Well, title says most of it.. I was using 2.4-2.5mm coils, but I always seemed to either not have enough cotton to really leet me take a long drag without a really warm dry vape, or I used to much and blocked the juice channels so air couldn't escape fast enough, or choked flow to my coil.
So I decided to try a 3mm coil. Wanted it to be big enough to use enough cotton for my hits whilst still providing good wicking. Solution was simple; when I trim my cotton, I trim it right down the wall to the deck; I press in on it where it meets the deck with very small tweezers to make an indent on each side. Normally I just cut it at the indent; this time, I cut it at an angle so the top of the cotton would be longest, and the bottom would be shorter. Simple cut at an angle with the top farther out than below it.
Seemed like a dumb idea at first, figured it'd be too much; but it's perfect. the lower portion of the cotton tail doesn't actually reach the bottom. The top portion goes down the bottom portion to reach the bottom of the deck; it looks extremely fat and looks like it would block the juice, but since the bottom is cut shorter, the only part actually touching the deck is the top of the cotton, and that only meets it directly at the bottom of the wall.
If the cotton moves for whatever reason, there is no way it can block the channels; the top portion touching the deck can only move outwards, and because it is the outer/top portion, if it moves outward it will be above the juice holes instead of at the same level. Same goes for the under portion that is going down the wall but cut short; it can't reach the deck to block the holes.
I'll take pics when I clean the tank since I probably described that horribly.
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Cut tails at an angle with the top longer than the bottom. Impossible to block juice channels
So I decided to try a 3mm coil. Wanted it to be big enough to use enough cotton for my hits whilst still providing good wicking. Solution was simple; when I trim my cotton, I trim it right down the wall to the deck; I press in on it where it meets the deck with very small tweezers to make an indent on each side. Normally I just cut it at the indent; this time, I cut it at an angle so the top of the cotton would be longest, and the bottom would be shorter. Simple cut at an angle with the top farther out than below it.
Seemed like a dumb idea at first, figured it'd be too much; but it's perfect. the lower portion of the cotton tail doesn't actually reach the bottom. The top portion goes down the bottom portion to reach the bottom of the deck; it looks extremely fat and looks like it would block the juice, but since the bottom is cut shorter, the only part actually touching the deck is the top of the cotton, and that only meets it directly at the bottom of the wall.
If the cotton moves for whatever reason, there is no way it can block the channels; the top portion touching the deck can only move outwards, and because it is the outer/top portion, if it moves outward it will be above the juice holes instead of at the same level. Same goes for the under portion that is going down the wall but cut short; it can't reach the deck to block the holes.
I'll take pics when I clean the tank since I probably described that horribly.
TL
RCut tails at an angle with the top longer than the bottom. Impossible to block juice channels
