wet cotton shirt taste.

[bullet08]

i heard about cotton wick sooner or later giving off flavor like wet cotton shirt. i'm using organic cotton ball, and when i'm near the end of the vape with rda, getting bit of burnt sugar taste and that taste. the wick is not burnt, and there are still liquid in the well, but i can see it's low.

what can i do to get better flavor? i'm not sure when to stop vaping until that light burnt sugar taste. but that wet cotton shirt taste is nasty.

 

[ssgswjohnson]

I found that thinner wicking helped with that. For me at least.

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[Marc411]

bullet, ssg nailed it. It sounds like to much cotton. When you wick your coil it should be moving freely in the coil, not sloppy but the RDA shouldn't move when you pull your cotton into the coil. If you find it's to tight just grab both ends and give it a little stretch. Remember it will expand a little once it wicks liquid.

And just curious, how do you know what a wet cotton t-shirt taste like

 

[IMFire3605]

Another trick to do, when actually wicking your coils. Wash your hands in Dawn dish soap or rinse them with isopropyl rubbing alcohol before messing with the cotton, this removes the oils and sweat from your fingers so it is not transfered to the wick.

 

[FlamingoTutu]

I used cotton for a very short time. It tasted like cotton. Then I tried the Koh Gen Do. Wow. Sounds snobby I know, but it was a huge difference for me. Had the same problem with the Evod tanks, tasted like plastic. On the other hand, I'm fine with simple one-flavored juice. Go figure. Anyway, if you're one that can't shake the cotton flavor, try the Koh Gen Do.

 

[Marc411]

I should have said that too Tutu, I use KGD also.

 

[roxynoodle]

Rayon is tasteless to me, but some don't like it.

 

[Visus]

I can taste atmosphere in cotton. I never did like it as much as ss mesh but the ease of building was awesome but then it made my nose runny. I had a runny nose for two str8 days, non stop runny nose and that was it with cotton for me.

If your outside and someone is cutting grass up the street later I taste the gas at the beach taste the water etc etc..lol
cotton is great but you gotta change it to often and I am allergic..

Some people more sensitive than others to it I gander..

 

[bullet08]

i looked into KGD. rather expensive and hard to get. and the vendors are charging outrageous shipping. cellucotton/rayon, i'm still thing about. i'll try using less cotton first.

 

[Marc411]

bullet, a box will last forever. I picked mine up for 12.95 plus 5.95 for shipping from a Beauty supply. To me it's worth it for the improved flavor.

 

[Akasticker]

Yea try some type of cotton pad like KGD, since i switched i havnt had any type of weird cotton flavor. And yea it is kind of expensive but ive been using the same single sheet for like 2 months. I think i paid 1$ each which is kinda ridiculous but its 1$ lol.

 

[nyiddle]

Lol Koh Gen Do is totally worth every penny. The box of sheets is enough to last you a lifetime, or like.. At least 3 years of wicking and loaning sheets out to friends.

I've noticed a cotton taste when using cotton, only on the initial vape. So I like to "prime" my cotton. I'll put some e-liquid on it before actually taking a vape, and basically just burn it off. It also is a good time to see if wicking is working well, and if there are any "juice pockets" in the cotton you can kind of poke 'em out and make sure no juice is stickin' around.

But yeah, with KGD, there's no necessity to prime. Initial vape is as good as any.

 

[Lexx]

Again, rayon of kgd. Regular cotton is quite poor at wicking and imparts its own flavour into the vapor. It's a step above fibreglass but there are yet better things.

 

[joelmora89]

I can taste atmosphere in cotton. I never did like it as much as ss mesh but the ease of building was awesome but then it made my nose runny. I had a runny nose for two str8 days, non stop runny nose and that was it with cotton for me.

If your outside and someone is cutting grass up the street later I taste the gas at the beach taste the water etc etc..lol
cotton is great but you gotta change it to often and I am allergic..

Some people more sensitive than others to it I gander..

i had the same exact thing. i always thought it was my allergies , but when claritin d didn't work.my nose would run 24/7 . I remember sleeping with a shirt on my nose from all the sinus. Since switching to rayon its night and day. i cant even look at cotton without sniffling.

 

[smacuser]

It depends on who's wearing the wet cotton shirt.

Wait, what?

 

[bullet08]

ordered KGD. if that does work, i'll try rayon.