Please Help Me!!

[AmandaD]

That's how mine is!

The G50 is at the bottom . So ive tried both .

No , never done a premade think it defeats the purpose if diy

Tried both the PG and the VG , seems the PG is culprit. Tastes very sweet and smells sweet straight from the bottle

Wait...so you have never had any premade? You're starting out with DIY?

 

[AttyPops]

Dont know much about the devices, but 2 different eVics and what I think is an MVP.
Wicks anywhere from 1.8-2.8 ohms - I dont build my own coils or anything.
Tried everything from 4-10 watts

Im kinda afraid to add water and ruin my juice completely

i dont see what my steeping would have anything to do with a burnt taste

I didn't mention steeping, it was someone else. But as to the water, add a few drops to the tank and fill 1/2 full of juice and shake it up.

The water cools the vape and helps thicker juices to wick. As noted above, probobably a wicking issue. I suppose you could have crap PG or VG.

But, assuming that's not it....it's most likely a wicking issue like wingsfan said.

 

[nmfilli]

I didn't mention steeping, it was someone else. But as to the water, add a few drops to the tank and fill 1/2 full of juice and shake it up.

The water cools the vape and helps thicker juices to wick. As noted above, probobably a wicking issue. I suppose you could have crap PG or VG.

But, assuming that's not it....it's most likely a wicking issue like wingsfan said.

It is not a wicking issue ... Ive had it in 4 tanks now

 

[edyle]

The G50 is at the bottom . So ive tried both .

No , never done a premade think it defeats the purpose if diy

Tried both the PG and the VG , seems the PG is culprit. Tastes very sweet and smells sweet straight from the bottle

the vg is the one that is sweet; and it is thick; like honey.

if your pg tastes sweet, i'm thinking theres something very wrong with your pg.

 

[AmandaD]

Mine is sweet.....

the vg is the one that is sweet; and it is thick; like honey.

if your pg tastes sweet, i'm thinking theres something very wrong with your pg.

 

[AttyPops]

The first post said this:

after just a few hits I am getting an AWEFUL burning metallic taste

That's a wicking issue 99.99999999999999% of the time.

Basically, you can't burn juice if it's wicking properly.

But on the off chance it isn't wicking...change out the ingredients...start with the suspicious PG...that's about all you can do to isolate it.

If you've tried different devices, we can assume it's not some rubber insulator burning or something.

 

[nmfilli]

Is the fact that the nicotine 100% VG contribute to the fact it may not wick

 

[AttyPops]

Contributes? Yes. VG is thick. Water will thin it. So will more PG.

But if PG is the problem.....

 

[Katya]

the vg is the one that is sweet; and it is thick; like honey.

if your pg tastes sweet, i'm thinking theres something very wrong with your pg.

Taste is subjective.

I vape unflavored often--usually PG/VG mix, but I vaped pure VG (diluted of course with a little distilled water) and pure PG and never thought that VG was sweet... As a matter of fact, I can't vape pure VG--it feels heavy and sticky.

 

[edyle]

Is the fact that the nicotine 100% VG contribute to the fact it may not wick

if the nic is 100% vg
and somebody made a mistake and gave you vg in a bottle labelled vg
and you add vg to that

then all you got is vg! and that would give you sweet and wicking issues

 

[nmfilli]

Update to this:
I have still not found a solution to my problem.
I recently purchased 100% PG nicotine 48mg solution to try and even out the PG and VG balance.
I am using a calculator that balances out exactly 50% VG & 50% PG for my mix, and takes into account the 100% PG nicotine solution.
After using the new 100% PG nicotine solution in my mix, It seems I have the same problem, even in my new iGo-w and still in the tank.
The mixture seems to produce an aweful burning taste that not only kills your throat, but if you try to even smell the vapor (in the vaporized state) it practically burns your noise hairs off.
What am I doing wrong here!?

 

[AttyPops]

Because you still haven't solved either
1) Bad ingredients

-or-

2) Wicking issue.

If you've tried it in 4 different tanks with 4 different coils....gotta be the juice. Too thick or "wrong" ingredients.

 

[ArcherB]

I am having the same problem and have not narrowed it down. I do know that it is a wicking issue. Here is my story:

I'm using BCC's, Kanger coils on a TS3, ProTank, Evods, and something labeled "SMOK RBC" (tried both SmokTek and Kanger coils). (My iClear 30 top coil works ok, but I'm tired of having to tip it upside down between vapes. It either leaks or burns. I can't get a decent vape without a mouthful of liquid.) All of my DIY supplies are from Wizard Labs, with the exception of the VG, which is Humco. I also have the VG from Wizard Labs. It's actually thicker than the Humco stuff. It won't even suck up into my pipettes.

I started going about (70-30) 70% VG with 20% nicotine in PG and 10% flavoring, almost always in PG. Would work great for a few hours (maybe), and then start to burn.

I then started to add distilled water, but adding to the point of gurgling didn't help. It also affected the "feel" of the vape, making it flat.

Now I use (30-80) about 10% flavoring, 20% nic, 40% PG, and 30% VG. Same problem with the burning. I've even added water, but it refuses to wick.

I know it's a wicking problem because if i cover the air holes and blow into mouth piece, it forces air in, causing liquid to flood the coil. When I do this, I get a good vape, but with a bit of gurlgle.

I also know it's my liquid. I just broke down and purchased a bottle of Juicy Peach from my local vape shop ($7 for 10 ml's... UGH!) and it is wicking great. I can chain vape three to four 5-second pulls with no problems. I asked the girl as she was mixing it what the ratio was, she told me 70%VG, 30%PG. What magic ingredient are they using to make this stuff wick?

Is anyone here having success on a Kanger BCC using just PG, VG, Nicotine and Flavoring?

 

[tazzle]

How strange!

ArcherB, If I were you, I'd try mixing up a 70 PG / 30 VG with something light like a fruit flavor and see how that works. If there's no problem with that, then it's an issue with the density of the liquid in combination with your coil heads and voltage, I'm guessing?

I've been making my own liquids, and haven't run into this problem with our simple, basic setup. In case this helps anyone reading this at all, we're using eGo batteries with C5 clearomizers and Protank Minis II v2 (2.5 ohm Kanger coils, usually vaping at 3.8v). I use a 12 mg 50/50 PG/VG nic base, and mix mine up at 50/50 PG and VG to make liquids at 9 mg, 6 mg, or 3 mg. I've used Perfumer's Apprentice, FlavourArt, Capella, and LorAnne concentrates. I get my nic base, VG and PG from my favorite e-liquid maker (After-8) here in Greece. No problems. (I do usually remove one of the flavor wicks from my Kanger coil heads, since 50/50 is a bit heavy on the VG.)

 

[ArcherB]

All of my flavors are fruit flavors with the exception of RY4. I've burned myself out on cherry and black cherry and have moved on to Juicy Peach, Strawberry, and Ripe Strawberry. Next order is going to have those plus some banana and I'm wanting to try Koolada.

Anyway, lately all of my mixes have been 70% PG. What kills me is that the stuff I bought is 70% VG and it wicks better than my mine. I want to know how their stuff is different than mine. I'm missing something.

**EDIT**
I should also add that my hardware is an SVD and an MVP2, usually set to 7 watts. I wondered if my hardware kept misreading my atomizer, so I've switched to volts. Right now I'm vaping my SVD on a 2.7 ohms Kanger atomizer in a SmokTek RBC at 4.0 volts.

 

[ArcherB]

Sounds like a burnt coil or too much voltage to me

Well, yeah! The question is "why does my DIY juice burn out and the juice I bought doesn't?"