Looking for some input on my coil after a bad experience.

[relink2013]

I have had my kayfun for about 2 weeks now, and my very first coil was spot on and vaped like a beast. After the first week, I re wicked and burnt the coil clean, to get rid of the multitude of juice flavors I had tried.

I then tried a juice that was cut with alcohol instead of PG and it tore my throat up really bad, so I switched back to my Mt. Baker stuff. I was almost worried I had pneumonia I was feeling so bad, and coughing up and kinds of nasty.

Anyway, last night I opend up my kayfun to find that my wick was annihilated. and my coil had gunk on it that would not burn off! So I made a new coil (28awg 1.2ohm) and re-wicked with fresh cotton, after cleaning everything really well.

SO, now im curious, what could have caused my wick to burn up like that? Could it have been the alcohol in the juice, or maybe my wick was just too small? Also the first time I burned my coil to clean it, when I was done it looked almost new again, but after using that juice with the alcohol in it my coil looked charred and nasty even after getting it red hot. Also im trying to determine if it was the juice that made me sick, or be burning the hell out of my wick that made me sick, or if it was all just a bad coincidence.

Lastly, and Im really sorry for the long post, but after making the new coil last night I'm already feeling better this morning, I'm not coughing up much stuff anymore, I can already breathe better, and my throat is almost not sore anymore. But I would like some input on my new coil to see what your opinions are, because I do not want that to happen again, that sucked!

Below is my new coil/wick does everything look like it's working properly?

Just to show to color of the juice (Mt. Baker Cinnamon Roll 6mg 80VG/20PG)

Everything look ok?

Just out of curiosty can anyone post pictures of what their wick and coil look like after a few days or weeks of use? Im not sure what it's supposed to look like after it's been used for a while.

 

[SLIPPY_EEL]

when you wick with cotton you need it fairly loose as it will expand when you wet it with juice, you need to be able to pull it back and forth through the coil nice and smoothly, i'm betting you pulled to much wick inside your coil & choked it, this will stop it from pulling liquid inside the coil & your wick will burn inside the coil, giving you those nasty hits.
Did you get a couple of good hits from it at first?

little is more with cotton but you dont want to put so little cotton in either as you will create gaps between the cotton and coil which will give you hot spots & bad hits to.

inhaling burnt cotton has got to be bad for you keep that cotton wet, not choked

 

[relink2013]

Actually when I made the wick I could move it back and forth pretty easily without messing up the coil, and even now that it's soaked It's still pretty easy to move. But, when I made the wick I didn't roll the cotton. I just pulled off a decent sized piece, rolled the tip so it would fit through the coil and then pulled it all through. But I have been seeing other people take the cotton and roll it in their hands first...should I be doing that?

 

[SLIPPY_EEL]

i do it either way, what ever floats my boat at the time.

with that setup you have i thought i saw people running the wick down the side in that gully part, i've never used one so not 100%, maybe someone will come and help you that uses the same,

 

[relink2013]

I have heard numerous times that putting the wick in the channel is the biggest no no with kayfun. I could be wrong, that's just what I've seen on youtube, and have been told a couple times by people at local shops.

 

[relink2013]

Just thought I'd update. So far so good, im getting great vapor production, great flavor, and im feeling much better. I think it was just the juice with alcohol in it, combined with the fact that my wick was too small.

 

[SLIPPY_EEL]

Good job! now you can have an even more satisfying vape knowing you solved it for yourself