I have the exact same issue with kendo gold. Everybody highly recommends it and when you watch on youtube kendo gold LOOKS super absorbant but when i actually use it myself its as if the cotton has wax on it and my juice simply runs off of the cotton. How can that be when you see on youtube it absorbs like a sponge?-but when i use it- it absolutely doesnt absorb at all? Cotton bacon absorbs instantly. Maybe its because i use high vg juices. Baffling