The thing about cotton wicks

[fraychek]

Stock coil, starts tasting burnt, time for a new coil. Stock coil cleaned, with new cotton flavor wick, starts tasting burnt or wonky, time for a new coil. Recoiled with cotton wick no flavor wick, tastes great for a week, after maybe two, tastes fine but maybe not great and the draw gets maybe a little tight. Do I need a fresh coil? Maybe let it go for a couple more days. Gee, this juice isn't quite as good as I remember. Heck, I'll put in a fresh coil. Couldn't hurt. Man, this old wick looks like a slimy black worm.Voila! This juice is a great as I thought it was! Lesson learned? Cotton wicks don't tell you when you need a new one. A degradation in flavor is the only clue and it's so slow that it just kind of creeps up on you. When in doubt, recoil/wick.

 

[Sloth Tonight]

ohh so now your flavors aren't muted? yeah, I rewick daily myself, just to keep it fresh usually at night funny enough so it's set for the next morning

dry burning in-between wicks keeps the gunk off the coil too

 

[roxynoodle]

When you dry burn though you need to do it without the cotton wick though, right? Or...fire!

 

[Sloth Tonight]

yeah definitely dry burn in-between wicks. take out the used wick, burn the coil for 2-3 second bursts, once the gunk is off and it's glowing nice and orange inside out, give the coil a good 5 second burst so all wraps are glowing, then use tweezers to squeeze them gently. helps keep them nice and tight doing this should prolong the life of the coil and keep flavor fresh

then rewick, prime the cotton, assemble your device - good to go!

 

[fraychek]

ohh so now your flavors aren't muted? yeah, I rewick daily myself, just to keep it fresh usually at night funny enough so it's set for the next morning

dry burning in-between wicks keeps the gunk off the coil too

Fruits are still muted, but GCD and PBC have come back to life. I put in a fresh coil from the pill bottle full of them. I find that if I just dry burn and rewick I can get a nasty taste from, I guess, burnt gunk. I like to clean and then the coils before rewicking and sometime they're shot and need recoiling. I was just surprised about how long the newly coiled and cotton wicks last and how gradually they deteriorate so sometimes I don't even realize I need a new coil.

 

[valooper]

Fruits are still muted, but GCD and PBC have come back to life. I put in a fresh coil from the pill bottle full of them. I find that if I just dry burn and rewick I can get a nasty taste from, I guess, burnt gunk. I like to clean and then the coils before rewicking and sometime they're shot and need recoiling. I was just surprised about how long the newly coiled and cotton wicks last and how gradually they deteriorate so sometimes I don't even realize I need a new coil.

Sorry to get off track but I am ever so slightly disturbed by your avatar lol what is that?

 

[jblindy]

Try using a soft bristle toothbrush to lightly brush your coil after dry burning. I have one in my vape kit that I use for my coils.

 

[DasBluCig]

yeah definitely dry burn in-between wicks. take out the used wick, burn the coil for 2-3 second bursts, once the gunk is off and it's glowing nice and orange inside out, give the coil a good 5 second burst so all wraps are glowing, then use tweezers to squeeze them gently. helps keep them nice and tight doing this should prolong the life of the coil and keep flavor fresh

then rewick, prime the cotton, assemble your device - good to go!

MAKE SURE to RELEASE THE FIRE BUTTON BEFORE SQUEEZING THE COILS--- Otherwise......DEAD SHORT (assuming the use of METAL tweezers or other tool....!!)!!
Happy (vaping) Trails!

 

[TheUsualSuspect]

Would rayon work? It doesn't seem to need to be changed out quite as often. I have a couple of lifetime supplies worth if you'd like to experiment

 

[Sloth Tonight]

MAKE SURE to RELEASE THE FIRE BUTTON BEFORE SQUEEZING THE COILS--- Otherwise......DEAD SHORT (assuming the use of METAL tweezers or other tool....!!)!!
Happy (vaping) Trails!

Whoops! Thanks for mentioning that! very important

 

[DaveP]

Sounds like you need to move to a rebuildable. Stock coils are a pain to recoil compared to an RBA that's designed for it. Kayfun is a good choice and it's highly supported on ECF.

I change my cotton wicks on the Kayfun every other day and I time it when I need a tank refill. I just pop off the top cap, the poly tube and the chimney, and then I wash the wick and pull it. The coil gets a quick dry burn, then a rewick with a drop or two of juice to prime it. I put it back together and refill and I'm good for a couple more days.

I have ziplocks full of Kanger and Aspire heads to rebuild, but the Kayfun is just too easy and the bags of heads are largely ignored except for backup. I have a dozen or so that I've rebuilt, but the Kayfun gets daily use.

 

[Megan Kogijiki Ratchford]

I'm on tank 15 with this wick on my rebuilt PT head. A serious record as I usually re-wick every couple of tanks.

 

[fraychek]

Sorry to get off track but I am ever so slightly disturbed by your avatar lol what is that?

So, not a Whovian then? My avatar is a Hello Kitty rendition of Professor River Song, a character from the Dr. Who television series.

 

[RIMP]

I prefer the rayon wicks The Koh Gen Doh cotton pads are pretty close to the rayon. I started with the rayon last wk and used for 5 days Coil was gunked but the rayon was still good

 

[distortoblotto]

Fruits are still muted, but GCD and PBC have come back to life. I put in a fresh coil from the pill bottle full of them. I find that if I just dry burn and rewick I can get a nasty taste from, I guess, burnt gunk. I like to clean and then the coils before rewicking and sometime they're shot and need recoiling. I was just surprised about how long the newly coiled and cotton wicks last and how gradually they deteriorate so sometimes I don't even realize I need a new coil.

A wee drop or two of water from a needle dripper before the dry burn will usually help to fix that. Also, most fruits are rampant coil gunkers. I find that a lower ohm coil definitely helps.

 

[ckquatt]

So, not a Whovian then? My avatar is a Hello Kitty rendition of Professor River Song, a character from the Dr. Who television series.

"Spoilers...!"

 

[fraychek]

"Spoilers...!"

19 agony ridden days . . . Capaldi!

 

[ckquatt]

19 agony ridden days . . . Capaldi!

I know!!! I cant wait!!!