Trying a new cart filler

[rhoneil]

I have tried a bunch of stuff in my carts and I have wasted more liquid than Id like to admit. Recently I have been using the frayed/ shredded PTB and its working pretty well. For me to work it needs to be pretty loose. The problem with that for me is that I cut my carts down and sometimes I get some e-juice in my mouth with the PTB method. As I said before I have tried a bunch of fillers and one of the ones I tried was shoe laces. I figured that it would wick pretty fast and keep the atty pretty moist. When testing with juice I was able to see that just dipping a cut end of a (new) shoe lace the liquid traveled up the lace pretty quickly while when I did the same with a PTB material the juice did not move at all. So I tried to fill my cart with juice and the laces.
At first it looked promising. It took a lot of juice and it was vaping very well. The problem was it did not last long. Because the laces are a good wicking material it pretty much soaked up the juice and did not really want to give it up. Then I thought back to how the PTB did not move the liquid and maybe that is why it works so well in emptying the cart. ( I have not experienced that yet but that is what I hear. )
Now, the new test...
What is "in my pipe" right now is bristles from a paint brush. Im hoping that i will have similar results as the PTB where it would hold the liquid but not soak it up where the atty cannot get to it.
Here is what it looks like:

So far so good. Ive been on and off it for a couple of hours. Ill let you know more as time goes by.

rho

 

[rhoneil]

Ok, here it goes.
Not worth it. I did use alot of the juice that went in but the bottom line is that the bristles took up too much of the cart to last long enough. Another downfall was the fact that it was not really easy to do. After getting the bristles in the cart it took many cuts to get it flush with the top of the cart. This created tiny pieces of bristles scattering and some may have made it to my atty. Probably not a good thing.

Im still trying stuff. Sorry I was not able to contribute a good method with this but I hope that others can learn from my mistakes.

Right now I am trying someones PTB plug method. So far so good.
This one is not my idea. (So it probably will work. )



rho

 

[cmdrmaxwell]

Im still trying stuff. Sorry I was not able to contribute a good method with this but I hope that others can learn from my mistakes.

Right now I am trying someones PTB plug method. So far so good.
This one is not my idea. (So it probably will work. )
rho

I'm with you. I have also been on the perfect cart filler quest and to date i have been using the PTB shred method since the PTB intact holds alot of liquid but does not seem to let it go as good as i'd like. and i cant seem to get the plug mod into the damn roll cuz im not a carney(small hands)! so on i go lookin!

 

[doots]

PTB the best..

 

[heather]

My 510 e-cig sat horizontal outside for a day and it leaked a little....What do I use to clean the outside of the e-cig? Should I wear gloves to re-fill the cart that is in there? It got on my hand, I washed right away, but felt feverish anyway.

Also, I have a lot of questions about maintainance, where should I look on this forum for answers?

Thanks, Heather

 

[rhoneil]

I would just wipe it down with a paper towel or something. I would not worry too much about it. I dont know if you have any experience with nicotine over dose. Usually getting some of this e-liquid on your hands does not do much harm though I would not suggest that you get a whole lot of it on your skin without washing. I have had a nicotine OD in the past with the patch and for me it started with a headache the progressed to dizziness. I just stayed in bed and did not go to work that day. Im not sure what other symptoms are. Try to relax. calm down it may be in your head.


rho
by all means, though, if you feel you need medical attention... im not a doctor.