Tampon

[Jebbn]

In French, the word tampon can have several different meanings. It can mean stopper, plug, wad, swab, tampon (menstrual product), stamp, or buffer.

 

[United States]

Time to invent something sebastian....

 

[stols001]

I totally would not have thought of it before, and it's probably a bit unwieldy, (I mean, it's designed to soak up liquid while submerged in a cylindrical shape based on every tampon ad I have ever seen) so it might not actually be best for the job. Depending on what the heck is going on with the leak, IDK.

Personally I use bar mops. I use them for like, everything except windows because, well, they're cheap, they're reusable, I'd like to say that they are better for the environment but then you have to have all those arguments about the Cost to the Earth of washing them, and those get tiring.

But, bar mops ARE awesome, and feeling vaguely virtuous as I use them really doesn't hurt. Etc.

Anna

 

[NolaMel]

In French, the word tampon can have several different meanings. It can mean stopper, plug, wad, swab, tampon (menstrual product), stamp, or buffer.

Manhole cover (picture of dictionary as proof). Sophomoric? Yes. Funny? Um, yessss

 

[Brewdawg1181]

I have a leaking atomizer - maybe it is just me, wrong wicking ... - and it was leaking like crazy a few moments ago.

I didn' t know what to do exactly in that moment and desperately pushed the tissue on the air flow and it started to leak much less.

Didn' t exactly understand if this is a scientific fact or just a myth i wanted to believe. What do you think about the issue? Do you think it is related with the inner pressure of atomizer and you should do in times like these or useless thing?

Noting your avatar, I'd have thought you already read this. If he lived today, he'd likely suggest that both the concept of perfect vacuum, and ECF posts can be incoherent.

 

[Storm52]

I have a leaking atomizer - maybe it is just me, wrong wicking ... -

It is just you.

 

[Brewdawg1181]

It is just you.

He's leaking? Happens sometimes.
This poor guy just lost 100ml with a bad squonker:

 

[smacuser]

Look like he needed a Manpon .

I'd buy that.

 

[sonicbomb]

Why does my Tank Leak and what can I do about it? | E-Cigarette Forum

YAY-ARHH!!

 

[vapdivrr]

Johann, other than the title you have submitted a normal post, right on!

You're improvised "Tampon" will eventually saturate and drip on you, fix the leak

Tanks leak when they lose vacuum or the coil floods.

Tips to help maintain vacuum in your tank:

1) All o-rings in place and in good condition. Missing or faulty o-ring will allow air in/vacuum out.
2) Cracked glass
3) Chipped glass where the glass tube seals to the o-ring
4) Dirty mating surfaces, o-rings to metal or o-rings to glass
5) Over filling the tank. One of two things can happen here; 1) if you top the tank off all the way there is no room for the vacuum to form, leave a bit at the top and 2) depending on coil/chimney style you can flood the coil.
6) juice is too thin. Either to high in PG content for the density of the wicking material or the tank/juice has been exposed to heat which thinned the juice out. Both of these result in the coil flooding and dumping juice through the air flow holes.
7) Letting the tank sit unused for extended periods of time, results in the coil saturating and flooding. Try turning the tank upside down to pull the juice away from the wicking material. Remember to let the wicking material rewet when you go back to vape it.
8) Close the airflow control/holes before opening the tank to fill it. Once you fill the tank but before opening the the airflow take a couple unpowered draws to help with the vacuum.
9) Coil should be finger tight, if you crank on it to hard you could deform the o-ring at the bottom of the coil.
10) Tanks needs to be assembled tightly to avoid leaks around the o-rings. As tight as you can get it with your hands.
11) vaping at too low a temp, this will result in juice in the coil not being completely vaporized, which saturates/floods the coil.
12) I'm sure I'm forgetting something but it's late. Hopefully others will chime in. I've included a couple videos. There are tons of "How to fix a leaking tank" videos on YouTube. I have not watched them all but feel safe in saying none of them will address the use of a tampon.

Good luck, only burnt hits suck more than a leaky tank.

12). Perhaps sucking to hard with af closed down a bit to much.