For my first build I didn't use acetone or pre-heat it. I had a weird taste for the first 10 vapes but then it went away. I will try acetone later this evening, hopefully it'll work!
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For my first build I didn't use acetone or pre-heat it. I had a weird taste for the first 10 vapes but then it went away. I will try acetone later this evening, hopefully it'll work!
jsx,
I read they use some kind "Industrial Soap" during the extrusion process. I don't think it is harmful but I remember the time my mother washed my mouth out with Ivory Soap - Not Good !!!
I am sure that acetone and a clean water rinse will solve the problem.
Oh - one more thing in my last post I said I could run at 15 watts with no burnt taste. Well that was true but I just refilled my tank with the same flavor juice but some that I had mixed up with a higher VG ratio at 15 watts it burnt back down at 8.5 watts all is good. So I won't be claiming that you can't burn juice using Ni200.
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You missed the part about rinsing with water after. Simple Green does not leave any residue.
"A good washing with acetone or simple green, followed by rinsing in water, solves that problem."
I cleaned my nickel with regular soap just because I didn't have anything else. Let me tell you folks, if you ever want to enjoy Castle long reserve with a hint of soap that is the way to go. Disgusting lol.
Well I was gonna go ahead and be like "AH. No acetone or whatever green. Gonna just stick to hand soap"
Time to reevaluate. Never thought I would be washing my wires!
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I'm not sure about "any residue" but I'm sure its better than not cleaning the Ni200 at all.
For that matter, would any of the other cleaners mentioned NOT be good?
I guess WTQ answered that; soap may leave a residue.
I think the criteria is something that will clean oil / grease
(and I do know that Simple Green has a grease cutter, and I actually mentioned it because the name "Simple Green" is misleading. It tends to make one think it's environmentally safe but I've heard otherwise but thats beside the point; my bad.)
So would alcohol be good as a grease cutter? Ammonia?
I'll have to look up "household grease cleaners"...
I used Everclear on my first cleaning attempt and that yield the best results for me but I don't know if it's any good/bad for the wire.
isopropyl alcohol or acetone will work well and leave little to no residue. Vodka should be decent.
As others have already stated the Magma is definitely subject to leaking.
Or you can try the following. No dremel required. http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...ms/594806-magma-rda-lifting-air-channels.html
Or you just get a veritas which wont leak at all and gives a fantastic vape. Not a cloud chaser rda but beyond enough for me.
I use Simple Green all the time on my bikes. It's biodegradable and doesn't leave any residue after you rinse off with water. There is a new aluminum safe version (Simple Green Max) that the airline industry started using on planes because they didn't rinse off SG completely and it caused corrosion in some cases. I've used both and have had no issues with either.
Deodorant soap will leave a residue (why you smell fresh after showering with it). If you need to use soap, try Ivory.
The problem I see with Acetone or rubbing alcohol would be that it evaporates fairly quickly and would leave some of the oils that you're trying to clean on the wire.
Dawn dish washing liquid might be a very good choice. (Dawn, not just any dish washing liquid). I also use this on my bikes too (dirt bikes and street bikes).
Someone start a small business please. Buy the nickel wire cheap, clean it all and put a 150% premium on it when selling it. I would pay it just to not see my wife looking at me weird because I clean stupid wire.
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^This, get a Veritas (im using a pair of clones), get used to building it, and forget about ever having to buy/look at another dripper.
Life is so much easier when you basically never have to worry about leaks, and i keep the wells overflowing constantly.
Also i feel like the Veritas should have enough airflow for most people, maybe not crazy cloud chaser style, but wide open it is airy.
Will look into a Veritas clone. How does it compare to the tugboat?
The veritas doesn't really compare to anything, due to the deck/design being so weird.
I will admit that the positive binder system could have been better engineered, building it takes a bit of getting used to (mainly with dual vertical micros), but single coil builds are relatively easy.
Forget about the leaking thugboat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iw3CjONxCw
It's leak proof, somewhat adjustable airflow from behind, only "drawback" is the set up can be a bit tricky with nickel. It's a vertical dual coil atty but I only use it exactly like rip trippers does in single horizontal coil mode. Great flavor, great vapor production, and at 1.2ohm just the best flavor ever. You can drip a whole ocean into this thing and vape and vape and vape and vape and vape and vape X30 before you need to drip again.
You should find it on vapordna.com and some other sites I am sure.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iw3CjONxCw
It's leak proof, somewhat adjustable airflow from behind, only "drawback" is the set up can be a bit tricky with nickel. It's a vertical dual coil atty but I only use it exactly like rip trippers does in single horizontal coil mode. Great flavor, great vapor production, and at 1.2ohm just the best flavor ever. You can drip a whole ocean into this thing and vape and vape and vape and vape and vape and vape X30 before you need to drip again.
You should find it on vapordna.com and some other sites I am sure.
But I thought you're not supposed to go over 1.0 on the dna40 using nickle?
That is correct. My brain is still on dna30 and I use it mostly on kanthal on a dna30.
For the dna40 I honestly don't care since I can't get above 0.25ohm with my builds anyways lol.
Edit: If you do decide to get one just keep in mind that the setup is quite easy for single coil and kanthal but boy it does get a bit tricky with nickel since you have to tweak and turn the coil around. Took me over 10 builds to get my first nickel coil on the veritas but I am a dumbass when it comes to vaping. You might not have the issues I had.
Worth the work though trust me. Amazing vape
For the dna40 I honestly don't care since I can't get above 0.25ohm with my builds anyways lol.
Edit: If you do decide to get one just keep in mind that the setup is quite easy for single coil and kanthal but boy it does get a bit tricky with nickel since you have to tweak and turn the coil around. Took me over 10 builds to get my first nickel coil on the veritas but I am a dumbass when it comes to vaping. You might not have the issues I had.
Worth the work though trust me. Amazing vape
Assume he's referring to a kanthal build, waiting on my 40 board so have not yet built it with nickel, but i don't anticipate any issues/differences.
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