burnt taste or labo organic puff cotton pads

[travis85904]

So I recently order some organic cotton from amazon, due to not being able to find kid reasonable priced Amazon.com: Cotton Labo ORGANIC Cotton Puff Size L (120pc): Health & Personal Care
However I'm getting nasty burnt tasting hits every once in a while... I'm using an eleaf lemo and i have re wicked like 5 different times today... i know juice is getting to the wick, but it seems like the only way to make the burnt taste go away is when i flood it with juice. I have tried less cotton, more cotton ..... what am i doing wrong here? Or is it just crap?

 

[englishmick]

I'm not an expert but it really sounds like a wick problem. Either the material you got, or the way you made the wicks. Are you using high VG juice, I know that wicks more slowly. Have you tried other wick materials. I'm interested because I ordered a Lemo yesterday.

I just started recoiling Kanger heads. I've made half a dozen so far and I've been getting that burnt taste on some of them after a few drags. I think that was the result of making the wicks too thick, but I haven't made enough yet to know for sure.

You might get more help if you go to the coil building area or a Lemo thread.

 

[VaPreis]

Haven't used that cotton before, but I don't see it being the problem. Wicking/coil size may be the problem.

I would recommend a 2mm+ coil ID for the Lemo. Wick it fully, but not overly tight through the coil. A little snug is ok. Bunny ear method of wicking works well, but try to press the tails away from the liquid channel, leaving them exposed.

Also, make certain not to overfill the Lemo. It will dry hit if there isn't a small bubble left in the tube after refilling.

 

[Susan~S]

What is the ohm of your coil and what wattage/voltage are you vaping at? I agree with others in that it does sound like a wicking problem.

 

[RandyF]

That is the same cotton I have been using for months, and with the size of the bag, for the next few years...lol. It definitely isn't the cotton. You either have too much wick, too much power or your coil is to low. You only need one of those to get burnt hits.

 

[travis85904]

My coil is .8 ohms micro coil, and exertion I get a dry hit I pull the cap off and there's plenty of juice on thebwick, I'm using a mech mod btw. I decided to try re coiling to see if maybe that was the issue because my coil was like a month old so well see if that helps

 

[RandyF]

Wait, you pull the cap off, on a Lemo?

Edit: RiP has a good example of how to wick the Lemo, if that is in fact what you are using, and the importance of making sure you have enough wick on the base without blocking the juice channels. Relevant part starts at 8:00 - click

 

[travis85904]

Wait, you pull the cap off, on a Lemo?

Pull the top cap off, drain juice, then remove chimney and see if wicks are wet

 

[RandyF]

Pull the top cap off, drain juice, then remove chimney and see if wicks are wet

Okay, "pulling the cap off" immediately made me picture a dripper.

I'm not a mech guy, but if I'm using steam engine correct, you are at 22watts with a .8 coil, which should work nicely with the Lemo.