First rewick and coil

[andyb2]

Romelees tips

Thanks to  Super-Shiny thread on EVODs tips Ive just rewicked and coiled one of my EVODs - the coils were a bit hap hazard but hey I am vaping on it now - measured it at 2.1 ohms.

One thing though - I got a kinda strange taste to begin with.

[Super-Shiny]

May 23, 2013 12:15:26 GMT andyb2 said:

One thing though - I got a kinda strange taste to begin with.

What i do when i buy new wick is either boil it for 10 mins (tie a knot in the end of the wick before boiling as they can fray quite a bit) and leave to dry overnight or i put the wick in Isopropyl for a couple of hours and leave to dry overnight.

I also flame torch the wick before wicking anything.

It gets rid of that icky taste at the beginning.

One thing i do find with any new clearomizor is that it needs a clean before using it, i always put them in Isopropyl for 6hrs then pat dry and leave overnight to dry 100%.

I might update the guide a bit later with this info.

p.s That strange taste will die away quite shortly

[fred]

May 23, 2013 15:00:25 GMT Super-Shiny said:

May 23, 2013 12:15:26 GMT andyb2 said:

One thing though - I got a kinda strange taste to begin with.

.......

p.s That strange taste will die away quite shortly

Well I finally succumbed and rewicked one of my Vision Ego v3s - piece of p155.

Super-Shiny would be proud of me - I measured the meter resistance, clearo, head, etc  and jotted everything (very neatly) in a spreadsheet.
Got to the task in hand, using 2mm silica from ecigwizard and some 0.16 nichrome from somewhere. 5 on the top, 4 on the bottom, pulled it tight, snipped, & screwed it all together. Now rewicked @ 2.2 ? Wanted to do 4 top, 3 bottom, but got carried away - it's 0.2 ? lower than the old one though.

That's when I came here - minging! 

Wondered if I should have done something with the wick first, and as it transpires, I should

But, for anyone else who arrives here for the same reason as myself,  I can confirm that after about 1/2 hour, I am vaping the lovely taste of cola-bottles, not some indescribable aroma from the bottom of the wheelie-bin.

[chykensa]

As a complete ignoramus to recoiling (but someone who will e starting soon!), would it make any difference to really soak the wick in juice first before using it the first time?
Andy

[fred]

Wouldn't have said so myself.
I filled it, left it a couple of minutes while I tidied up - gave it a good 'primer-suck', then fired it up. Plenty of vapour, just a bit of ming left over from the manufacturing process I suppose.

The bad taste really does disappear quickly, and I couldnt be @rsed with boiling it for 10 mins as Super-Shiny suggests - I'd start doing something else and the pan would boil dry and ruin another one.....

+ the bad taste was nowhere near as bad as the burned-out, musty, 'orrible taste of the one I replaced.

[Super-Shiny]

fred

Updated the guide btw: allaboute-cigarettes.proboards.com/thread/22461/evod-protank-tips-tricks

[Moggy]

May 25, 2013 14:09:12 GMT chykensa said:

As a complete ignoramus to recoiling (but someone who will e starting soon!), would it make any difference to really soak the wick in juice first before using it the first time?
Andy

Washing it removes any leftovers from the manufacturing process, soaking in juice won't

Just lob it in a pan of water for 20mins on a low simmer, it makes a world of difference.

[fred]

May 25, 2013 14:18:27 GMT Super-Shiny said:

fred

Updated the guide btw: allaboute-cigarettes.proboards.com/thread/22461/evod-protank-tips-tricks

Only found that once I'd got it done & got the funky taste.

Wouldn't have found it to do it though, as it's for EVOD/protank 

Did it from memory of some pootube vid I'd watched, but peed off I did 1 too many coils (waanted to see wahaat lower res would be like) - couldn't actually find much info on 0.16 nichrome - most info seems to be kanthal, in particular, 0.2

But hey-ho, all is fine and dandy now, and I now have a new badge to sew on my vaping shirt