The sand paper grit I have used is:
P320
P400
P600
P1200
Then I finished with a sanding pad with a grain of P12000, but I should have had a round with something in between P2000 to 12000.
What highlights everything is a polish called Mothers Mag & Aluminum Polish, American product.
It's been many years since I bought Mothers, I used it as a finish when porting chainsaws.
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Good morning ladies and gentlemen,
today I have to work with the tax papers, prepare the farm accounts for the accountant. As always, I'm late.
There is only one package on its way to me.
today I have to work with the tax papers, prepare the farm accounts for the accountant. As always, I'm late.
There is only one package on its way to me.
Belated good morning Shiny's
Good morning. It seems like all I'm getting these days for review is pods and disposables. I don't like this trend.
Yeah, it feels naggy to keep asking for non-pod devices, but I think it has to be done. Some of the vendors asking us to do reviews don't really know what we like unless we explicitly state it.
Eleaf reached out to me recently to do reviews for them and I told the rep as long as it isn't pods/disposables, I'm game. They respectfully agreed and so I'm waiting for their next 510 kit/mod release. I suppose this is a big upside to doing reviews for e-commerce sites over brand vendors.
Edit: You know this is going to get much worse before it gets any better.
Also, g'morning shineople! 
Cheap to manufacture, non user-serviceable, create more waste. As usual, convenience wins. Won't be too long before pods and disposables will be the only mass produced vape products and the rest will be boutique, expensive, hard to get. Sad.
Also, I feel quite annoyed and I want to rant, so I will, but I'll keep it short.
Back in October of 2022, I won a giveaway from Vaporesso's site. It included a Luxe XR and a $100 Amazon gift certificate. I gave them around 2 months to get it sorted and patiently waited for the Amazon gift certificate via email and it never showed. Meanwhile, I was getting emails from other contestants that won asking me if I'd received my prizes yet. I told them I had not, but to give them some time. I emailed Vaporesso asking them if they were in the process of mailing out gift cards from the giveaway, and I was told that they were already sent. I checked all of my email folders - spam, trash, entire inbox - nothing. I told them I had not received one and if they had in fact emailed me one, to please screen shot the sent email so that I had a time stamp to look for. They told me they'll look into it.
Fast forward another month, and I was finally able to get a response on the Luxe XR and I was able to get it shipped to me. Still nothing on the gift certificate. I asked about the gift card again and they repeated that they'd look into it.
About a month and a half ago, I once again asked about the gift card, and the response was that they'd get in contact with the back office and have one sent out.
Today, I've had enough. I sent an email stating I no longer care about the gift card, and that I will no longer be promoting or positively reviewing their products. It isn't about the money, it's about not following through and ultimately disappointment. Do what you say, say what you do. It's quite simple. You want to treat the people that buy your products like $h!t, then you deserve it right back.
I don't expect this to sway any of your opinions on Vaporesso as I think they make some stellar products, but you won't see me suggesting or supporting them any longer. Just know that if you win a contest or a giveaway that they're dangling in front of your face, don't expect a damn thing.
- rant over -
Back in October of 2022, I won a giveaway from Vaporesso's site. It included a Luxe XR and a $100 Amazon gift certificate. I gave them around 2 months to get it sorted and patiently waited for the Amazon gift certificate via email and it never showed. Meanwhile, I was getting emails from other contestants that won asking me if I'd received my prizes yet. I told them I had not, but to give them some time. I emailed Vaporesso asking them if they were in the process of mailing out gift cards from the giveaway, and I was told that they were already sent. I checked all of my email folders - spam, trash, entire inbox - nothing. I told them I had not received one and if they had in fact emailed me one, to please screen shot the sent email so that I had a time stamp to look for. They told me they'll look into it.
Fast forward another month, and I was finally able to get a response on the Luxe XR and I was able to get it shipped to me. Still nothing on the gift certificate. I asked about the gift card again and they repeated that they'd look into it.
About a month and a half ago, I once again asked about the gift card, and the response was that they'd get in contact with the back office and have one sent out.
Today, I've had enough. I sent an email stating I no longer care about the gift card, and that I will no longer be promoting or positively reviewing their products. It isn't about the money, it's about not following through and ultimately disappointment. Do what you say, say what you do. It's quite simple. You want to treat the people that buy your products like $h!t, then you deserve it right back.
I don't expect this to sway any of your opinions on Vaporesso as I think they make some stellar products, but you won't see me suggesting or supporting them any longer. Just know that if you win a contest or a giveaway that they're dangling in front of your face, don't expect a damn thing.
- rant over -
I think disposables will be carefully phased out, and that most of them will revolve around pods.
Some brands like Innokin are still going to design and manufacture sub ohm kits, they haven't signed a new contract with Phil & Dimi for no reason.
Many knew this was coming. Some were in total denial, others weren't. Many of us made proper preparations.
The Chinese manufacturers very clearly understand the market and perhaps more importantly what governments around the globe are doing with regulations.
The trend is for closed systems. Those are the only vape devices being approved in the USA. I can see the majority of other countries eventually following suit. The EU has slowly been tightening the noose.
Eventually decent quality vape gear will only be available via FB groups and/or other channels. We are already very near that point.
It is what it is . . .
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Yeh the writing's been on the wall for a long while. Vapers with open eyes (most here) have lbeen stocked up in anticipation for ages, but it still saddens me.
I'm afraid you are right. It has gotten consitently worse with almost everything coming for review is pods. I'm almost at the point where I could write maybe 2-3 reviews and switch pictures and it would cover most of the pods sent out. There's only so many things they can do with pods.
That would make me mad too. I am stocked to the gills with Vaporesso coils and some hardware so won't be giving it up but I can definitely understand your anger on this. I haven't used one Geekvape mod since I got angry with them and I have two boxes full of mods, tanks, and pod mods from them.
I have two of them. I thought I got them from sourcemore or maybe vape sourcing or 3F. I’ll see if I can find the receipt but it was definitely from one of the Chinese stores. And I got them at least two months ago.
Now that I’m thinking more about it maybe it was HealthCabin. Again I’ll try to find out.
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Afternoon Shinys! Not too much going on. I rewicked about 8 RBAs last night and have probably another 8 that need rebuilding.
I bought a bunch of the Hellvape Ni80 dual core fused claptons at .36 ohms that I really really like. I ordered one package when I was purchased the Blaze and Tauren RBAs just to try them out.
I don’t really care for anything more than a dual core of whatever. The ramp up time and power needed is annoying to me without any benefit in better flavor or denser vape.
These ramp up quickly and have been lasting quite awhile before needing to replace.
I got them at one of the Chinese stores and at a really good price.
I bought a bunch of the Hellvape Ni80 dual core fused claptons at .36 ohms that I really really like. I ordered one package when I was purchased the Blaze and Tauren RBAs just to try them out.
I don’t really care for anything more than a dual core of whatever. The ramp up time and power needed is annoying to me without any benefit in better flavor or denser vape.
These ramp up quickly and have been lasting quite awhile before needing to replace.
I got them at one of the Chinese stores and at a really good price.
It's pretty sad how lackluster customer service is in the vape world. It's very odd to run into a rep where they're flat out kind and considerate; this shouldn't surprise me but it does.
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