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I have Aspire Atlantis, .5 ohm coils running 30 watts on a box mod. 

I noticed my VG juice is so thick, it wont saturate the cotton in the coil. I can't even suck it up with the squeeze thing that comes with the bottle. 

It's giving me bad dry hits. I'm not a noob with priming the coil or anything, I just noticed with some of my higher VG juices and even some 50/50 mixes (The Standard: Thumper). How can I counter this problem??

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I have a few Atlantis tanks and I've never run into this problem.What juices are you using? (Brand)

Premium vendors like The Standard and Classified. Are they supposed to come that thick? I even shake them before I refill.

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have you tried adjusting your airflow to a tighter draw? The more open it is you lose that vacuum,the more closed off pulls it into your cotton better and you get a little bit better flavor.ive never run into this issue with the Atlantis so I'm kind of stumped on this one

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have you tried adjusting your airflow to a tighter draw? The more open it is you lose that vacuum,the more closed off pulls it into your cotton better and you get a little bit better flavor.ive never run into this issue with the Atlantis so I'm kind of stumped on this one

The problem is that I love the open airflow for huge lung hits. The weird thing is, some of my other 50/50 mixes have a lot better viscosity and I don't get any dry hits. 

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Pg (Propylene Glycol) is your flavor carrier,VG (Vegetable Glycerin) is your  vapor producer.The higher the VG the thicker it will be.Its a trial and error thing I'm afraid,try moving down to a 40pg/60vg and see how it wicks that

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Any PG you add will make it thinner. It will also thin out the favoring some. Even though it is the flavor carrier, it with dilute the flavor. Try taking a pin and poke some holes into the area the juice goes into the coil head. I have heard that it works in some cases to help a thicker juice flow better to the coil.

I have not ever seen VG juice so thick that it wouldn't draw up into a dropper. Not saying it is not happening, just saying I have not seen it. I have found that some flavorings can cause it (VG) to jell though.

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Even my pure VG in the bottle will suck into a dropper, and flows decently into a 12ga needle/syringe when I'm mixing... BUT, the VG and juices I store in my fridge can become thick as molasses in January until they "thaw out" and reach room temperature :) 

Comp is right on the jelly-effect... I've mixed some flavors and notice that the VG will "glob" and even the 50/50 mixes seem as thick as pure VG.

I don't have an Atlantis, but all my other sub-tanks will vape high-VG content juices, but like Tug said, you have to cut back the air-flow a bit to increase the vacuum in the tank or you can/will get the occasional dry-hit.  Also, any coil that uses Organic Cotton... once you get a dry hit or two, the cotton is shot, and needs to be re-wicked or replace the entire coil-head if you don't feel comfortable re-wicking it.

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  • 7 months later...

You can thin the e-juice (~30 mil) with about 10 drops of distilled water then shake thoroughly. Also you may just want to go with increments of 5 drops until it has the appearance/viscosity you are targeting.

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  • 1 month later...
On 3/17/2016 at 5:50 AM, MRSpivey said:

You can thin the e-juice (~30 mil) with about 10 drops of distilled water then shake thoroughly. Also you may just want to go with increments of 5 drops until it has the appearance/viscosity you are targeting.

I have never had that problem but when I am running low on cash and have to vape,i use vg and a small amount of water,he is right that should with very well:)

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