I was browsing the forum in search of some good tobacco flavored juices, when I was reminded of one of my all time favorite flavors: Domestic, from Johnson Creek. A while back I had ordered both sample packs, which contained their regular PG/VG mix, and the Red Oak series, which was all VG. Back when I was sampling the flavors, I was using a direct drip atomizer, which worked fine. I fell in love with the Domestic and bought a bottle, which I used to fill up an XL carto. It was great...until I decided to fill up a Vivi Nova. For some reason, the juice did not want to wick properly. I ended up burning out 3 brand new heads. Thinking it was the 100% VG causing the problem, I filled up my nova with some regular Johnson Creek juice. Same thing happened. Anyone else have this problem with Johnson Creek? The juices seemed to work fine out of a carto, but the wicks for some reason...it just causes them to clog up and burn. Any thoughts?
Johnson Creek Juice ruins wicks/coils?
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I really like their Chocolate Truffle, French Vanilla, and Tennessee Cured. I vaped all of them out of Vivi's. and never experienced any issues.
I've had these issues with JC juices in both Protanks and Carto tanks. It's a shame because I also love Domestic and Tennessee Cured and Vanda is the best vanilla I've tried. 
I can only use them in dripping atomizers from now on or be prepared to waste juice and cartos/heads.
I can only use them in dripping atomizers from now on or be prepared to waste juice and cartos/heads.
I've only dripped JC into a V5 RDA from fasttech - I built a new coil and dripped around 3ml of Red Oak Tennessee Cured before I noticed that the wicks appeared to have black sludge on them - not just at the coil either. When I dry burned the coils it left a brown residue on the wick that resembled rust. It doesn't seem to impact the flavor, but it does make me wonder. I really like the Tennessee Cured and was going to order another bottle, but now I'm not so sure.
VG, in general, not one manufacturer. VG leaves more deposits when vaped and will burn out your atty/carto faster than PG liquid.
I've had these issues with JC juices in both Protanks and Carto tanks. It's a shame because I also love Domestic and Tennessee Cured and Vanda is the best vanilla I've tried.
Ouch...sounds like you learned this one the hard way!
Sure, I get that, but I've had other VG heavy liquids that haven't made my wicks black after 3ml.
My buddy had the same problem in his V4L Zeus. He kept complaining about clogging up the smileomizers. Then again he complains about a lot of things. He may be on to something this time. He was using Tennessee Cured regular. I guess I'd be complaining too if I went through 6 smileomizers at 7 or 8 bucks each.
I started out with JC, back in day with Boge cartos. Now that I think about it, they didn't last as long as they do now. May not have been the bogegate cartos and might have been the juice.
I started out with JC, back in day with Boge cartos. Now that I think about it, they didn't last as long as they do now. May not have been the bogegate cartos and might have been the juice.
I'm getting back into JC after the big sale. I thin out the thicker juices with some Halo Fusion. No issues yet on a Halo Triton tank.
I love Vanda. Can't get enough of it. One of my favs. HOWEVER, as noted in this thread after about 20ML @12MG in a ProTank 2 this AM it totally nuked my head/wicks/coils. Black as coal see this pic:
So...why don't they make it in a 50/50 cut? I guess I could cut it with 18MG Halo fusion or even try it in my Triton/Halo tanks. Maybe get some 100% PG nic and try that as a cut? What a shame. Any other thoughts?
Thanks in advance for any help.
So...why don't they make it in a 50/50 cut? I guess I could cut it with 18MG Halo fusion or even try it in my Triton/Halo tanks. Maybe get some 100% PG nic and try that as a cut? What a shame. Any other thoughts?
Thanks in advance for any help.
I have tried to find another vanilla as good, but have never been able to. I've tried cutting it with other stuff, but then you lose that great Vanda flavor
Thanks. I was afraid of that. First cut try with Halo 50/50 NIC was an epic fail. I guess it's head change/clean time every few days with my PT2 which fortunately is a quick swap without the need to drain the tank. /sigh
silly question
Compared to the other juices you use...is that brand "thicker" than the stuff you are used to?
As in his stuff may wick differently and if you do your normal hit on your vape might have changed the parameters of how the coil/wicks operate with that particular fluid?
I noticed with a very thin vaporgod (strawberry kiwi juice) vs a much thicker Totally Wicked (American red tobacco) I can drag like a crazy man on the thinner stuff but if I hit it like I do with the totally wicked stuff I burn coils
Could it be the killing coils/wicks is YOUR fault and not the fault of the juice
Oh and the above juices I use...are "slap yo mamma" good!
P.S. I find that if I rinse out my clearomizers/tanks coil/wick each time I drain the juice out of it they seem to last much longer (you do have spares right?)
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I've been thinning out TN with some RY4 i have and have had better luck than straight TC. Any way not to change the flavor like maybe some distilled water? Anyone try that yet? I can't find a tobacco I like better but I don't think their juice is made for any type of clearomizer or protank. I put some straight in my protank 2 and before the end of the tank I was cleaning wicks due to dry hits...
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