stayinwonderland
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So I had this unused vivi nova that I did a trade for. Let me clarify, it was well used but not by me yet. I'd been staring at it with a furrowed brow while tooting away on my regular phoenix (as I do with most other cartos/clearos/drippers).
So I thought, ah, to hell with it, let's vape something fruity in there.
Burnt.
Ah well, guess this is going on 'the pile'.
Tonight I just looked at the coil and the fuggin' silica wick was just dangling in a very wide-hooped coil. D'oh. So I recoiled and stuck in some more silica. Still not a snug fit but I swear I got NO flavour and NO throat hit and then burnt.
Now I'm a cotton convert, so I knew it was time to try this fix-all on the vivi (but with much skepticism). I simply did my usual thing. The coil is made by wrapping the wire around a very thin screwdriver or similar. I keep the screwdriver and coil together and insert the coil into position (so the shaft of the screwdriver sits between those two vertical slits, same way a silica wick might). I complete the process as you normally would, putting the grommet back in etc. and then just roll up some cotton wool into a thin sausage and thread it through.
Wet it right at the coil a little with you eliquid rather than just relying on the cotton to soak up (as we can't afford a dry burn situation with cotton). Then fit it all together, add the e-liquid into the vivi's tank and you're away. I did this and bammo, instant flavour, no weird taste, instant throat hit.
Thank you cotton.
After thought: the cotton sausage (sounds like a northern synonym for poof) should be long enough to mirror the length of a regular silica set up and dangle right to the bottom of the tank. Not easy to get such a piece without it breaking off but doable. Make sure a roll up the cotton to get the right thickness and to ensure it's also tight and not frayed.
So I thought, ah, to hell with it, let's vape something fruity in there.
Burnt.
Ah well, guess this is going on 'the pile'.
Tonight I just looked at the coil and the fuggin' silica wick was just dangling in a very wide-hooped coil. D'oh. So I recoiled and stuck in some more silica. Still not a snug fit but I swear I got NO flavour and NO throat hit and then burnt.
Now I'm a cotton convert, so I knew it was time to try this fix-all on the vivi (but with much skepticism). I simply did my usual thing. The coil is made by wrapping the wire around a very thin screwdriver or similar. I keep the screwdriver and coil together and insert the coil into position (so the shaft of the screwdriver sits between those two vertical slits, same way a silica wick might). I complete the process as you normally would, putting the grommet back in etc. and then just roll up some cotton wool into a thin sausage and thread it through.
Wet it right at the coil a little with you eliquid rather than just relying on the cotton to soak up (as we can't afford a dry burn situation with cotton). Then fit it all together, add the e-liquid into the vivi's tank and you're away. I did this and bammo, instant flavour, no weird taste, instant throat hit.
Thank you cotton.
After thought: the cotton sausage (sounds like a northern synonym for poof) should be long enough to mirror the length of a regular silica set up and dangle right to the bottom of the tank. Not easy to get such a piece without it breaking off but doable. Make sure a roll up the cotton to get the right thickness and to ensure it's also tight and not frayed.
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