What Am I Doing Wrong?

[sistercreepy]

I recently bought four duel cartomizer tanks. Filled them up and primed them like they told me to do. My problem is that the batting in the carto is not staying wet although the tank is full of juice. What am I doing wrong? TIA

 

[Jwaterski]

They are punched cartos? Just had to ask. How thick is your juice, I know some people recommend taking a needle to the holes if it's a prepunched carto, particularly if it's laser punched.

 

[Dakota Jim]

with carto tanks you need to make sure the holes in the carto are clear and large enough, e-liquid needs to be fairly thin at the most 70/30 pg/vg to wick properly, some of the holes are too small to wick properly - also need to make sure the holes in the carto are not covered by any part of the tank ends or grommets and you need to keep a vacuum in the tank for it to keep drawing liquid into the carto - I tried one for about a week - got sick of the dry hits due to carto not keeping up with the wicking and switched to vivi nova and now use protanks exclusively

 

[iowajosh]

Try different cartos. I've had boxes where none worked well for long and boxes where every one was a gem. Try a different brand or even the same brand from a different store.

 

[wv2win]

Even with 3-holed punched dual coil cartos, I take my Dremel with a cut-off wheel on it and put a slot in-between two of the holes to allow for my liquid to get into the batting. You can also try a couple of inhales without activating the button to draw more liquid into the carto.

 

[Baditude]

Hold on!! How is it vaping? If it's vaping fine, don't sweat it.

Don't mind how the filler in the carto looks after you have begun vaping, even after properly priming the carto. It's perfectly normal to "look dry".



Above is a cutaway diagram of a punched cartomizer. Note the red arrows depicting the flow of juice both from the tank and in the carto. Juice gets pulled down when you puff on the carto. The juice from the tank doesn't keep the top of the filler wet, but it doesn't have to. As long as the filler around the heating coil stays wet, you're fine. The tank will keep the lower half of the carto supplied with enough juice to keep the filler from burning.

Having said that, I'm a firm believer you still have to start out with a slushy looking carto during the priming process. This is the most important step with a cartotank setup. It also doesn't hurt to "top off" the carto when you refill the tank. But to repeat, it's normal for the filler to look dry once you have taken a few vapes on the carto.