Try Orange Foam!

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Loco

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OK, So I'll add another one here for those too wary to try a Kleenex plug in their carts.

You'll need an envelope stamp moistener. The plastic bottle with the orange spongy material at the top that absorbs the water from the bottle. They're cheap at Office Depot, or if you're a thief like me, take one from the supply room at work.

Now, with the rage of a thousand orphaned children, tear that orange sponge off the top (j/k, it doesn't require that much force).

With a good pair of sharp scissors, cut the crusty parts off the orange sponge. This will get all the adhesive off.

Cut a cubed piece of this orange foam off, just enough to stay in place when pressed into the cartridge. It should be flush with the top of the cartridge, and only go about 1/8" inch to 1/4" into the cartridge. You want plenty of space for a juice reservoir.

Take it back out, fill to nearly the top of the cart, then put your plug back in. As good measure, add an extra drop or two to your magical orange sponge to saturate it. It should look dark. Now pop that thing on your atomizer and vape away!

You may have to tweak and experiment to find what works for you in terms of size and shape of the sponge.

Pros: Conserves juice while producing a decent vape. No leakage. Keeps the bridge sufficiently wet.

Cons: Wicks a little slow. Dripping directly on the sponge to saturate it before vaping alleviates this problem greatly.
 

Loco

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No! It's not a joke. It's working great. It's simply a sponge used to absorb water.

Maybe banning PVs would save some people from the unknown health risks when they decide to just vape any old thing?!?! ;)

I imagine Fluval, Blue Foam, and (especially) Polyfill might have the same issues. But aren't those widely used? :D

Let's not forget a lot of juice comes from China, where they find it appropriate to leave traces of lead in toys. And most atomizers available are manufactured in China. Who knows what's in that stuff.
 
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portguy

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No! It's not a joke. It's working great. It's simply a sponge used to absorb water.



I imagine Fluval, Blue Foam, and (especially) Polyfill might have the same issues. But aren't those widely used? :D

Let's not forget a lot of juice comes from China, where they find it appropriate to leave traces of lead in toys. And most atomizers available are manufactured in China. Who knows what's in that stuff.

Yes but those materials have been used by a vast number of people, including some that work and know what combustion and the works are. Anyway, when going with fluval or Blue Foam, people knew what they were using in terms of safety. Both are biologically safe have no chemicals (this is why fishes like them). But that sponge you are using is used with ink! So do you know what it is made of? Do you know if it has any nasty chemicals? I remember that some people used some Scotch Brite and someone alerted that that particular one had nasty chemicals.

So...the point is: are we gonna try anything that holds fluids and wicks (not that good in this case) without knowing what its made from? And what properties it has under heat?

Of course e-cigs could be somewhat dangerous (or not)...but at least we can control what we use on them.
 

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OK,

Now that we've had some fun at your expense and not really fair in retrospect, is because a lot of new comers do not like the cart filling (which BTW I use a modification of) and try to re-invent the wheel, as you have done with the "kleenex mod" and this one. They may wick well but as you have come to find out, wicking plays only a small part in this equation.

The most important part and many seem to forget it, it the releasing part, which IMHO is more important than how a filler wicks. Keeping the atty just wet, is the key here.

The mod Port and I use has a proven tack record, to include but not limited to being used with LR attys which many folks only drip on. What's the secret? The size of the plug and juice viscosity.

Many will increase VG for vapour production, it is not needed. A properly filled cart, which delivers the proper amount of liquid to be evaporated is the key, nothing else.

One individual swore by the "cig filter mod", we laughed at that one too. Well not openly, but you get my drift.
 

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Hood: i had started to drip when i discovered Highping's cart mod. Never felt the need to drip again. Only do it when i want to taste some new juices. As soon as the flavor changes slightly it means your cart is dry as a bone.
That makes 2 of us. AAMOF I believe it is better than dripping, especially with the delicate flavours, because I drip as well, but prefer carts. Oh well, we can only inform...
 

Loco

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Quite alright if people choose to disagree with my choice of cart material. I have learned not to feed forum trolls :D

for those who might be curious, the sponge is used to transfer water from a bottle to paper. It's a synthetic sponge. Upon doing some heavy vaping with this material. I found it does not melt or burn, even at 5v.

The reason i use a cart is because dripping is out of the question while driving - I sometime drip when sitting at my desk, and even that is annoying having to do it every 2-3 puffs.
 

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I don't think anyone was trolling (at least not intentionally). My concern, and others, is the lack of (at least perceived - maybe it was done but not posted about?) research BEFORE vaping away on something that could be harmful. There are gases that could be given off by a synthetic material that a vaper may not smell/taste but that is still harmful.

I'm all for ingenuity and improvements. However, it needs to be done responsibly and with forethought. There's no reason to feed the people pushing for bans. Which is what could happen if they claim "look, people are just shoving any old thing in there!"

Clear as mud? (This is why I married an Editor, my writting is less than swell most of the time!)
 

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OK, So I'll add another one here for those too wary to try a Kleenex plug in their carts.

You'll need an envelope stamp moistener. The plastic bottle with the orange spongy material at the top that absorbs the water from the bottle. They're cheap at Office Depot, or if you're a thief like me, take one from the supply room at work.

Now, with the rage of a thousand orphaned children, tear that orange sponge off the top (j/k, it doesn't require that much force).

With a good pair of sharp scissors, cut the crusty parts off the orange sponge. This will get all the adhesive off.

Cut a cubed piece of this orange foam off, just enough to stay in place when pressed into the cartridge. It should be flush with the top of the cartridge, and only go about 1/8" inch to 1/4" into the cartridge. You want plenty of space for a juice reservoir.

Take it back out, fill to nearly the top of the cart, then put your plug back in. As good measure, add an extra drop or two to your magical orange sponge to saturate it. It should look dark. Now pop that thing on your atomizer and vape away!

You may have to tweak and experiment to find what works for you in terms of size and shape of the sponge.

Pros: Conserves juice while producing a decent vape. No leakage. Keeps the bridge sufficiently wet.

Cons: Wicks a little slow. Dripping directly on the sponge to saturate it before vaping alleviates this problem greatly.

my only problem....how many are you getting for each sponge thing....and what is the price per cart filler.
 

portguy

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Quite alright if people choose to disagree with my choice of cart material. I have learned not to feed forum trolls :D

for those who might be curious, the sponge is used to transfer water from a bottle to paper. It's a synthetic sponge. Upon doing some heavy vaping with this material. I found it does not melt or burn, even at 5v.

The reason i use a cart is because dripping is out of the question while driving - I sometime drip when sitting at my desk, and even that is annoying having to do it every 2-3 puffs.

There are a number of materials that do not melt or burn (I wish ScottBee was here to correct me), but have been proven to be very unsafe.

As far as i'm concerned there is no need to reinvent the wheel, to make Switched's words my own said.

My concern is that someone will try your cart mod that, in my perception, is far from being proved as safe.

BTW...i am not trolling.
 
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