When do you need a new coil exactly? Did I mess one up?

[HillaryClinton]

So I went through about 3ml of liquid in my Smoktech Aro 2 and I think I put the voltage up a tad to much(VV spinner) with my VelvetCloud E Liquid(All VG, maybe thats why?) because it waste odd all of a sudden, not burnt but foul I guess. I cleaned out the tank, let it sit in some 90% alcohol and water mix, the fibers are still white and clean looking, did I mess up the atomizer part somehow? I have no new coils but plan on buying some now, just curious if there is a way to save this one till my shipment comes in? I heard you can dry burn them but that seems odd since I might have burnt it to much already no?



I meant to post this in the new user forum...sorry.,,

 

[Hannypoo]

You could open up the coil casing and take a look. If it's burnt, you can rewick it with some organic cotton. Just pull the wick out and push a little roll of cotton through the coils. It's usually a pretty easy fix, depending on what type of coil your tank uses. I order my organic cotton online, but I hear they sell it in a lot of drug stores.
If you see a clean wick when you open the casing, it may be that your liquid needs to air out. I have a flavor that requires me to let it sit withthe cap permanently off, otherwise I get a very harsh (almost burnt) taste when I vape it.

 

[Hannypoo]

Also, don't dry burn the coil with a wick in it. Remove the wick before firing it, or it'll scorch.

 

[classwife]

Moved to Clearomizers from General A-Liquid Discussion

 

[Hannypoo]

I just reread your post. If you're using 100% vg liquid, it might have a hard time getting into the wick because of how thick the liquid is. I'm guessing the wick is scorched for that reason. Be sure to prime the wick often when you're vaping high vg liquids to ensure the wick is soaked thoroughly the whole time.

 

[HillaryClinton]

Prime it? You mean let it soak? I will admit, I was sorta chaining it, I tend to do that instead of vaping throughout the day...is there a better tank for heavy VG liquids? I was looking at the iclear30...also at some of the Aspire ones, the smoktech aro 2 one I have leaks a bit and is hard to clean since the center is so small, don't really care for it, the 2 dollar cheapo I got at a deli actually works better and wicks better.

The wick looks pretty much unused, all white, slight yellow from the liquid near the center, I am using VelvetCloud, some seem thicker then others, this one was pretty thin.

If I was to buy another tank I am gonna try to keep it around the 10 dollar range honestly, new to this, don't wanna break the bank yet. I will order from Fasttech though, I don;t mind waiting and using the cheap 2 dollar one for now...if a good tank is much cheaper there.

 

[Hannypoo]

By "priming" I mean give it a few good sucks before firing up the coil. This will draw the fluid into the wick to make sure it's nice and soaked. If you're chain-vaping and/or using high vg liquid, it's a good idea to do it periodically, and it should always be done before firing up a brand new coil.
As far as tanks for high vg, I'm not sure. Generally, 100% vg tends to work better in drip systems than in tanks. You may need to find juice with pg in it. Or you could try adding a teensy bit of distilled water or vodka to your current juice... But only very little, or it won't produce vapor. (I know from experience that a little goes a loooong way.)
Also, when looking at your wicks, did you actually remove the chimney and peer inside the coil housing? Most of the time I can't tell how burnt my wicks are until I break the housing open to pull them out and rewick. Sometimes I can tell they're burnt from the outside of the coil case, but not very often.

 

[HillaryClinton]

I see, yeah I did prim it then, at least at first...

Yeah I broke the housing open and took the wick out(Almost lost a couple strands), its pretty clean looking, I only used Stawb Gawb in it, its a very light yellow so it doesn't seem to gunk up to much, I washed the wick also...I think its already cut with distilled water, at least thats what the VelvetCloud site says, so I guess technically its not 100 percent VG.

Not sure I wanna do a drip system as I would like to carry a loaded tank in my pocket at times, plus it seems more complicated I guess.

I tried a PG juice, didn't like the feeling, kinda a shame, thats why I went with full VG, PG made my throat hurt a tad.

Is it possible the juice burnt? Maybe thats whats causing the foul taste? It was a 2.0 Ohm coil and I went as far as 4.5 volts...trying to find the flavor mainly, this juice wasn't giving much flavor...

 

[HillaryClinton]

Bump.

Would this be good for VG based liquids? It seems to have more/longer wicks? Glass Vision V-Fate Nova Tank - 2.0ml