Nothing ruins a good vape session like spitback. The occasional hot liquid spray from your coil into your mouth isn’t uncommon or fun, but if it happens too often, it can completely ruin your RTA or coil , rendering it unusable.
Luckily, vapers can completely eliminate e-juice spray fairly easily, and even if you can't, there are a few ways to minimize the problem.
What is essential oil shooting? Causes of essential oil shooting
Spitback is the name given to the situation where drops of e-liquid (usually extremely hot) are sprayed onto your tongue or lips when vaping. If you have ever used an RDA , you have occasionally experienced this phenomenon, often accompanied by a very loud popping sound. The e-liquid droplets are too large, spraying large, hot drops of e-liquid into the user’s mouth, causing a burning sensation or leaving the mouth full of thick, unvaporized juice.
The cause of spitback is simple: the e-liquid gets saturated, sits on the coil too much, and “cooks” instead of vaporizing. It boils over like water in a pot, and when you inhale from the drip tip , you accidentally inhale some of the liquid.
The basic cause of e-liquid shooting is that there is too much e-liquid on the surface that the coil cannot vaporize completely in one puff. This can be caused by the following reasons: You drip too much e-liquid onto the cotton coil on the RDA. Loose cotton wicks cause e-liquid to spill on RTAs. After a long puff, the cotton is affected by the heat of the coil, scorched or broken, causing more e-liquid to spill onto the coil in the following puffs. The e-liquid is too thin due to low VG ratio or old.
Methods to overcome essential oil spraying
Vapers have come up with a variety of ways to avoid or minimize spitback. All of these methods are effective at minimizing spitback depending on the cause, so try them all. You may not be able to completely eliminate spitback, especially if you’re using more complex coils.
1. Increase capacity
If you set the wattage too low, the device will not be able to vaporize the essential oil as quickly as it is absorbed into the cotton. Try increasing the wattage by 5 to 10 watts if you are using a device with adjustable wattage.
2. Only drop a sufficient amount of essential oil into the coil.
Priming a coil is putting drops of e-juice onto the cotton before using the coil. If you put too much e-juice on the cotton, it will overflow and cause spitback. The same thing can happen with an RDA, if you put too much e-juice you will also get spitback.
The solution is simple: don’t prime or drip too much e-juice onto your coil. You want the cotton to be completely saturated, but not so saturated that you end up with too much e-juice on the coil. It may take a few tries to figure out how much e-juice you can put on the cotton without causing this problem. If you watch the cotton closely, you’ll be able to tell when it’s saturated enough.
3. Blow off excess juice before smoking.
This is a very simple solution, especially when you accidentally light or add too much e-liquid, just press the fire button to run the machine for a few seconds, and blow out the smoke before using. The popping sound of the e-liquid boiling will gradually decrease until it is a moderate crackling sound. Then you can vape without worrying about e-liquid being splashed anymore.
4. Wipe off any essential oils that may have accumulated in the air duct.
While spillage is a common cause of spitback, the problem can also be exacerbated by e-liquid pooling in the air channel and flowing back into the coil. This is easily fixed by taking some paper towels, rolling them up, removing the drip tip, and sliding the rolled-up paper towel into the air channel. This will absorb any excess e-liquid and reduce the chance of spitback.
5. Use twisted coils or Clapton coils sparingly
Multi-core coils are prone to popping and splattering, especially Twisted and Clapton coils. Their design allows e-liquid to easily stick to and spill onto the surface, making it difficult to completely avoid splattering with these coils. The simplest advice is to switch to a simpler coil. Or wick the cotton a little tighter when using these coils.
6. Close the air vents
Suctioning too hard will cause the essential oil to overflow as it is pulled directly into the chamber. This problem is easily solved, try inhaling more lightly or turn the air hole adjustment ring to close the air hole a bit.
8. Switch to high VG e-liquids
PG is a thinner solution than VG, which means it is more likely to spill over into the atomizer than VG. If you experience spitback, switching to VG e-liquid will solve the problem immediately because VG has a harder time penetrating the cotton.
7. Change drip tip
If you use a 510 drip tip, choose one with an anti-splash design. Angled drip tips prevent the e-liquid from being sprayed directly into the user’s mouth. Drip tips with a pivoting shaft that allows for any angle of rotation can also prevent spitback. Long drip tips, especially those with curved shafts, can also help.
