Question about the woodies... and flavor

[lasttango]

Love the grand and mini... Have them both... question here is about the woodvil or 18490... does the lacquer finish or wood taste get into your vape and if so... for how long? A couple weeks or more?

I ask because I once had a wooden juice box... and the wood/lacquer taste never really left it... so... I got rid of it...
I was considering an 18490 box... or a woodvil... can't imagine this being much of an issue with REOs... but I thought I'd ask... Thanks, LT

 

[washvap]

Personally have never gotten any taste from the finish or wood on either of my 18490's. I'm sure others will chime in with their experiences.

 

[Justice]

If you do have a finish smell taste there is lots of info regarding removing it. Most of the time just a few days to a week or so airing out will do. If not you can put in a bag of dry coffee grounds and they will absorb the smell. Mine I just put on my boot drier it has a fan and very low heat and that worked great.

 

[Sterno]

i never had a problem but some has

 

[Rhapsodies Fire]

There have been a few who couldn't get past the odor and sold their mods. It largely seems to depend on the type of wood. The more porous the wood, the longer it takes for the odor to dissipate. My Cocobolo was odor free within a week. But my oak took longer. As stated above, there are ways of helping the odor disappear....from bagging with rice, or coffee grounds, to leaving the doors off in a well ventilated area. If you are thinking about buying one that is on the site available now, there is a possibility it will arrive already odor free. I hope this has been helpful.

 

[tmcase]

I got my Cocobolo a couple weeks after the big sale and it was odor free, no lacquer smell either.

 

[Big Hitter]

My first Oak from the first run of woodvils had the tongue oil and that took about a month to go away completely.

I've very sensitive to smells, my wife kicked and screamed but had to give up any perfume or scented products over 20 years ago right after we met.

So for me the problem goes beyond the finish and right down to the wood itself. All woods have an oder and its there to stay. Some are strong and some not so bad. I'm sure Rob knows each smell well from working with them.

I'm one of the guilty ones that had a woodvil for a couple of months that still tasted way off so I sold it. I assumed it was just me but I see that same woodvil got sold again a while back. I don't remember the wood combo off hand. And I don't know the reason it was re-sold but have to wonder.

I'll give you a somewhat long story if your interested.
I have 2 woodvils here one oak and one cocobolo that have had the exact same juice in them for months.
(I keep one at 3.7 with a HH-357 and the other at 6v with a 3Ω carto)
I can drop the cocobolo one down to 3.7 and put the HH atty from the oak one on and .....
The first 5-8 hits taste exactly like they did when the atty was on the oak.
But then it starts to change and pick up the cocobolo flavor (same flavor as smelling the mod)

So even after months of airing out and with the same juice in them for that time the flavor of the wood still comes through for me.

I don't know if its tainting the juice of the fact that your nose is inches away while you vape ??
But the result is the same, different flavor with different wood.

I'm sure I'm the extreme but its there.

 

[canoeist]

I have an oak and a walnut and have not noticed any smell from either.

 

[lasttango]

I had a VV MB and it was a really good mod etc... but it had a strong laqueur smell... no one else that had one seemed to have this problem but me... I was the fReAk.... I kept it open... blew a fan thorugh it... kept it by an open window with a breeze... months later the "taste" was still present in my juices... I couldn't enjoy the juice or the mod...

I am especially sensitive to taste and smell... I like throat hit, but not strong flavors... There is no such thing as a vendor with too little flavor for me...
...anyway... I love reos... and I was particularly drawn to the woodies... but I may end up with another reo grand...

 

[tmcase]

You won't go wrong with Cocobola at least with the 18490. Mine has a very fine lacquer finish on it, almost satiny. I can't smell the wood or the lacquer even when I put my noise right up to it. I can smell the wood slightly if I put my noise right inside the box but it's faint and I haven't done anything to air it out. The Grands are great but there's just nothing prettier than wood and the wood Reos have the rounded corners which make them much more comfortable in your hands plus they are lighter in weight. But, if you have a super sensitive sniffer then a Grand may be better for you.

 

[redeyedancer]

I will add if you buy a mod from me as long as it has never been used you can return it and get a full refund

 

[Big Hitter]

I will add if you buy a mod from me as long as it has never been used you can return it and get a full refund

You are too fair and honest sir, have a great day Rob !!!

 

[FeistyAlice]

My first Oak from the first run of woodvils had the tongue oil and that took about a month to go away completely.

I've very sensitive to smells, my wife kicked and screamed but had to give up any perfume or scented products over 20 years ago right after we met.

So for me the problem goes beyond the finish and right down to the wood itself. All woods have an oder and its there to stay. Some are strong and some not so bad. I'm sure Rob knows each smell well from working with them.

I'm one of the guilty ones that had a woodvil for a couple of months that still tasted way off so I sold it. I assumed it was just me but I see that same woodvil got sold again a while back. I don't remember the wood combo off hand. And I don't know the reason it was re-sold but have to wonder.

I'll give you a somewhat long story if your interested.
I have 2 woodvils here one oak and one cocobolo that have had the exact same juice in them for months.
(I keep one at 3.7 with a HH-357 and the other at 6v with a 3Ω carto)
I can drop the cocobolo one down to 3.7 and put the HH atty from the oak one on and .....
The first 5-8 hits taste exactly like they did when the atty was on the oak.
But then it starts to change and pick up the cocobolo flavor (same flavor as smelling the mod)

So even after months of airing out and with the same juice in them for that time the flavor of the wood still comes through for me.

I don't know if its tainting the juice of the fact that your nose is inches away while you vape ??
But the result is the same, different flavor with different wood.

I'm sure I'm the extreme but its there.

+1
I am extremely sensitive, also. In addition, at the height of my debilitating migraines, 98% of my triggers were from odors. OK, virtually 100%. Even as a 3 PAD smoker I retained a keen sense of smell and taste. DH uses Cody Musk that is one of the few fragrances that never triggered my migraines.

After trying just about all ways to remove the finish/wood smell, the best I have found is unused coffee grounds, in a closed container.

Alice

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[BlueWater]

Extremely sensitive here too. I still can't use the 18490's I bought. The smell/taste of the finish will go away in time and I plan to try the coffee trick soon. I'll let ya know how it works!