wick issues

[briandress]

Hey guys. how often do you change your wicks? mine seem to go really fast. i have some no name dripper that does well enough i guess. only thing im dealing with is trying to get the right ammount of wick or trying to make sure that i drip enough or if i leave juice in the wick overnight it gets dark and doesnt burn well. I guess i need to get back to basics on wicking? i dunno. sometimes the wick gets like black! i dont know if it is from the kind of juice i use...Boba's Bounty and a local B&M juice called Tobaccy that is yellow in color. any advice would be awesome!

 

[briandress]

any help guys? thanks

 

[daleron]

Sound's like you just need to clean and dry burn more often,
don't know what you're using for wicking material

 

[soulcatcher]

A lot will depend on the liquid and flavor that you are using. Darker more rich flavors like coffee and tobacco will darken your wicks and cause 'gunking' on your coil. Sweet flavors as well can caramelize and cause build-up... I use sweet liquids almost exclusively and while my wicks will darken within a day or two they still perform well for a week or more.

Have you tried leaving the wick's tails a little longer? That may improve performance a bit by allowing the wick to hold more juice as well as dripping less frequently. Also, is there a reason your coil is so high on the deck? Just curious. Mine are always much lower. You typically want your coil to be as close to the air hole as possibly, either right beside it or slightly above it. from your pics it seems rather high (if it works then hey, it works).

For wicks I would suggest you try CelluCotton/rayon from Sally's Beauty Supply (or any other vendor). This stuff wicks faster and better then cotton, and seems a bit more durable so long as you never hit it while it is dry. I loved cotton... until I tried C.C. It's def worth taking a look at.

 

[briandress]

A lot will depend on the liquid and flavor that you are using. Darker more rich flavors like coffee and tobacco will darken your wicks and cause 'gunking' on your coil. Sweet flavors as well can caramelize and cause build-up... I use sweet liquids almost exclusively and while my wicks will darken within a day or two they still perform well for a week or more.

Have you tried leaving the wick's tails a little longer? That may improve performance a bit by allowing the wick to hold more juice as well as dripping less frequently. Also, is there a reason your coil is so high on the deck? Just curious. Mine are always much lower. You typically want your coil to be as close to the air hole as possibly, either right beside it or slightly above it. from your pics it seems rather high (if it works then hey, it works).

For wicks I would suggest you try CelluCotton/rayon from Sally's Beauty Supply (or any other vendor). This stuff wicks faster and better then cotton, and seems a bit more durable so long as you never hit it while it is dry. I loved cotton... until I tried C.C. It's def worth taking a look at.

yeah im just using 100% cotton balls from cvs. that is actually an older photo. The coil is much lower now. The way it is set up there is really no where for the wick to go except in a little lop under the coil.

 

[Dissonance]

Looks like you might have a tad too much cotton in there too, unless you ruff up the ends to make them poof out like that. (Too much cotton = more burning juice = more gunk and more dry hits)

How do the wicks look when you pull them out?

 

[briandress]

they have the black line where the coil goes. but you know, sometimes i try to put less cotton you know? ive had that reccomendation before. but then after a while the cotton doesnt make contact with the coil and i get no hit.