Teri

First time filling cartomizers. OK, so I overfilled one. (well maybe more than one) Now what do I do?

Rocketman

Next time don't put as much juice in them.

Oh, did you mean what to do with these?

Lightly blow the excess out the center tube, wipe with a paper towel, let them drain for a while. No big deal.

Teri

Practice makes perfect, right? Next time should be better. THANKS Rocky.
How many times can I fill a cartomizer? better yet, what if I want to fill with a different flavor?
Told y'all I'm a newbie at all this. Don't even understand all the Mah stuff, and why stronger might be better when you're talking batteries. But didn't I see somewhere that vg based juice and stronger batts don't mix well? VG juice is what I have til more gets here this week.

Rocketman

If by cartomizer you are referring to the ones filled with batting material, then changing flavors is tough. Rinse and refill, but flavor might linger. If it's really bad flavor rinse it out. But otherwise I just keep topping it off with the new flavor and it gradually shifts to the new one.

If it's the CE2 (Rev 4) without any batting, then remove all three o-rings and rinse, dry, refill. (Bikes does a dry burn after rinsing).

Sometimes I wonder if we are just chasing our tails with "flavors".
Are these the same people that settled in to their "favorite cigarette brand" and smoked the same brand, package, label color and liked it? How many different cigarette brands, pack styles are actually sold. Probably over a hundred. So many that when you went into a tobacco shop the clerk has a really tough time finding your brand in.

Did you know that Marlboro was produced with 4 different regular length, red, flip top boxes? A left handed flip top, a right handed one, one that flipped open from the front, and one that well you know. A bottom opening one didn't make to store shelves.

VG must be getting a bad rap lately. VG is thick, water is not, PG is thicker than water but not as thick as VG. All 3 will mix together. Try it. Pour a little VG, a little PG, and a little water into a bottle, giggle it around, and watch.

People complain that their store bought VG juice is too thick. Why?

Teri

OK, so would it be wise to cut the VG with a little distilled water? How much water to how much VG? (as in drops - cause that's all I have to measure with right now is an eyedropper)

Rocketman

I think 5% distilled water (1 drop water per 19 drops VG) would make the mix about as thick as PG. Most commercial e-Juice is just a little thinner than PG.
3 drops per 17 drops of VG would be the most I would try.

VG thins quickly.

Teri

Thanks... I'll give it a try next time I fill. (D1 cartomizers from LeCig)

Rocketman

I would do my mixing outside the carto.

Teri

I know I'm a beginner - but I did plan on mixing before filling. Any good cook knows you don't put the stuffing ingredients in the turkey before you mix them together.

Steampunk

I just mix it with PG juice. About 2/3 VG and 1/3 PG.

chicopee

Yeah RUT-ROH. I'm not even close to being there yet. I can see me doing something like that; let me know what you figure out.

Chicopee

Steampunk

I just try to find flavors I like, and flavors that are 'sympathetic' with each other and mix 'em up. Most of my juices are Vt Vapor; generally VG but some have a small amount of PG in them. I get tobacco and smoke and vanilla and mocha and cafe au lait, and Chocomint. I get (I think it's Dekang) "Camel" from LiteCig, and I have a bottle of 48mG flavorless. I mix equal drops of tobacco, smoke and the Camel PG, then half the drops of vanilla, mocha and cafe au lait, and then take that, multiply by .33 and add that many drops of flavorless PG. So, if it's 12 drops tobacco, 12 drops smoke, 12 drops Camel, and then 6 each of the other. Then add about 18 drops of the flavorless. It comes out about 1/3 PG. Thinner than VG. But the PG juices taste 'funny' to me, except for the Camel.