Sudden protank problem?

[X T C]

So recently I started coiling my own wicks with cotton. I've had great results for the past 3 or 4 months..until now.

I was vaping some Faux Hawk juice from MBV and suddently I got this not dry, but disgusting rubbery taste. Like really bad. I thought the wicks were burnt, or maybe perhaps the rubber gasket on the protank head so I switched heads, re-coiled and re-wicked. I even tried a different flavor. The first few hits were good, but then suddenly that disgusting taste returned!

I'm so confused right now, I built the heads exactly as I have been doing for the past few months with no problems! The wicks are never burnt, the gasketsare never scorched, but this disgusting taste is coming from somewhere!!

gasket - to clarify, I meant grommet

 

[djmunster]

i get that taste with stock protank heads

 

[retired1]

Moved to Clearomizers

 

[X T C]

i get that taste with stock protank heads

I am not using silica wicks, or the pre-built coils.

 

[STiZzle2010]

Wow that is strange! I have not run into this issue at all...

I'll bump this up as I am sure someone can help.

 

[Sugar_and_Spice]

Could it be the ejuice? Have you tried it in a different topper? Sounds like you have eliminated everything else.,....so just a thought.

 

[MikeZ28]

It sounds like you're getting a hot leg on your coil burning the rubber gromet. I'd double check for signs of burning or melting.

If you dry burn does the coil glow evenly, from center out?

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[Alter]

I would get a slight rubbery taste from the cotton breaking in, it did go away after a while but its still YUK. The hemp fiber didn't have that rubbery taste but a kinda woodzy taste but I solved that by removing all the off colored shards in the fibers, I assumed they were shredded stalk and they made it taste bad for the first few hits.
I then cut a 2 inch piece of my ekowool and unbraided it then with a bead threader I inserted several strands into my coil and it works great. I can dryburn the heads to clean and when its pooped out just replace the ekowool inwhich lasts much longer than both cotton and hemp fiber.

 

[X T C]

It sounds like you're getting a hot leg on your coil burning the rubber gromet. I'd double check for signs of burning or melting.

If you dry burn does the coil glow evenly, from center out?

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No..you're right. Sometimes when I dry burn the coils start strongest on say the left side then even out.

I've seen some stuff saying that folding them over and twisting them, then putting the grommet back would help?

 

[cramptholomew]

Try snipping the top lip of the grommet off (the grommet that gets shoved into the bottom with the coil legs). Sometimes even a slight hot leg with scorch that thing and you end up with P.U.

I do that with all my grommets these days, and no yuck yet. The occasional dry hit, if my wick isn't just right, but that's a different flavor of P.U.

Edit: I know it might not look scorched, but it could still be heating up enough to make P.U. flavor.

P.U.

 

[cliffy15]

If you are not getting hotspots in your setup, the most likely cause is that you're not wicking fast enough.

If you prime your wicks with liquid and the first couple puffs are great then you get the dry/burning taste, you aren't wicking fast enough for your vape.

 

[cramptholomew]

If you are not getting hotspots in your setup, the most likely cause is that you're not wicking fast enough.

If you prime your wicks with liquid and the first couple puffs are great then you get the dry/burning taste, you aren't wicking fast enough for your vape.

This too^ ..

 

[MikeZ28]

No..you're right. Sometimes when I dry burn the coils start strongest on say the left side then even out.

I've seen some stuff saying that folding them over and twisting them, then putting the grommet back would help?

I've never tried that but can see how it would help create a more positive contact.

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[Huckleberried]

Stupid question, but when you say grommet or gasket you are talking about the one the pin goes into, right?

 

[cramptholomew]

Stupid question, but when you say grommet or gasket you are talking about the one the pin goes into, right?

Yes. The one that goes into the base of the assembly.

 

[X T C]

Thanks guys I found my problem. I changed brands of cotton and I guess this one is a little bit different as well as me not rolling the wicks tight enough