Newbie questions about dripping...

[MrSmith99]

If you drop a few drops on the atty and then turn your PV horizontal, doesn't the liquid flow down into the tube? Especially if you have the wick and bridge removed and are using a drip tip. There doesn't seem like there would be anything holding the liquid in the reservoir? Or, do I just keep it tipped down a little?
Is dripping something that I'm going to need a napkin for all the time, or is it pretty clean once you learn how?

When the atty starts to run dry of one flavor, can I just pop another flavor in? Or, would it really mix too much? (Meaning I'd have to clean the atty in between flavors.) I just have a lot of flavors to try and thought dripping may make it easier.

My kit doesn't get here till tomorrow or the next day. So I'm still watching vids, FAQs, and threads trying to learn. Sorry if these questions seem a little dumb. They may be self evident to someone who has a kit. Thanks for any replies!

 

[Jennie O]

I'm interested to hear the answer too...think I'm on information overload from the past couple days. Switching from a simple 2 piece unit to a 3, 4 whatever piece is so different.

 

[HzG8rGrl]

A few drips into the atomizer should give you a good 4-6 puffs. The atomizer has a cup that the liquid should flow down and into. If you lay your pv down right after dripping into the atomizer you could have a small mess. If you have taken a couple of puffs, you should be good to lay it down.
Once you learn how many drops for how many puffs-you can get rid of the napkin-LOL. How soon the drops are used is individual. How long of puffs you take, which atomizer and at what ohm the atomizer is running. You will learn all of this just by using the pv and dripping.
Yes, when the flavor dies off you can drip in a new flavor. After a couple puffs you will then start to taste the new flavor. If you want to change up even faster, blow the atomizer out before dripping in the new flavor. Just know that some flavor mixes can go very well mixed together and others not so much. If you have some plain pg or vg around, drip a couple drops and vape it till you have no taste and then resume with the next flavor.
Hope this helps.

Adding:http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/ecf-library/
There is some good information in the Library, should be an article on dripping in there.

 

[AttyPops]

If you drop a few drops on the atty and then turn your PV horizontal, doesn't the liquid flow down into the tube? Especially if you have the wick and bridge removed and are using a drip tip. There doesn't seem like there would be anything holding the liquid in the reservoir? Or, do I just keep it tipped down a little?

It can run back into the tip. Thinner juice especially. I suggest keeping it tipped "down" so gravity is your friend. Laying it horizontal after vaping a bit is usually OK. BTW... it can run into a cart even if you are not dripping. The little slots where the air flows in the cart....

Is dripping something that I'm going to need a napkin for all the time, or is it pretty clean once you learn how?

Pretty Clean. Napkins are mostly for blowing out gunked atties.

When the atty starts to run dry of one flavor, can I just pop another flavor in? Or, would it really mix too much? (Meaning I'd have to clean the atty in between flavors.) I just have a lot of flavors to try and thought dripping may make it easier.

LOL. Depends on the flavor. Some flavors stick around forever (even after cleaning). Others go away quickly. Usually you can just "vape through it" Mixing them is an interesting DIY technique for testing flavor combos

My kit doesn't get here till tomorrow or the next day. So I'm still watching vids, FAQs, and threads trying to learn. Sorry if these questions seem a little dumb. They may be self evident to someone who has a kit. Thanks for any replies!

Good questions. Not dumb at all. That's what this forum is for.

Good Luck with your new kit.

 

[lapsus_linguae]

There's a fine art to working out how many drops of your liquid is the right amount. The viscosity (thickness) of the liquid in particular will determine how many drops you can use each time without flooding the atty. It's all a bit of trial and error to begin with, so have your napkins at the ready! There's not so much a "right way vs wrong way", more a "messy way vs clean way". You'll figure it out. The world won't come to an end if you spill a few drops of your juice.

Stronger flavours stick around for a while. I pretty much only vape Atomic Cinnacide and Cafe Mocha from Tasty Vapes, and they're both really strong. If I'm dripping and swap one for the other it takes a few refils for the new flavour to come through on its own. On the plus side, I really like the cinnamon/chocolate/coffee combo it makes!

 

[Jennie O]

There are alot of combos that would go great together, even if by accident! God please hurry up with my Ego!!

 

[dormouse]

Dripping is not recommended on automatic batteries because those all have a hole in the end where the drag sensor is. if you drag on auto batteries or any battery with an open hole in the threaded end you have to be very careful not to flood the atty.

And re juice - 100% PG is pretty thin but something like 70pg/30vg seems to cling to the atty pretty well.

 

[BeatNic]

When dripping on a primed atty, don't exceed more than 2 drops at a time (it's tempting at first to do more). More than that will eventually begin leaking and get messy for sure.

 

[HzG8rGrl]

The 2 drops makes sense if your liquid is very thin. I use 3 most of the time and sometimes 4. It will vary as others have posted.
It is particular to you, your pv, the atomizer and your e-liquid.

 

[the ob]

I really do not understand why people would want to do this for so few hits? This is a very confusing concept for me.

 

[lapsus_linguae]

I really do not understand why people would want to do this for so few hits? This is a very confusing concept for me.

I can really only answer this from my own experience, but here goes:

I started with cartomizers. They held 18-20 drops, and usually lasted me a day. All was fine and dandy. I thought to myself, why would anyone muck around with this fiddly dripping nonsense?

Then I changed devices, and with this swapped to a 3 piece (ie separate atty and cartridge) setup. The cartridges I have claim to hold 15 or so drops, but in reality I've found that only the last 4-5 drops ever actually wicks into the atty properly. Also, I've tried the standard polyfill and blue foam mods, and both types of filler leak and taste nasty. The amount of time I spend fiddling with the darn thing to get it to behave properly has skyrocketed.

I'm waiting on some ceramic clearomizers to turn up so that I can go back to a cartomizer-style system. In the meantime, I figure if I'm only getting 4 good drops out of the cartridges I might as well drip and avoid dealing with the taste and hassle of fillers altogether.