Weird Taste on Rebuilt Coil?

[iRyyy]

Hello all,

I recently rebuilt two devices, a Protank and an EVOD with silica from OKCvapes and Kanthal from TEMPCO (on eBay). On the Protank, there wasnt a weird taste, however on the EVOD, the taste was noticably different. Its hard to explain what the "weird" taste is, but it is definitely NOT a dry hit like taste. I decided to burn some of the kanthal with a BIC lighter, and rebuild it again. However, the taste was still a bit off. Does anyone know how to get rid of this "kanthally" (just made that up, because i assume its from the kanthal) taste? Thanks for your help.

 

[BigLebowski]

Could be the kanthal, in which case annealing it will help get rid of the possible machine oil, run a lighter over it until it glows orange down the entire length, and quench in water. I do this 3 times. This will also take the springiness out of it. What wick are you using? Some wick will take longer to break in, cotton being the shortest break-in time.

 

[irwink]

I've found that if I torch the silica over a stove top burner before rebuilding the weird taste goes away. Once the coil is wound and assembled I'll do a quick dry burn to get any remaining stuff off of the kanthal. I also torch the kanthal the same way. It cools almost instantly so I've never felt the need to quench it in water.

Needless to say I have a gas fired stove. It has its advantages. Mine rarely gets used for food either.

 

[Signal30]

A foul taste can come from a few different reasons. One that can be overlooked is the grommets burning. Check your grommets, check for hot spots on your coil. Also check your ohms.

Even if you fix the issue, there is a good chance that you contaminated your juice.

 

[iRyyy]

once again, tried burning the kanthal, same weird taste.

 

[BlueMoods]

New, pre burned wick, clean and dry burn the coil, new juice. See if the taste is still there. (Alternately, use a cotton wick, but don't pre burn or dry burn with the cotton in place.)

 

[Coastal Cowboy]

What is the resistance measurement on your Evod coil?

Also, if this is your first attempt at using the liquid with your own rebuilt coil, you might be tasting the vapor better. Or, differently.

I never rebuilt with silica wicks. Cotton only, so no dry burn. I did anneal the wire before wrapping, however.

 

[Unforeseen]

Moved to Assorted PV Topics - Rebuildable Atomizer Systems

 

[notawoman]

Kanthal gives me a weird taste, it becomes more distinguished for me when the wick gets dry. A full on dry hit tastes completely different than a dry hit on nichrome, to me anyways. I only use nichrome 60 or 80.

A tip I received was to wash kanthal in hot milk, it seemed to help a bit. good luck!

 

[Vedra]

I'm thinking burnt grommet.

 

[v1kingfan]

I'm thinking burnt grommet.

Is this fixable? I think I got a burnt grommet on my vivi nova?