mountainbikermark -
After the tutorial you gave me, I have rewicked a few Protank 2
coils. I did ruin a couple in the process of removing wicks. They were used silica wicks and really packed with burned on residue and I pulled the coil out right along with the wick. The coil ends were just too short to put them back together, so I've got a couple of extra heads around if I ever decide to learn how to build
coils.
I know you don't boil the yarn, but I think I'm going to boil a few feet of it and see if that changes the flavor. I do get a bit of an 'off' flavor at first...other than that, major clouds of vapor, good flavor.
One question (silly one at that): what color yarn are you using? I bought the Peaches & Cream white...maybe it's bleach causing the off flavor?
One word of caution to everyone: if you're swapping a used yarn wick for a new one, be very gentle when pulling it out. I got a bit rambunctious on the last one I changed. It was stuck to the coil and the coil twisted as I pulled the wick - made it difficult to re-
thread a new piece of yarn.