I like the consistency of your re-fills!
Do you start with blanks or pre-filled?
You vape, then empty (reverse Taryn spin?), and repeat 15-20 times per carto before you wash cartos?
Do you drip onto the filler (with the mouthpiece off) or through the atomizer/battery end?
Do you poke holes in the filler?
This information will help me try to duplicate your great results. If I could just get to the 30 drops and do
that 15 times, I'd be happy. Thanks for posting your method.
=D I'll do my best in explaining.
I start with blanks or pre-filled. Usually prefilled but I've been going more towards blanks as my palate becomes more discerning and labeling is less important. Neither one seems to make a difference to me except with blanks (or a washed carto) I always put 35 drops for the first fill. Note: I use WOWcarts but this will work for Coolcarts as well. With CoolCarts you can do 35 - 40 drops.
Yes, I vape a cart till it's "dry". Dry to me is when the flavour really falls off with a slight marshmallow note though technically the cart isn't empty. Then Reverse Taryn Spin any juice left in the carto. I mean spin the sucker too, not just a few seconds. I spin mine in a battery bag for about a minute to make sure I can get all the juice I can out of the filler. I remove the mouthpiece and put the carto slightly in a cap condom to catch the juice. I also do not plug the battery end. Sometimes if the center is looking a little dark I'll smoosh out a q-tip and dab it onto the surface of the filler. I try not to press too hard cause I don't want to squish the filler.
Warning: The juice that comes out of the cartos will not look pretty, especially after a few refills. It's dark thick and icky. I just clean the condom out with a q-tip and take it as a loss. I've tried recycling better looking stuff but it just tastes blech! At most it's usually maybe 2-3 drops worth of juice lost. Now I refill.
I do refill cartos about 15-20 times inbetween cleaning. There is a caveat here. I can go 15-20 refills with WOWjuice, but not Premium Juice. Premium juices seem to gunk up faster. About 5-10 refills is all I can get from Premium juices. (Of course the only Premium juice I still vape is Menthol since it isn't available in WOWjuice yet but I remember Bananas Foster going icky pretty quick.)
Refilling. I refill by dripping into the filler with the mouthpiece removed and the battery end plugged. I drop into the filler by holding the cart at an angle so the juice lands on just a small part of the out portion of the filler. I do 10 drops at first then wait for it to absorb. Then I release 5 drops and again wait for it to absorb. Try to always keep the carto at a angle while some juice is pooled on top of the filler and try to always drip into the same spot. Then I release another batch of 5 drops. At this point usually some or all of the last batch of drops won't absorb. This is when I drop the carto and Taryn Spin for about 5-10 seconds. Take the carto out and now drip another 10 drops in the carto. On the last batch I usually will wait for each drop to absorb before continuing. Sometimes the juice may pool on the last few drops but not often. Taryn Spin one last time for about 10 seconds.
Now I remove the .... plug and put the mouthpiece back in. Then I take the large paperclip I straightened (get some pliers and about an hour and really make sure the sucker is straight! lol) and starting in the battery end run it through the cartos out through the mouthpiece and back out. If you meet resistance don't force it or the inner protecting piece for the atomiser may come out. Gently try to coax it through removing the mouthpiece if need be to see. Then I grab a q-tip and clean the battery end of any excess juice and grime.
Next grab a pair of needle nose pliers. Jeweler's pliers work great. The end of the plier needs to fit in the space between the contact and the out part of the carto (battery end). Get the pliers down in there and twist the middle clockwise just a tiny bit. There will come a point where the contact reaches a sweet spot. (Sometimes I'll sit fiddling with a carto over and over till I find it too!) When reached just move the contact back and forth and put it back in it sweet spot.
Carto now is ready to vape. No need to wait. At this point I take a freshly charged batt clean it up, clear the draw holes, attach carto, and enjoy vaping bliss.
I hope this is concise enough. It tried to keep it as short as possible (really I did!). I just wanted to make sure I covered it all. PLMK how it works for you!
