I was asked if I had any tips for doing a build on an aqua and stupidly said I would do a sort of mini guide on how I do it. Not sure how this will turn out as you really need 3 hands to do a good aqua build in the first place so now I need 2 extra limbs to build it and take photos at the same time.
anyway, hope this helps
first up up is a newly cleaned aqua. I'll be doing a microcoilish setup using 0.25 kanthal wrapped on a 2mm screwdriver and 0.2mm silica for wicks.
first thing to do is wind a couple of coils. I don't bother with blowtorches or heating the coil at all at this stage. I just try and get the coils reasonably close together and not overlapping.
once that's done it's time to attach them to the deck. Put your screwdriver or whatever you use to make your coils back into the coil for this part.
there are different ways of attaching your coils but what I like to do is have the tails running between the posts because it gives a bit more play in the wire when I adjust my coils.
attach both coils and screw down the posts. This can be easier with a pair of needle nose pliers to get them really tight.
then trim the ends of the wires and check resistance.
mine came out just over 1 ohm. 8 turns 0.25 kanthal on a 2mm screwdriver.
this is where I heat and squeeze my coils and get them positioned where I want them.
one the coils are all heating properly and in the right place it's time to thread the wicks.
i use 0.2mm silica doubled over for my wick. Fold the wick in half and use a short piece of kanthal to help threading it through the coil
gently work the wick through the coil trying not to disturb it too much.
Now trim the wicks, first cutting the top strand of silica back to near the coil
then trim the main wicks that will feed the coils. On an aqua as far as wicks go less is best. The wicks should sit in the channels but not fill them or poke out of the bottom. It needs less material than you might think.
wet your wicks with some juice and put them roughly into the channels. Don't worry if they don't sit quite right, when it all goes together they tend to fall into place fine.
put on the chimney / juice control thing. This is just to help shape your wicks as it is removed again in a minute for filling
take the juice control off again and assemble it inside the tank section.
This is by far the best method for filling. I found that if I remove the top can and fill it tends to gurgle a lot and leaks a bit through the air control holes. Filling from the bottom stops all leaks and gurgling.
Just fill down the side between the juice control and the tank section stopping just when you see the juice.
next screw in the base (keeping the whole thing upside down until it's all together), leave it for a few minutes to wick and vape on
i do find this build takes a bit of time to get going. At first it can lack a bit of vapour, I have no idea why. After maybe 10 minutes with it though it will come to life and give as much flavour as a kayfun with a whole lot more vapour.
hope this is some use, vape on
