Lemon Tea trashing coils?

[RoseJ]

Has anyone else had experience with tea flavors trashing coils? I made an awesome Sweet Lemon Tea liquid, and while it tastes great, my coils get burned quickly (couple of days) when using it. But I'm wondering if it's the tea or the lemon that's doing it?

I used Sweet Tea and Juicy Lemon, both Capella. Any ideas? I'm really bummed because I love it.

 

[Sugar_and_Spice]

More than likely, its not the ejuice, it is how high you have your pv set, what kind of coils/heads you are using and their resistance. Thinner liquid does burn quicker than liquid with some vg in the mix. Are you giving the head/coil time to re-wick the juice between totes?

 

[Sugar_and_Spice]

And when you say 'burned' do you mean the taste is gawd awful or the wick just look dark?

 

[RoseJ]

More than likely, its not the ejuice, it is how high you have your pv set, what kind of coils/heads you are using and their resistance. Thinner liquid does burn quicker than liquid with some vg in the mix. Are you giving the head/coil time to re-wick the juice between totes?

No, it's nothing like that. I have three Enduras going, each using a different liquid, and all with the same coils. Only the one using the lemon tea is burning out. It's happened twice now.

 

[RoseJ]

And when you say 'burned' do you mean the taste is gawd awful or the wick just look dark?

Both.

 

[Sugar_and_Spice]

Are you using a sweetner in your mix? Sometimes, it burns hotter than other ingredients and that may be the culprit. Have you tried turning the voltage down? It that even possible with your set-up? I have found that some of my mixes just can't be at the same temps. While one will do great, another will do what yours is, so all I do is turn my pv volts down. If that isn't possible for you on your set-up try a higher resistance coil/head.


eta/ just looked online at your set up. Try upping the amt of vg used in your mix. This will give a 'thickness' to your juice and more vaper, and tend not to burn as quickly as just using pg alone.

 

[dannyv45]

Overly sweet flavorings or if your adding sweetener will cause this. the sweetener burns and leaves a crusty black deposit on the coils and causes wicks to blacken. This is very common with overly sweet mixes.

 

[subwayaznm]

Has anyone else had experience with tea flavors trashing coils? I made an awesome Sweet Lemon Tea liquid, and while it tastes great, my coils get burned quickly (couple of days) when using it. But I'm wondering if it's the tea or the lemon that's doing it?

I used Sweet Tea and Juicy Lemon, both Capella. Any ideas? I'm really bummed because I love it.

That sure is a Bummer. That is my next liquid to Diy. I can't figure why tat would occur.
Is that your first attempt at that reciep?

 

[RoseJ]

Thanks everyone for your help. I make all my e-liquid 35/65 PG/VG, so I probably have enough VG.

Regarding sweetener, that may be it. I don't add any myself, but maybe there's some in the Sweet Tea, and possibly the Lemon too. It tastes a bit sweet, but not overly by any means.

Well at least it's a place to start. I'll try just the tea and see what happens. Thanks for your tips, all!

 

[Jdurand]

It has to be sweetener, I made a tea mix before too. I used an unsweetened tea flavoring. By the time it was "sweet" I had so much sweetener in it. Up to 5% of the mix if I recall. Gunked coils left and right, so I just stopped using it. I only use sweetener if I absolutely have to now.

 

[dead not sleeping]

I mix my fave 'green apple-white grape' with no sweetener at all in it and it will gunk up coils in a couple days. I switched to Vaporesso ceramic coils so I can clean them more than once, and when Kanger changed their old dual coil design to their new "you can't rebuild them easy anymore" design. I have 2 ceramic coils going on 2 months now. Cleaned them around a dozen times and they are still going strong. Its a real shame when your favorite knock out mix gunks up your enjoyment.

 

[Sugar_and_Spice]

Rosej,
I use a flavor called Arnold Palmer made by One stop shop that may be what you are looking for. It's a tea + lemon flavor. I make mine @10-12% 50/50 pg/vg.
Make Your Own DIY Eliquid/Juice and Candy
They also have a southern tea flavor

 

[subwayaznm]

Thanks everyone for your help. I make all my e-liquid 35/65 PG/VG, so I probably have enough VG.

Regarding sweetener, that may be it. I don't add any myself, but maybe there's some in the Sweet Tea, and possibly the Lemon too. It tastes a bit sweet, but not overly by any means.

Well at least it's a place to start. I'll try just the tea and see what happens. Thanks for your tips, all!

Hey Rose please post back how that does turn out, and if I figure outa recipe; I'll post it here. That's my favorite beverage. Have to figure this one out

 

[RoseJ]

Hey Rose please post back how that does turn out, and if I figure outa recipe; I'll post it here. That's my favorite beverage. Have to figure this one out

Well, I haven't tried anything yet regarding mixing, but I did find a different and probably inadequate and temporary solution. I rinsed out my coil to ungunk it, dried it, and I'm reusing it. Not a perfect solution I know, but it will do for now.

I'm going to try using just the sweet tea, or just the lemon, to try to figure out which one is causing the problem. When I figure that out, I'll have to tweak with different brands or flavors.