Rusty Cthulhu! Pics inside.

[BennyAdeline]

So, after ALL the quality control stuff I've dealt with, my Cthulhu has began rusting. I am done with this atty and the company who made it. This is unsafe and reeks of corner cutting.

I recommended this atty like crazy. Now I recommend you stop using yours for safety reasons.

Rust can be seen on the base leading to the positive block and the positive block itself in two places.

vape safe my friends.

 

[jbok]

Man that sucks. I had planned to get one someday, but not now. Thanks for letting us know


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[coilburner]

I would have guessed that's a burnt spot where the coil was touching.

 

[KenD]

Are you sure that's rust. Doesn't look that way to me.

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[MattyTny]

That would be very disappointing if it's rust, it's a very simple and affordable atty. I wonder if anyone else has the same issue you have, because I wouldn't think you would be getting rust on the posi block only. Cthulhu mod says they used stainless steel, unless the posi block is made of something else. What were you running in it?

Try giving them an email asking about it. I don't own one, but if I didn't have the Goblin I'd have the Cthulhu, both are pretty popular.
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[hypocritelecteur]

That doesn't look like rust.

 

[Monotremata]

Doesnt look like rust to me either. My Kayfuns get that brown/burnt looking residue on their center blocks from time to time and it comes right off when you clean it.

 

[Wraith504]

So, after ALL the quality control stuff I've dealt with, my Cthulhu has began rusting. I am done with this atty and the company who made it. This is unsafe and reeks of corner cutting.

I recommended this atty like crazy. Now I recommend you stop using yours for safety reasons.

Rust can be seen on the base leading to the positive block and the positive block itself in two places.

vape safe my friends.

Mine has it as well and no, its not rust

 

[hypocritelecteur]

I think that is rouging from the kanthal. Basically iron in proximity to stainless steel can produce rouging especially with heat and liquid in the mix. Same reason stainless steel cookware will develop red spots from using iron utensils or after years of passive iron deposit from food.

• Class I Rouge

Class I rouge comes from an external source. Rouge particles are deposited on stainless steel surfaces, and in the early stages of deposition can be easily wiped clean. Surface composition of the stainless steel passive layer under the rouge is unchanged from that of the originally installed system. The rouge particles usually have the same composition as the material from which the particles came, certainly not that of corroding stainless steel. Rouge concentration is heaviest near the source and decreases with distance from the source. Color of the rouge may change with distance from the source, being orange to red-orange near the source and changing to magenta some distance away. The color comes from the presence of the various iron oxides and hydroxides. The orange oxide is the lowest valence state for iron hydroxide and forms when both oxygen and water are present:

 

[thekraut]

Did you soak yours in water for a longer period? I did once and the copper pin left some colour on the metal like that

 

[sonicbomb]

I also suspect it isn't rust. Irrespective of what it is, perhaps you could use some fine grade wet and dry to take it off?

 

[ckquatt]

Yeah. I'm going to say that's heat marks and not rust.

 

[Deadkaiser]

That all said don't think Steel rust is that dangerous correct me if i'm wrong...... I get people worrying about Ti and Ni 200 but i thought steel was pretty safe.