What is that? Yuck

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Ambrossiaa

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I just put a grape 24mg (cool cart pre-filled) on my new diamond and it was like burnt paper. Took it off and checked the internals- all good. So I put it on one of my manuals- and it doesn't work-adjusted the post, nope still doesn't work. Ok tried another manual, nope. Put it back on the diamond, huge sizzle and .... Taste like burnt paper and moldy juice. Yuck. What is that? It's a first for me. Should I just trash this carto?
 

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So if the Carto seems bad, you want to satisfy your curiosity and try something new here is an idea I read about this in the Mod forums and tried it out, it works pretty well so far.

Gently rip out the filling from the Carto, making sure not to damage the center wick and atomizer coil. While ripping out the filler you will be able to see if there are any burnt spots of anything odd that might be influencing the taste. If there is you might as well let us know, I would be interested anyways :)

With this filler out you can now drip juice down the sides of the carto, dont use too much! You want just enough to pool at the bottom so that the center wick absorbs the juice, not so much that it bubbles out while you are smoking (Learned this the hard way). If the wick is already wet then it will not hold very much as is.

This makes the juice taste different, a little better, in my experience. Hey maybe its just me being crazy, but I thought it was pretty neat. I am now using this to test out new juices that I get.

Thought I would mention that this will not hold near the same amount of juice, but it is probably the closest to dripping that we can do on a KR808. Granted I've never dripped or anything, so maybe I am completely wrong. :)
 
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K9Luvr

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    Ambrossia,

    It may be that you got a bad cart. Try a different on from the same box and see if it is the same. Most of us love the grape, so you shouldn't be tasting anything like burnt paper or moldy juice - YUCK!!! If more than one tastes bad, the next question would be - Is this the 1st time you have tried Grape? If so, maybe you should store them for awhile until your taste buds finish returning. Sometimes things we try early on taste horrible but end up being something we love later on. If you have used Grape b/4, and you know how it should taste, then you might want to drop CS and email and let them know you got a bad batch. Hope this helps ;-)
     

    SnowDragon

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    Toss it Ambrossiaa.....you have just received your first bad carto.

    jacksherm, does it seem like the polyfill is wrapped tighter on the White Cool Carts? If you drip fill...does it seem like the White CC's just don't absorb as well as the Silvers? If so, there is a cure...you gotta spin them. This where the Taryn Spin works well with Drip Refilling specifically with tightly wound Cool Carts, Wow Carts on the other hand never need to spun...they always absorb well.

    YouTube - Vapor4Life The Taryn Spin 2011....Everything You Need To Know
     

    SnowDragon

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    :thumbs:............Ambrossiaa

    :thumbs:............jacksherm

    jack, when I run into these cool cartos on occassion they do require topping off a little more frequently. I believe the polyfill on these develop hard spots, places where the liquid doesn't wick correctly. This causes the juice to carmelize and build up occurs which quickly becomes a hot spot and a burnt Carto.

    After a couple of days, they seem to absorb and wick better but these really do need a break-in period use normally.
     

    Ambrossiaa

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    I took it apart and peee eeewwwww the juice inside was stinky, but other wise it looked ok. I just threw it out. I don't know if I have anymore like it, I put them in my little storage bin as soon as I get them so I can't tell which came with which. Hey one carto out of ton isn't bad at all, I think it was just a fluke. Thanks again guys and gals.
     
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