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[dariux03]

Hello guys, i need help with kayfun 3.1, i keep always getting strange taste from it, sometimes its really bad. My kayfun is cleaned well, there is no hotspots or hotlegs. What can couse the bad taste? Im using cotton from vape shop, tried to wick coil thinner , thicker but its keep giving me same strange taste, few times it was good until i had to change the wick, after i changed it its started to taste bad. I dont understend whats going on

Sorry for my English.

 

[mdmccormick]

Hello guys, i need help with kayfun 3.1, i keep always getting strange taste from it, sometimes its really bad. My kayfun is cleaned well, there is no hotspots or hotlegs. What can couse the bad taste? Im using cotton from vape shop, tried to wick coil thinner , thicker but its keep giving me same strange taste, few times it was good until i had to change the wick, after i changed it its started to taste bad. I dont understend whats going on

Sorry for my English.

Is this a recently purchased tank? maybe there is still machine oil on it? I recommend washing it then trying it again.

 

[drunkenbatman]

Is it kind of a metallic taste?

1. It might not be as well-cleaned as you think it is, they are notorious for having stuff in the little air channels and such, needing to remove the positive post, etc. I'd double check on cleaning this in a big way; there is no normal cleaning for these, you have to overkill in ways that'll make you look odd if someone finds your journal.

2. Make sure your wicks are going over the slots and not against the sidewalls.

3. What is your wicking material? e.g., cotton/silica/ekowool? You may have too much wicking material (likely) or didn't torch the ekowool, etc.

*gives the horns*

 

[dariux03]

Thanks for reply. It cannot be machine oils, few times it was working perfectly, a lot of vape and perfect taste, after few days i decided to change wick and now its bad, cant get good taste, no matter what im doing. Tried 1.2ohm coil, 1.6ohm coil, 2.4ohm coil.

 

[drunkenbatman]

What wicking are you using? I have a feeling it's where your issue is, either via placement or amount.

 

[dariux03]

I have 100% viscose cotton from vape shop, and other 100% organic cotton

 

[Warpigs]

Welcome to ECF!

 

[dariux03]

Thanks. I realized that im getting a cotton taste. But less or more cotton doesnt solve the problem.

 

[drunkenbatman]

Ok, so you're using a microcoil? It could be how you're putting it in and how thick it is, not just the amount trailing around in the well. I'd normally automatically guess this is too much cotton, either bundled too tightly (twist the end of your strip to get it through, but you want a cloud inside the coil, google will help) or too much. There should be the slightest of drags when you pull the wick through the coil, it expands several times in size when wet. Too much is what'll generally give you that fabric taste, too little is what'll give you hot spots -- it's trickier than rayon or such.

It's also true that not all cotton balls are the same; I'm currently using swispers organic and not bothering to boil them, but with others you can definitely get a taste if you don't.

If you aren't using a mech, you could dial down the voltage and see if that helps with the taste, but my brain keeps going back to either how dense the cotton is in the coil orhow much is in the well.

 

[dariux03]

Thanks for help dude, now the first and second drag is perfect taste but others get little less taste and i think some side little taste. Is it too much coton or its too less? Now im using less cotton then before.. But now its really better than before

 

[drunkenbatman]

Glad it's improving! Until you're getting overly-hot or burnt tastes, you probably still have too much, either within the coil or trailing into the well. Kayfuns also aren't great for chain-vaping. I don't have one at the moment, but I remember finding success having the cotton just touching into the channels; I've seen some with it packed down into or pushed around the sides and didn't get it. I think now that you're on the right track your best bet is to google example builds via google image, remembering two things:

1. A lot of the first people to have them and put up examples were still figuring it out and it may not be best practices now.
2. I still see people rolling up their cotton in builds like this, I've really had the best success rolling one end to pull it through the coil, but keeping it as fluffy as possible.
3. The amount of cotton you need often seems like it couldn't possibly be enough. If it isn't you'll know and can work up from there, it just takes practice and is fidly till you get how much there should be.
4. If you crack it open and see drier cotton around the wick compared to elsewhere, your wicking is too long and there's too much, regardless of density of it within the coil. Cotton is better at holding liquid than wicking it. Snipping it where the dry stuff ends gives you about the amount of wick that will wick well naturally.

*gives the horns*

 

[dariux03]

Thank you man thank you ! now the taste is really good, vape production too !!

 

[drunkenbatman]

Awesome, tasty vape dance time!

Which specifically helped it, in order to help others in the future who happen across this?

 

[dariux03]

I was using way too much cotton. Cotton was making that bad side taste

 

[drunkenbatman]

*gives the horns*