Poor results from debridging?

[BlackMetalBuick]

I'm a bit baffled here. I just debridged (and I think unintentionally dewicked) a Volcano Magma atomizer for my Inferno. I wiggled the two layers of mesh over the bridge until they broke off down low near the coil, seemed perfect to me. Wiggled the bridge back and forth until the legs on each side came free and pulled it out. Then sitting loosely on the top of the coil was a little curl of wick material. Not sure if it was already loose in there, or somehow pulled out with the bridge, but I didn't worry since it's a common thing to remove anyway.

Attached to a battery. Did a dry burn. Vapor came off the coil, only a small center section of the coil was glowing. Hit the button again until I could see most of the coil free of gunk and glowing. Dripped a few drops down around the coil until the little pool around it was full.

Now I'm hardly getting a little mouthful of vapor. I'm not inhaling, just exhaling right away to get a good assessment of how much vapor I'm pulling. Not much. I attached a cartomizer to the battery just to check, and getting a ton of vapor off of that. Oh, and now the outer shell of the atty gets very warm after just a few puffs, but I'm guessing it's just the lack of mesh and bridge deflecting the heat inside.

What gives? Not the end of the world, still have cartomizers to use and might order some 306 attys, but I was expecting to be hitting huge clouds of vapor after doing this.

Oh and I have since double checked that I can still get the coil glowing red to make sure I didn't damage it during the process. I can still get the coil roasting, so it appears to work.

 

[Zurd]

... bump ...

 

[uba egar320]

Hmm. Maybe since the bridge is removed, you should cut back on the amount of drops you are adding. Does the atty have a good amount of air passing through it when you hit it? Some, for seom reason need to be unscrewed a tad to allow for this. I have had this method work and fail for me, so it's hard to say exactly what the problem is. Maybe that atty is just done,Idk. Let us know if you figure something out. Good luck!

 

[Whytlash]

Uba is on the mark regarding the number of drops. I had to go find my de-bridged atty that I told you about. I dryburned it clean (haven't used it in a while) after trying a couple drops and getting little vapor. I put one drop on the coil, and it came to life. I began to remember what I had done in the past. I never really read much on the subject, just a bit, but it's REALLY easy to flood it. 3 drops is way too much. It's trying to vaporize from the bottom of a swimming pool! One drop worked great. A couple small priming puffs to kinda get to the sweet spot, and plenty of vapor. Got about 6 good draws on it. I vaped it dry and tried 2 drops. It will start slow and really pick up as the liquid qmount diminishes. Plenty of vapor and got about 10 good hits before the flavor disappeared and vapor began to diminish. A couple more draws and the burnt taste starts.

I tested the atty before I started and it rang out at 2.5 ohms, which I found standard for the Magma atties. Letting it sit while typing and I try again, and get a few more tasteful draws as the remaining liquid settled into the coil basin. I triede this on both my 5v passthru and an eGo. Of course it hits harder on the 5v, but ran great on the eGo.

So, the key here is "Less is More".

Hope this helps,

Steve

 

[pasture]

debridging is inconsitent. there is an initial burst of flavor but it tapers off quick and burns up the juice quicker.
i also think that the atty doesnt last as long and also easier to flood like Steve said. its not a full And even And consistant flavor that i prefer. i only drip and use the 302 atty.