Why do you have to dry your wicks?

[Thebaitrunner]

I have watched loads on you tube about washing cleaning and dry burning
I can understand why cartos have to be bone dry but why dose eveyone
dry out wicks sorry if this has been asked before

 

[Raycecar]

I believe people do it when they want to change flavors.

 

[WarHawk-AVG]

Wicks will soak up water, water has a different evaporation rate that e-juice

In order to re-wick the e-juice on a wet wick, you would have to puff your .... off, drying it out just removes MUCH of the excess reducing that time

Ask me how I know

A clearomizer is practically identical to a cartomizer (technologically wise for vapor production), coil wrapped around a wick, the only difference is instead of a cartomizer having a spongy wick material (polyfil) holding the e-juice, the "tank" holds the e-juice in a clearomizer...same wicking effect and principle, same coil vapor creation (well in a different package)

 

[Katya]

[Hehehe, WarHawk! I won't ask. ]

Unless you clean your wicks (and coils) in PGA or other alcohol. Then you don't have to dry them as alcohol evaporates very quickly.

 

[Thebaitrunner]

Cheers. so it just helps the wicking process
And stops you sucking your but off. lol
Any other reasons ?

 

[crxess]

Please, if you do not know, don't answer.

Dry burning - Nothing to do with drying a wick. Can be done on a Dry wick.
Over time gunk builds up on wicks and coils.
Dry burning is Firing the coil with No liquid being supplied. This causes the coil to glow Orange hot and burn off the gunk. Repeated pulsing will also burn the gunk from the wick. Wicks do NOT burn but e-liquid can be carbonized and blown away.

 

[Spazmelda]

I don't dry protank wicks. I blot them. If both the flavor wicks and the coil wick are wet, it takes me about 5 puffs to vape off the water and start getting visible vapor. If only the coil wick is wet (and I replaced the flavor wicks for new, dry ones) it only takes about two puffs.

This is on a protank with short wicks. Longer wicks would take longer to dry, as Kaya points out below.

 

[Katya]

With all due respect, crxess, OP's question was about drying the wicks. Not about dry burning--at least as I understood it. People dry their wicks after cleaning them with water because vaping waterlogged wicks is no fun. It's not the end of the world, especially if the wicks are short, but with long wicks, like the ViVi Novas and iClear clearomizers, it's not advisable. Long wicks need to be dried.

 

[Izan]

Howdy,

I suggest users dry devices to avoid the chance of a short.
Water and e-liquid are 99% the same. Fill the tank and wait a min or two. The water will mix with the e juice almost instantly.
A user somewhere mentioned a carto fill method that began with a quick boil,shake,and blow and then fill the "damp" carto.

good luck
I

 

[Thebaitrunner]

Lol I filled a damp carto the first time I cleaned
One and lots of sucking followed and no flavor
Or vapour.

 

[Katya]

Howdy,

I suggest users dry devices to avoid the chance of a short.
Water and e-liquid are 99% the same. Fill the tank and wait a min or two. The water will mix with the e juice almost instantly.
A user somewhere mentioned a carto fill method that began with a quick boil,shake,and blow and then fill the "damp" carto.

good luck
I

If water and eliquid are 99% the same and water shouldn't be used because of the risk of a short, how come eliquids don't cause shorts????

And please, do not try to fill a wet cartomizer with juice. Just don't.

 

[Spazmelda]

Yeah, cartomizers should probably be completely dried first. I used cartos for a very long time, before the bottom coil clearos like protank came out. At first I tried cleaning them to get more use. I used to do all sorts of weird things to dry them out. I'd bundle them together and put them on the shoe rack of my clothes dryer or over the heater vent. I have a food dehydrator now (for other purposes) but that would probably work well to dry out cartos.

 

[jerjer]

I have the Evod bottom-coil clearomizers. Maybe I'm doing it wrong, but I just replace the coil when it starts to suck (or not suck well). Also, I haven't had much issue changing flavors. I rinse out the tank with hot water, blow hard into it get any excess water out of the tank, and soak up any ejuice in the wick with a papertowel. I don't get much cross over flavoring, although I only switch with liquids that are similar in taste. I switch menthols with menthols, fruity with fruity, and caramely with caramely.

 

[Katya]

You're doing it right, but those coils can be reused several times if maintained and cleaned often. You don't have to do it--but it works great and will save you a lot of money in the long run. Just toss them in a small container with alcohol (PGA, vodka) for a few hours.

 

[Izan]

If water and eliquid are 99% the same and water shouldn't be used because of the risk of a short, how come eliquids don't cause shorts????

And please, do not try to fill a wet cartomizer with juice. Just don't.

Thanks for sharing....

Keep coming back

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[LeftHandBlack]

I don't dry protank wicks. I blot them. If both the flavor wicks and the coil wick are wet, it takes me about 5 puffs to vape off the water and start getting visible vapor. If only the coil wick is wet (and I replaced the flavor wicks for new, dry ones) it only takes about two puffs.

This is on a protank with short wicks. Longer wicks would take longer to dry, as Kaya points out below.

Yes I do this too!

 

[basc]

Anyone know if isopropyl alcohol could be used instead of PGA?

 

[Katya]

Anyone know if isopropyl alcohol could be used instead of PGA?

Depends on whom you ask.

I'm in the yes camp--provided that you use 91% Isopropyl alcohol from a pharmacy--the kind that has just alcohol and water on the list of ingredients and that you dry it thoroughly afterwards, and I mean thoroughly, or better yet, rinse with plenty of distilled water and dry thoroughly.

Others disagree.

Please read this thread and draw your own conclusions.

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...ropyl-alchol-cleaning-atty-4.html#post7603234

 

[hkhailey]

I've got a bit to learn. I didn't even know that you could clean a tank.

 

[cjsaxman]

I personally have never cleaned or changed flavors in mine. each time i find a new flavor I like, I simply buy a new tank. (Lucky enough to have a vape shop here in town that makes it's own juice). I currently have a collection of 3 different ones lol