So I had some help do a build on my kayfun and

[PaseQB]

I just changed the juice for the first time and I'm left with one impression... I should be having this much difficulty changing the cotton. Took me about three different attempts before I get it to work. I'm feeling a little slow.

 

[deb361]

I just used mine for the first time today so not any help on the refill. Someone will come along with the info tho. Lots of good knowledgable folks here.


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[cnc sample]

You will get faster with time.

 

[PaseQB]

I hope so. I watch other people do it in less than a minute and here I am struggling.

 

[Dave Bowman]

Once you get a good feel on how much cotton you need it will be a lot faster process. It should pass through the coil but not be too tight and not too loose. Just roll the entire cotton piece gently until its uniform and narrow. I use tweezers which helps every process of coil building and wicking. The wick should go through the coil with some resistance but not enought that it pulls or deforms the coil. Some people then like to pull the ends of the wick up and screw in the first piece of the chimney, then push down the cotton with the tweezers into the well near the juice canals and apply the juice to prime it (never fire dry cotton, duh). I actually like to drip a little juice on the cotton and apply it to the sides of the coil deck and THEN putt the chimney on. This ensures that the cotton doesn't completely clog the juice canals. But to each his own. It just takes practice. I took me 5 minutes per wick when I started and now I'm under a minute. Good luck and vape on.

This is a good video on kayfun coil build and wicking. Skip to 7m40s to see the wicking process which I described above.

 

[Completely Average]

Getting the cotton right is the hardest part about learning coil builds. I never had problems building the actual coil, but it took quite a bit of practice to figure out how much cotton to use and be able to consistently get it right. Too much and you flood the system and don't get good vapor. Not enough and you get dry burns. It's not as easy as it sounds.

One of the things I really like about chimney coils is that they are a lot less picky about how much cotton you use.

 

[PaseQB]

Thanks for the input guys. I'm going to check out the vid and keep at it. Hopefully I'll catch on.