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08-16-2012, 04:15 PM
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#1 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Fort Wayne, IN
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| I just got my new Penelope RBA. I watched Scott Bonner's videos on both the Ody and the Penelope (for about the fifth time each), and rolled my first coil ... beginner's luck, it came out a perfect 3 Ohms. I've been vaping away with it on one of my eGo Twists, and as expected, the first half-hour has been a bit rough, with quite harsh hits (I tried the first hit @ 4.8V, which, with a 3 Ohm load, should yield about 7.6 watts; durn near blew the back of my head off!) ...
It's starting to mellow out, but I'm still getting a very strong soapy/perfume-y taste ... in Scott's Ody video, he demonstrates how to burn off the ceramic in a blue flame on a gas stove. Could the ceramic on the Penelope be causing the soapy taste? Would it benefit from the burning-off procedure Scott showed? If so, what can one use besides a gas stove (mine's electric)? Do I need to get one of those chef's brulee torches, or what? 
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08-16-2012, 04:49 PM
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#2 | | Twinkle Toes Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Is it safe?
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Originally Posted by EgoManiac  I just got my new Penelope RBA. I watched Scott Bonner's videos on both the Ody and the Penelope (for about the fifth time each), and rolled my first coil ... beginner's luck, it came out a perfect 3 Ohms. I've been vaping away with it on one of my eGo Twists, and as expected, the first half-hour has been a bit rough, with quite harsh hits (I tried the first hit @ 4.8V, which, with a 3 Ohm load, should yield about 7.6 watts; durn near blew the back of my head off!) ...
It's starting to mellow out, but I'm still getting a very strong soapy/perfume-y taste ... in Scott's Ody video, he demonstrates how to burn off the ceramic in a blue flame on a gas stove. Could the ceramic on the Penelope be causing the soapy taste? Would it benefit from the burning-off procedure Scott showed? If so, what can one use besides a gas stove (mine's electric)? Do I need to get one of those chef's brulee torches, or what? | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amhevLOYXBc
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08-16-2012, 04:55 PM
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#3 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Fort Wayne, IN
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Originally Posted by Steampunk | A rebuildable atomizer/tank, similar to the Odysseus ... why, did your Penelope taste soapy too?
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08-16-2012, 05:03 PM
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#4 | | Twinkle Toes Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Is it safe?
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Originally Posted by EgoManiac A rebuildable atomizer/tank, similar to the Odysseus ... why, did your Penelope taste soapy too? | Unfortunately I was 10, so I may never know... | |
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08-16-2012, 06:27 PM
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#5 | | Alright, Who Farted!!?? Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Right Behind You
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Originally Posted by EgoManiac It's starting to mellow out, but I'm still getting a very strong soapy/perfume-y taste ... | Are you using crap VG?
Certain kinds of VG (the kind used in soap-making) will give you a strong soapy taste when vaped.
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08-16-2012, 06:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Shekinahsgroom Are you using crap VG?
Certain kinds of VG (the kind used in soap-making) will give you a strong soapy taste when vaped. | Don't think so ... the juice is Flue Cured from Alien Visions. It's always tasted GREAT in my regular Joye attys ...
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08-16-2012, 06:36 PM
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#7 | | Alright, Who Farted!!?? Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Right Behind You
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| You know what, I faintly remember watching the video you're talking about and THAT is your problem!
You need to burn that ceramic otherwise you'll get that soapy taste forever.
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08-16-2012, 06:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Shekinahsgroom What are you using for wick? | The 3mm stuff that came with the Penny. IDK exactly what it is, but I think it's just silica wick ...
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08-16-2012, 06:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Shekinahsgroom You know what, I faintly remember watching the video you're talking about and THAT is your problem!
You need to burn that ceramic otherwise you'll get that soapy taste forever. | Well, that's kinda what I figured, but I revert to my original question (one of them, anyway) ... since I don't have a gas stove like Scott demonstrated on, what can I use to burn off the ceramic? Do I have to buy a chef's brulee torch like Scott uses to carbonize his SS wicks?
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08-16-2012, 07:01 PM
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Originally Posted by EgoManiac Well, that's kinda what I figured, but I revert to my original question (one of them, anyway) ... since I don't have a gas stove like Scott demonstrated on, what can I use to burn off the ceramic? Do I have to buy a chef's brulee torch like Scott uses to carbonize his SS wicks? | You could probably go the cheapo route and get one of these: Torch Lighter
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08-16-2012, 07:15 PM
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| "BBQ Camping Soldering Tool" ... LOL 
Over the past couple of hours, the soapy taste has moderated considerably, but it's still there. I'll finish this tankful and if it's still there, I think I'll just visit one of my friends who has a gas stove ...
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08-18-2012, 09:36 PM
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| No more soap! Burned off the ceramic; problem solved. Rolled a 2.1 Ohm coil, filled it up with Flue Cured, set the volts @ 4.1 and Hey, Presto! a beautiful vape! Very clean flavor ... in fact, I'm tasting little notes in Flue Cured that I totally missed before.
Now, if my Kir Fanis clear tanks for the Penny would just arrive from Greece, I'd be golden! Maybe Monday ...
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08-20-2012, 12:57 AM
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| YAY! So now that it's not soapy, is it a "dirty Penelope" ???
Sorry (well not really ) but every time I see the title to this thread it reminds me of an intro for a Girls Gone Wild type of thing 
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08-20-2012, 07:22 AM
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Originally Posted by skwerrel YAY! So now that it's not soapy, is it a "dirty Penelope" ???
Sorry (well not really ) but every time I see the title to this thread it reminds me of an intro for a Girls Gone Wild type of thing | Ron Jeremy and Heather Brooke, Vivid Videos, circa 1998 ... 
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08-20-2012, 04:32 PM
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Originally Posted by skwerrel YAY! So now that it's not soapy, is it a "dirty Penelope" ???
Sorry (well not really ) but every time I see the title to this thread it reminds me of an intro for a Girls Gone Wild type of thing | Dirty??? Gone Wild??? I miss a party??? Dang it!!! | |
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08-20-2012, 09:03 PM
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#16 | | Twinkle Toes Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Is it safe?
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Originally Posted by skwerrel YAY! So now that it's not soapy, is it a "dirty Penelope" ???
Sorry (well not really ) but every time I see the title to this thread it reminds me of an intro for a Girls Gone Wild type of thing | Egads. DO NOT Google "Dirty Penelope"  unless you want to, of course.... | |
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08-20-2012, 09:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Steampunk Egads. DO NOT Google "Dirty Penelope" unless you want to, of course.... | ... and, of course, I did. Egads is right!! 
(Memo to self: clean Penelope DAILY! Mustn't let it get dirty ...)
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08-21-2012, 04:20 PM
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Originally Posted by EgoManiac ... and, of course, I did. Egads is right!!
(Memo to self: clean Penelope DAILY! Mustn't let it get dirty ...) | Ewwwww.... you had a dirty penelope.... just ewwww man ewwww..... maybe you hang around the dirty poo diaper baby too much | |
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