Low vapor production, vapor feels wetter, what could the problem be?

[subver]

I've been making wicks and coils for about 8 months now (Line V2 with stainless steel, 400 mesh wicks), once in a while I just nail it and it lasts a month or more, but often times it just doesn't produce a lot of vapor and it feels very "wet" - if that makes sense?

I know it's not a short, lately I've been wrapping my wicks in a very small amount of cotton. The first time I used the cotton it worked amazingly. It gunked up pretty fast so I replaced the coil. Now I just can't get it right.

So anyway, what could it mean when it's not producing a lot of vapor? It almost seems like the coils are too saturated, when my Line runs down to about half full it seems to work a little better, or when I heat the coils for a long time. I don't get it because my wick is the same as it was and I'm using barely any cotton at all. Could this happen if the coils are too tight?

It's getting really frustrating, especially because the coils seem good, there are no shorts and wicking seems good.

Does anyone have any tips or suggestions on what could be causing this? I'm missing something but I just can't figure it out..
Any help would be appreciated, thanks!

 

[Charlie369]

I'm new to rebuilding but I've had the same problem the last couple of days, Turns out my coil was spaced out just a tad too much and I had tried using 2 vertical wicks joining together and being looped by the coil, This meant there was more wick and juice to heat up and so less vapour, so i put it back to stock, and rewound my coil nice and close turns, but not too tight to choke the wick, and it's all good again.

bear in mind i have had terrible trouble washing out my attys with water and the residual water in the wick never clearning properly (compounded by the above),
also I think the PG ( and VG to a lesser extent i think) is hydroscopic, so left open for a long time it will absorb water.

also if your wicks and coils are too close to your atty walls then the walls can act like a heat sync and zap all the heat away, but you would feel it getting warm after a few minutes of trying to vape.