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I mimiced some pther techniques Ive seen, but that was first video that really showed the wick prep process that i have seen. I think something else i was doing wrong was filling the juice holes. I found another video that explained to instead just cover them but not block them. So maybe with both things together I can figure it out tonight.
Some of my rtas work better with the damming technique and some better with just barely tucking in the tails. Trial and error is part of the process from atty to atty. Once you get some experience you'll find what works for different style decks and af. If the juice ports are smallish thinning the tails helps juice flow better. When I really started getting into rtas I would get frustrated with wicking, got tired of feeling frustrated so chose to shake my head and laugh it off. Now I like trying new types of wicks and switch around what I use.
Congrats, feels good doesn't it?!
Indeed!
Although victory is not quite yet mine... after it sat overnight it was leaking this morning from the airholes (like they always do), and throughout day I had to wipe it off several times and dry out the air holes. With that said though, the RTA did great vape wise. Lot's of vapor and nice flavor. I think I might know what the issue is, but I gotta finish off current tank to see if I'm right. I have the Intrepid RTA which has a ceramic piece center of deck that can be swaped to make either a single or dual coil build. I put in the single deck not realizing there was a gasket that went around it. So I think I might not have seated it well enough and that it slipped upwards.So it might be that simple.
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Always be sure that you have airflow (and juice control, if your rta has it) closed when you remove the top to refill juice. That by itself often helps reduce leaking. Of course, a missing o-ring definitely can be a problem.
Ah, good point- vacuum gets interrupted. I'll have to close the AF ring from now on. And nope, the o-ring was not the problem. The ceramic piece is hollow in the middle which is where the three bottom AF ports draw the air to go directly under the coil. Actually not a bad design imo, no wonder it breathes so good. The o-ring seems to basically just keep the piece in there snugly... I am not real sure why the juice ended up down there, but maybe it was like you said and I left the AF holes open when refilling. Easy to test that one though! No JFC on this one.
Well I havent solved the leaking issue yet. It does okay until 1 of 2 things happen- I tip it. Or refill it. Ive been closing the AF when I refill but this RTA doesnt have the best seal when closed. My other tanks are quite hard to draw through when closed. This one lets a fair bit of air through. So not sure if that is contributing. At any rate, I like atty enough to deal with it lol. I just check it often amd clean excess liquid as needed. Thus is life.
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There's a review of this RTA on Reddit, which makes an observation that the top cap does not seal properly and can come off in a pocket if you aren't careful. And of course, if it isn't sealed right, the whole tank of juice is gonna leak out.
So question: does the top cap on yours seal?
Also, looking at pics of the deck, the other observation I'd make is that you need to have the entire open space on the sides filled with wick. There doesn't need to be an open space in the middle between your two wicks. If I were doing it myself, and needed to, I'd put an extra piece of cotton in there to fill it in. Juice wicked up into that extra piece of cotton will wick over into the main wicks easily enough, as long as the cotton isn't crammed too tight in there.
The top cap on mine is solid, its never come loose in my pocket. It clicks/locks in nicely. Mine only leaks from AF holes. I will try the extra wicking as suggested. But seems like in order for juice to get down under the deck is that it would have to fall straight down from coil into the center insert that leads down to AF ring. But extra cotton couldnt hurt.
You can edit to crop the photo. Use paint to shri k it or use a hosting site like imgur to upload photos. Also Tapatalk works for photos. That's what I use.
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Well if the opening to the well is already full of cotton, then that isn't the problem. There could be a problem with a seal somewhere else.
Oh the opening. Thought you meant the deck. Heres what it looks like now. Might be able to add a bit more though. https://ibb.co/ZGRFgbG
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I'd just fan that cotton out the slightest bit more to fill up both openings to the well underneath, and see if that helps with the leaking.
If it doesn't, then the last thing I know to have you try is to snug the cotton up a bit to one side or the other of each opening, and add a small strand of cotton beside the cotton that's already there. Once the new cotton is wet it will cling to what's already in there. What you're trying to do is fill up those openings so that juice doesn't flow up through there and then down the air vents (which can happen when the mod gets turned on its side or bumped a bit).
The new strand of cotton doesn't need to be far down into the well - it isn't really there for wicking. Make it maybe 1/2" to 3/4" long.
Well, problem solved! Kind of... I ordered a discontinued atty about a month ago and it finally arrived yesterday. A digiflavor Pharaoh. Been using it since yesterday evening, and all day today (even at work in my pocket, using on and off) and I haven't had any leaks yet, despite multiple refills. Think this is gonna be my new daily.... even if it is a bit big. They have a mini version too if I can find it, which excludes the top AF. I don't much like using the top AF on this one as it is... it's perfect with just bottom AF. I think a large part of it is having the JFC ring which allows me to close it off when not using for a while. Or, maybe it's just a better design...
Anyway, I did add more wick to the Intrepid and so far so good, but only time will tell! Tbh, I think I just needed more trial and error time to get the amounts of cotton right. It's easy enough on paper to understand but it definitely does take a bit of getting used too.
Anyway, I did add more wick to the Intrepid and so far so good, but only time will tell! Tbh, I think I just needed more trial and error time to get the amounts of cotton right. It's easy enough on paper to understand but it definitely does take a bit of getting used too.
this. once you try a few different atomizers and get a few successful builds in a row into them, this wont seem like such a big deal. theres a steep learning curve at the start, and you are prolly almost over it. in a month from now, if you stick around, youll prolly be helping noobs with the same questions you had when you started
just keep at it...a leaky tank that pisses you off will always be a better choice than a fuckin smoke 
Heh, I got a crazy idea today with the intrepid... so the leak seems to have been mitigated unless it tips over and stays there for a while, which I'm gonna say is expected. But because I am currently running a Juggernaut coil in it, sometimes it pops some spicy juice into my mouth... here's how I fixed that one! Idk if this is the "standard procedure" but I thought it was clever. So, I removed the pieces added into the juice wells and basically made one long piece to go from one side, stretched diagonally over the coil (thinned out a bit of course), down into the free spot in the other juice well. So it essentially made an all-new route for juice to flow, while still touching the original wicking through the coil. This also mitigated the popping issue cause now the cotton on top of the coil catches it before it reaches my mouth! Think I'm getting the creative side of this hobby down lol.