic cleaners with vodka or PGA are popular also. I've found by taking a couple of minutes to rinse the attys I used that day in hot water I don't have to deal with all that deep cleaning anymore.

You can order a bottle of 100% PG with your desired nic level (18) unflavored and mix it with your TC. It would mute the flavor since you'd be mixing with flavorless but you'd get the same nic hit. You could also contact JC and see if they'd send you a sample bottle of TC original to mix with it. It's not cool that you're blowing through attys like that. That's expensive.

FWIW... JC's Original line Spiced Apple Cider is a very thin, almost clear lequid. A carto seems to last forever with that juice. It's so thin I have to add VG to thicken it for dripping into an atomizer. I put up with it because the TH is the best of any juice I've tried and I enjoy the taste. I haven't tried JCs Red Oak VG line. I've read many clogging/gunky complaints like yours.

Hope you find a solution. Finding a juice you enjoy is the hardest part of vaping. Since you love your TC, it's worth the hassle of figuring it out. Good luck!

 

[Pepsifreak]

Thanks for the input guys. JustAGuy page bookmarked, will def. be trying that, I have nothing to loose. I'm sure eventually I'll be trying the pg version of TC and the spiced apple cider does indeed sound interesting. For now I have about 6 different flavors in route between tasty vapes and Ms T's. All more PG based. I've just started in the vaping world and JC was the one I started with. Gotta lot of other flavors and suppliers to try yet.

 

[JustaGuy]

Thanks for the input guys. JustAGuy page bookmarked, will def. be trying that, I have nothing to loose. I'm sure eventually I'll be trying the pg version of TC and the spiced apple cider does indeed sound interesting. For now I have about 6 different flavors in route between tasty vapes and Ms T's. All more PG based. I've just started in the vaping world and JC was the one I started with. Gotta lot of other flavors and suppliers to try yet.

Btw, vendors advise against dry burning LR (low resistance) attys, so don't do it on attys with < 2.0 ohm. I've had no problem with 2.2 & 2.5 ohm regular attys, have not lost an atty yet in 5+ months.

 

[Boodle]

JC juices have a unique-tasting flavor base. I couldn't decide if I liked or hated Spiced Apple Cider. It's not the best flavor I've tried by a long shot. It has a nice, strong TH very good for powering through a cigarette craving. It produces very little vapor. I like that for stealth vaping in public. Double inhale it and there's no vapor at all. If I were new it would be on the far back-burner to try. There's a world of yummy-licious-ness out there waiting for you. Have fun!