I've taken the nylon thing below the bridge out, i've soaked it in soda for over 12 hours, i've tried the burning thing with hydrogen peroxide (although it was 3% and not 9%) and i've soaked it in hot water like 5 times, but everytime I still get the nasty burnt taste and I don't know what else to do. Is there anything else I can try? I'm actually starting to not like my ecig, which is a first for me =[
Really bad burnt taste, please read i've tried everything
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If you have gotten melted plastic on the mesh you may as well toss it and start new. I had 2 that I abused (I have learned better now) and could never get that taste to go away. Keep the next one moist and don't get the atty too hot.
Fill the cart like normal (slight pooling on top of stuffing); either use the straw mod or move the stuffing around a bit with a paper clip to release any air (add drops so its still pools a little). Next, add 2 drops directly into the atomizer, onto the bridge coil thing. Put the cart on the atty and puff as if it were a cigar; careful not to let the atty get too hot. Maybe 3 puffs, break, 3 puffs, break, etc. Add liquid if needed. You should hopefully notice a difference after doing this a bit.
The atomizer is not going to work well after doing this. You might as well break out another atomizer now. The problem you are describing usually is caused by the atomizer running too low on fluid. The wick will burn if the atomizer gets too hot. Once the wick has separated from the bridge it will not function properly because it isn't able to transfer the liquid from the cart to the heating coil. It's ok you just have to replace the atomizer a little earlier than normally. That "nylon thing" is the wick.
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I've pulled the nylon wick out on my first 2 atty's and they still work great.....so that wouldn't concern me
Here are my thought's.......soak the atty in cola over night. then blow it out and put five drops juice let it soak for 30 minutes...drop five more drops and let it sit a couple hours or overnight. Then blow the excess juice and try it. If that don't work nothing will. You may have cleaned it too much or ran it too dry. Eventually the metal mesh will not wick juice anymore and it's just done for.
When you clean it and the vape while it's dry you run the chance of scorching or total atty failure.
good luck
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This isn't your only atomizer is it? The bad taste is probably coming from what's left of the scortched wick. You will not be able to get rid of the bad taste as long as there are remains of the burnt wick. I've had that happen to one atty.
Stuff happens.
Kevin
i removed the fiber under the bridge on my 510 and it really helped the burnt taste... i dont really see how those fiber help... all it does is burn lol.
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That "fiber" under the atty is a heat resistant fiber to keep your coil from blowing out, breaking. Any foul tasting atty is about to blow, hope you have an extra or two onhand. The cola thing? Well, take a piece of coal and soak it in cola for a few days, see if it disappears. Chances are it isn't going anywhere.
Cola rots your teeth, try using a 901 cart on it or dripping without a cart (one with filler that is)
Probably not the best idea to go picking at the atty I find that some of the 510 carts are not very good and don't wick well.
Probably not the best idea to go picking at the atty I find that some of the 510 carts are not very good and don't wick well.
I noticed that one of my attys was not drawing as easilly as another. I blew it out and it helped for a little while, but then went right back to being difficult to pull on (something I've actually grown to prefer since then). I decided to do a burn on it. I burned for 5 seconds, waited 5, then burned again about 4 times. From then on I tasted something burned. I tried everything, but after a few puffs on a new cart it would always revert to the burned taste. I had enough and decided to do a deep cleaning. I soaked the atty in a shotglass of pep-err cola 
for about 15 minutes, then put it in a bottle with hot water for another 15 minutes and occasionally shook it up.
Being the impatient pessimist I am, I was not content to wait overnight and had assumed that (after reading this thread) it was dead. I put it in front of my air conditioner at full-blast for about 20 minutes and decided that was enough. I popped it into a battery, flooded it with cheap equid, and let 'er rip. After burning through about 5 drops I decided to actually inhale it, and lo and behold it works! There is still a slight burnt taste after 4 deep puffs, but it's barely noticeable. Take my experience with a grain of salt, as I'm sure others will tell you that what I did was sacrelidge
My logic is that the reason you're told to leave it to dry overnight is to not dry out the atomizer (which i solved by priming it and burning some equid), and to make sure no liquid gets in the battery (which shouldn't be as big a problem with manual batts). I figured that the surface area of the atty coil is so great it acts as a sponge, which sucks liquid from inside the atty, brings it to the surface, and gets blown dry with direct air. In either case it worked for me.
for about 15 minutes, then put it in a bottle with hot water for another 15 minutes and occasionally shook it up. Being the impatient pessimist I am, I was not content to wait overnight and had assumed that (after reading this thread) it was dead. I put it in front of my air conditioner at full-blast for about 20 minutes and decided that was enough. I popped it into a battery, flooded it with cheap equid, and let 'er rip. After burning through about 5 drops I decided to actually inhale it, and lo and behold it works! There is still a slight burnt taste after 4 deep puffs, but it's barely noticeable. Take my experience with a grain of salt, as I'm sure others will tell you that what I did was sacrelidge
My logic is that the reason you're told to leave it to dry overnight is to not dry out the atomizer (which i solved by priming it and burning some equid), and to make sure no liquid gets in the battery (which shouldn't be as big a problem with manual batts). I figured that the surface area of the atty coil is so great it acts as a sponge, which sucks liquid from inside the atty, brings it to the surface, and gets blown dry with direct air. In either case it worked for me.
I can certainly understand being frugal in these economic times. But how old is the atty? They are disposable, I figure a life for them to be 2 weeks. Sure, I've tried to see how long they will last, but also realized it is probably not good for my health. I really try to use a new one every two weeks. I don't clean, (I don't have more time for task), and don't want to take a chance of jeopardizing my health any more than the analoges did. With the price of analoges, a new atty every two weeks for lung health is nothing in my opinion.
In the time I've been vaping I've had burnt taste twice. It was not a dry cartridge it was using it longer than 2 weeks.
In the time I've been vaping I've had burnt taste twice. It was not a dry cartridge it was using it longer than 2 weeks.
This thread/picture says it all: some atomizer pictures.. close up.. - ECigScrewdriver
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I Use baking soda in water to get rid of a burnt taste. Stephaniems gave me that idea and it does work. However, I've found the more you leave an atty alone the longer it lasts. Just blow the extra juice out now and then and let it drain and you should be good to go. At least that is the way it has worked for me.
just a general question but I know some of you were saying to get a new atty every 2 weeks, but how exactly do you know when one is dead? I have had a burnt taste before and not known whether I dried it out or what?
I have that burnt taste in the first 4 attys i used. 2 from one seller and 2 from another. Thought there was nothing i could do to fix them. I believe its the nasty taste of the poly fill in the carts. So i recently read that someone else mentioned to just add and about 2 drops of juice on the bridge of the atty and put a blank cart on and puff it like a cigar for 5 secs.. Let it cool then puff away at it again. Then after doing that a couple of times add another 2 drops and repeat. I did this i believe 3 times over. The bad burnt taste is gone! I've been using that atty all day long and no probs!
Cant wait to do it to the other 3 attys. They all got that bad taste durring the first day of use. Like i said, i think its from that poly burning on the bridge. Cant stand that taste and now have switched to lipton tee bags for my filler and no more nasty burnt taste period! That god for that mod.
Cant wait to do it to the other 3 attys. They all got that bad taste durring the first day of use. Like i said, i think its from that poly burning on the bridge. Cant stand that taste and now have switched to lipton tee bags for my filler and no more nasty burnt taste period! That god for that mod.
I believe from all the reading i've done is you'll know when its dead as it wont work anymore. As in it will not wick the juice anymore.
Some say that there attys last a week or 2 and others say a month or 2 and some have reported theres lasting 4+ months.
I say just have a few to spare just encase when one goes. Buying a 5 multi pack when be good and finding a place to buy a large bulk for cheap would not be a bad idea either. I plan on buying up 25 from www.puresmoker.com as the price is like $5 each when you buy 25+.
Oh... also people say theres usually no warning when it goes. It will be fine and all of the sudden its dead.
I had a bad atty taste, but it turned out to be a problem with the e-liquid I was using. My guess is that the 510 burns hotter and can get nasty burnt buildup from some juice that other attys don't get. Either way, cleaning with pure alcohol overnight then giving it a couple days to air dry worked like a champ. Just make sure you drip on the atty before using it after an alcohol bath, because it will be completely dry and will have a bad taste if you don't!
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