Hey everyone
I thought I'd update my findings with the weeping issue I've been grappling with the last little bit. Long story short, I now blame the atomizer
To recap, I had leaks, then no leaks after adding the catch cup and changing bottles. Then leaks again after about a week, so the bottle was the prime suspect.
I washed the chasis and did the O-ring thing which didn't help. Basically I noticed that even after soaking the atty (a 2Ω from COV, bottom feeder, and yes I installed both the gaskets) would dry up fairly quickly. After a lot of testing with the shell off, it appears that
juice would rather flood back out the bottom of the atty than wick up to the wick and coils. It didn't leak once from the bottle. Maybe a bad run of atties from over there, dunno?
I'm using a 2.2Ω silo today, and the thing is once again virtually bone dry. The good news is this silo works better than the last one I used, so i don't totally hate it

Just for kicks I'm also rocking a #7 o-ring around the bottle, but I don't think it's actually doing anything.