Microcoil gunk

[Mrsmac]

Is it me, or do microcoils gunk up faster than stock coils. I am playing with wicks at the minute and changed a wick late yesterday evening and around 11am today and it was gunned to the extnt I had to use a toothbrush to help clean it? No changes in my juice and it is a clear e. I also notice that the juice turns dark in less than a tank full!

[djs]

Shouldn't do Mrsmac

Are you vaping mad dark/thick juice?

[OneDay]

I'm no scientist but I think microcoils burn hotter and gunk quicker. Do you dry-burn your microcoils when you change the wick?

[DiscoDes]

It's more down to the juice, I find Red Astaire hardly gunks up coils, lasting 2 weeks before needing a dry burn.

[Mrsmac]

The juice I am using is clear...in the bottle but almost a dark rum colour within half a tank! I change my wick around every two days and run it under the tpa and dry burn until it glows nice and red, sometimes giving it a little squeeze if the coils are loose...then again, if I remember correctly (too many tanks on the go) I think this was one of the original microcoils so around 4 -5 weeks old...it couldn't have had it already?

[djs]

Jun 11, 2014 21:37:04 GMT Mrsmac said:

I think this was one of the original microcoils so around 4 -5 weeks old...it couldn't have had it already?

Hell yes. I got 2 weeks out of one recently. They look like they go on forever, but they don't.

(which is one of my gripes about the "legend" that is NV).

[jcol]

Jun 11, 2014 21:27:11 GMT DiscoDes said:

It's more down to the juice, I find Red Astaire hardly gunks up coils, lasting 2 weeks before needing a dry burn.

This^^
Where as my Custard will gunk up a microcoil with 2 tank fulls through it

[Mrsmac]

I learn something new everyday. djs I hoped I would get a little longer I guess I really cannot complain thgh cause 4-5 weeks from one coil with my all day vape is a winner

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Jun 11, 2014 21:25:26 GMT OneDay said:

I'm no scientist but I think microcoils burn hotter and gunk quicker. Do you dry-burn your microcoils when you change the wick?

I agree, hotter and/or more concentrated heat.

[djs]

SO many variables Mrsmac

My Taifun one is 3 weeks old. My mini PTs rarely last more than 2 weeks with some dry-burns.

[archiecat]

I replace the cotton and do a dry burn every time I refill,,,,probably unnecessary but with the micro coil setup its so easy , why not.

[chuck]

I've had a micro coil in my Kayfun for two and a half months and it's still got lots of life left in it. Once a week it gets a dry burn and a fresh cotton wick.
Are you putting enough cotton through the coil?

[Mrsmac]

I have to dry burn as it is so gunked. I will see how they perform in another tank as well with a different juice a I have found another fav. Definitely not complaining, with standard heads I would have been opening the third one by now

[Mrsmac]

Jun 11, 2014 21:56:54 GMT chuck said:

I've had a micro coil in my Kayfun for two and a half months and it's still got lots of life left in it. Once a week it gets a dry burn and a fresh cotton wick.
Are you putting enough cotton through the coil?

Lol unfortunately due to my continually-testing-itis I can not be accurate on that. I am using several different wicks at the moment, mainly cotton configurations though. When I move the cotton you can tell where the coil sat but the cotton isn't overly black like some I've seen on google

[VapingBad]

I got excited by the smutty thread title, but while I'm here I find the same as DiscoDes that the juice is the main cause. But as u say its working nicely for you it's all good.