There are hundreds of vape flavors out there, so staying with a single one makes little sense. The trouble starts when the last of a chocolate cookie juice meets a melon twist and you get a blend nobody wanted. Here is how to move from one flavor to the next without the leftover taste.
Three ways to handle a flavor change
- Vape through it: the no-effort option, if a brief blend does not bother you.
- Clean the tank and swap the coil: the way to get a pure flavor.
- Keep spare tanks: one tank per flavor, for people who rotate often.
Vaping through the old flavor
If you are happy to experiment with combinations no one has tested, fill up with the new juice and carry on. It gradually takes over from the old one, and for a while you get a mild mix of both. Some pairings are fine. Going from chocolate cookie to mint, for instance, may turn out perfectly pleasant.
If you want each flavor clean and on its own, the tank and the coil both need attention.
Washing the tank
- Unscrew the tank from the e-cig and tip out whatever juice is left.
- Take the tank apart so the glass section is separate from the rest. Only the glass gets washed. Keep water out of the base.
- Add a drop of dish soap and rinse with hot water. Together they loosen the oils and residue stuck to the inside.
- Rinse thoroughly, then wipe it down with a towel.
- Let it air for at least five minutes and check that no moisture remains. Water should not end up in your juice.
- Refill with the new flavor.
- Finish by dabbing a little e-juice on a fingertip and running it around the tank’s seal.
Dealing with the coil and wick
The coil is where the juice is heated, so traces of the previous flavor build up inside it. For a full reset you have to change the coil. On an RDA or RBA with a coil you built yourself, replacing the cotton wick is all it takes.
Coils are due for replacement roughly every two weeks, and they do not cost much. Time your flavor changes to match your regular coil changes and the switch adds no expense.
If the coil went in only last week and you would rather not throw it out, seal it in a zip-lock bag and write the flavor’s name on the bag. Put it back in when you return to that juice.
Prime a fresh coil after fitting it, then hold off for at least five minutes before the first puff. That pause lets the cotton wick soak up the juice.
Keeping spare tanks
People who go back and forth between a few favorite juices can simply buy extra tanks and dedicate one to each flavor. That way no juice is wasted and there is no washing every time you switch.
Summary
Changing flavors properly is not difficult once you know the steps, and it spares you some truly unpleasant accidental mixes. For ideas on what to fill up with next, see our post on creative vape juice flavors.