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I've been using boge lr carts in my tank and the last 2 have had problems wicking. Anyone else having this problem?

I only vape juice from mst's bakery...mostly vg

I've heard of others having problems with ms.t's bakery juices in their tanks. Also, VG always causes wicking issues in cartos. Especially when the mix is higher in VG then PG. Some use 50/50 blends and are having good results. Personally, I find that anything that higher percentage of VG than I can use in a carto and not have problems would be a 60PG/40VG blend.

This is because that how thick the juice is and so, it takes longer for it to seep throughout the filler material. This in turn, takes longer for the "diaper" (piece of cotton wrapped around the coil) to be moist again. Which is the ultimate cause of the wicking issues your experiencing.

As others have said. You can punch an extra hole in it or make the one you punch larger then normal. This will allow more juice into your carto. However, it is important to either let it rest for a few minutes or you can do some primer puffs and then letting it rest. This will give enough time for the carto to wick properly.

Where do you get them? I'm pretty new to the carto thing..this is my first carto tank!

I used to use a hammer and nail. Now, I've switched to a 1/4" self-tapping saddle valve. This can be found at your local hardware store. It's incredibly easy to use as well as being fairly cheap. It looks like this:

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I forgot about that. That's what I used to do before I started making more holes. I usually used either vodka or crown royal to thin my juices. But be careful if you try that, a little bit goes a long way.

Ah Crown Royal, must be why the hubby likes you. Could probably get him to Vape more often if he knew you could vape crown! :p
 

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So, how much crown do you use to thin it down lets say, a 10ml bottle?

Well.. put about 9ml of your e-liquid in the bottle.. swish it around, look at it. get a feel for how thick it is to start. Add about 5 or 6 drops of Crown, swish it around to mix it in. It should be getting noticeably thinner. I guess its kinda hard to explain, There's really no exact recipe since liquids are all different. I just do it by looks. If you have any thinner eliquid you can compare it. I hope this is making sense. It is a good idea to thin it about 10ml at a time, that way if it gets too thin you can add more juice to it. but I usually add about 4 to 6 drops of liquor at a time, it really doesn't take much, and is easy to over do.
 

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My mail stalking has paid off - I received it toady rather than tomorrow.

moo, It's beautiful - textured Tall Boy tank. I'm not even gonna try to take a picture of it because it wouldn't do this one justice. But I will post the video you did of it:

D3 TB 100 - YouTube

Thank you!

See there are benefits to stalking! Very glad to hear it arrived and you are loving it!
 

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My mail stalking has paid off - I received it toady rather than tomorrow.

moo, It's beautiful - textured Tall Boy tank. I'm not even gonna try to take a picture of it because it wouldn't do this one justice. But I will post the video you did of it:

D3 TB 100 - YouTube



Thank you!

Wow, that's a nice looking tank you got Sashwa! Congrats.
 

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Thanks, wash. I really like this one. The TallBoy fits the Resurrectors just the way I like - a little of the carto sticking up through the top.

Sashwa, you might also like the sand blasting tanks we are preparing to do, they will be more low key like you like but include some cool designs. It is basically like a frosting! We will have tribal designs and a bunch of other stuff!
 

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Thanks, wash. I really like this one. The TallBoy fits the Resurrectors just the way I like - a little of the carto sticking up through the top.

No problem, it's an awesome looking tank. Still haven't used the resurrectors in my tank but, will have to try it out soon. Have been using the IKV Gold V2's in my standard tanks. For some reason, the draw becomes better in a tank. Never would've guessed since I originally hated the Gold's because of their draw.
 
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