The End of The Road

[lardarse]

Well, after my many problems with Dry Mouth and Burning Lip syndrome I've finally come to the end of the road. I've tried many juices/cartos/attys and every time I've started off ok, it's come back and whacked me in the gums and lips. For a while I was convinced it was either/both Dekang juice and mostly pg juice. Last week when I was contemplating selling everything the thought hit me, when I started vaping I'd no poblems with my tornado tank and l/r atty with ss drip tip, and during my painful times I'd have a vape on an old tank and it was ok.

So, after some experimenting with different combinations I have the culprit, the humble.... DELRIN DRIP TIP.....

I put one on a clearo, carto and atty, and same result, within a few tokes, thick feeling/burning in lips and feeling skins peeling and a sore dry mouth and aching gums. I swapped them all for the rubber tips you get with clearos and i've been ok since, even the juices I was blaming.

All I can think is, must be an allergy.

[Karma]

Wow!

I have retired my derlin drip tips. They don't fit too well, take a bit of trying to get them right in, which I was finding was getting a bit juice on them, resulting in a sore lip!

I'm glad you have found the culprit and can now carry on enjoying vaping

[womble]

Although I didn't realise it before, apparently you can be allergic to delrin, although it's very rare by the looks of it.

How strange. Well done for working it out and good luck from now on then

[Chrissie]

So glad to hear you have discovered what was causing your problem, Lardy

[domesticextremist]

Wow, worth knowing!

[Gordy]

wow who would have thought ...well done on finding the culprit

[Perpetua]

A wow and a well done from me as well Lardy, who'd have thought it!

So pleased that your detective work means that you can carry on vaping without this nasty and unwanted side effect.

[bluemagnum]

Well done for persevering, many would've given up. At least your lips are now ok to carry on eating the pies

[bel]

A drip tip who would of thought of that, well done you for persevering , happy vaping Lardy

[lardarse]

To be honest, it was only the price of cigs that kept me going or I would have quit vaping altogether.
I'm still using the rubber tips and I've also been direct dripping using a metal drip tip that came with a tank and carto, trying juices I used to blame, and still no problems.

It's definitely the delrin tips, though wether it's the delrin itself I'm not 100% sure, one thought I've had is that because they're wider than the rubber and metal ones I have, I wonder if I've been sucking juice condensation or traces into my mouth and that's played a part. Saying that though, I have had my lips start feeling funny the first time they've touched the delrin tip.

[alijoy60]

Well done Lardy with your detective work.

Ali x

[nicky]

Well done for finding out what it was.

[PeeKay]

After reading your post about Delrin intolerance, I thought that might be the cause of my inflamed gum (in the same area that I vape), so I swapped my drip tip back to the metal one...

3 days later, and the swelling has almost completely gone. I've continued to vape in the same area to make sure it's not the juice, and so far so good.

Thank you for writing that Delrin can cause problems - I would never have realised the (potential) cause of my issue!

[Scylla]

What a good thing you posted this, Lardy! I've been noticing dry, sore lips lately, been blaming the Health Cabin juice but I've also started using a plastic (not sure if it's delrin) driptip that I've not used before. Will have to change one at a time to fnd out the culprit (if either).

[lardarse]

Since I stopped using those drip tips, I've tried quite a few different juices I have, differrent nic strength, different mixes, old ones, and not had a problem.
The only 2 things that hasn't improved are my tastebuds, and an utterly sh&te juice still tastes utterly sh7te after months steeping don't you ry4 intense bm2, whereas a mostly pg lemon/orange from paradise vape that I didn't like and have had a long time now tastes nice.