Woodvil Care and Maintenance

[Christos]

Good Day Gentlemen,

I am starting this thread because I would like some information about the proper care and maintenance from the experienced woodvil owners and as a reference for anybody that may want information on this topic in the future!

So, thanks to @Rob Fisher for his hours of waiting for woodvil's to go on sale otherwise I would not be creating this thread!

 

[Rob Fisher]

Luckily you have a poly coated woodvil so you really only have to take care of the internal sections of your precious Woody. There are a few wood wax's that they recommend but to be honest I have never waxed any of mine because I'm nervous they may pick up a wax smell. I can't say that I have had any degradation by not waxing them.

The only issue is I'm a bit of a serial over squonker and the juice certainly does mark and soak into the wood a little... and my expensive Italian DNA40 mods really suffers from this because it's raw wood and not poly coated.

 

[Rob Fisher]

These are two of the most recommended wood wax's. Both of which I got from Amazon.

 

[Andre]

A coat of mineral oil on the inside about once a month. I apply with a small hobby paint brush. Let it stand for about 20 minutes and clean off excess with a cloth. You can heat up the mineral oil a little bit if you want better penetration. I use Butcher's Block mineral oil.

Some Noalox or Deoxit on the tip of the firing pin and the plate where it makes contact.

 

[Christos]

Does the button come off like a normal reo with a button cover?

I'm not brave enough to try take it off if it may not come off.

Looks like it locks but if you press hard enough the mod fires which I would like to fix in case my son ever gets the mod in hand.

 

[Rob Fisher]

Does the button come off like a normal reo with a button cover?

I'm not brave enough to try take it off if it may not come off.

Looks like it locks but if you press hard enough the mod fires which I would like to fix in case my son ever gets the mod in hand.

No it doesn't... some guys have managed to get it off and replace it with the standard button or a bullet case button... but I'm too nervous to force it off and break it... Rob doesn't recommend taking it off.

 

[Christos]

Thanks @Rob Fisher.
Good to know.

 

[Andre]

Does the button come off like a normal reo with a button cover?

I'm not brave enough to try take it off if it may not come off.

Looks like it locks but if you press hard enough the mod fires which I would like to fix in case my son ever gets the mod in hand.

As Rob said. If you turn it far enough anti-clockwise is should lock properly and not be able to fire at all. The button on my one Woodvil is quite stiff and takes some turning to lock.

 

[Christos]

So the contact plate was slightly misaligned.
Also I made the contract plates circular contact point slightly smaller and the locking issue is resolved.
There is a tiny bit of play in the button even when locked but it's sorted.

Pic with button pressed when locked now.

 

[Christos]

I know this is an odd thing to say, but I am getting a lovely wood taste every time i use the woodvil.
I know there is no possible way this could happen as the atomizer and everything else is metal but I get a distinct taste of wood every time I use the woodvil.

Maybe its my imagination?

 

[Andre]

I know this is an odd thing to say, but I am getting a lovely wood taste every time i use the woodvil.
I know there is no possible way this could happen as the atomizer and everything else is metal but I get a distinct taste of wood every time I use the woodvil.

Maybe its my imagination?

No, it is not - it does taste different - good different for me.

 

[Christos]

No, it is not - it does taste different - good different for me.

Indeed a good different.
Makes me wonder what different tastes you would get from different types of wood.

 

[Blu_Marlin]

It smells so good you could taste it. I`ve never held nor been close to a Woodvil but if the scent of the wood still lingers then there's a close relationship between our sense of taste and smell.

 

[Christos]

It smells so good you could taste it. I`ve never held nor been close to a Woodvil but if the scent of the wood still lingers then there's a close relationship between our sense of taste and smell.

Strangest thing is the mod doesn't have a smell.

Im vaping a vanilla desert vape and it has tones of pecan nut and well a oak barrel wood taste like a fine brandy!
None of which are present in the same atty on a metal Reo. Thought it was my imagination but im loving the woodvil more and more!

 

[Blu_Marlin]

Strangest thing is the mod doesn't have a smell.

Im vaping a vanilla desert vape and it has tones of pecan nut and well a oak barrel wood taste like a fine brandy!
None of which are present in the same atty on a metal Reo. Thought it was my imagination but im loving the woodvil more and more!

I`ll have to put it down to "The Effect" then. At least its adding to the flavour of the vape and not detracting from it.

 

[Christos]

@Rob Fisher, I'm still confused about this but the door of the woody is back to normal!
I was expecting it to take a week to "dry" and shrink after I got back home.

I suspect the heat from the SS coil coupled with the bone dry conditions in JHB facilitated with the speedy recovery.

 

[Rob Fisher]

@Rob Fisher, I'm still confused about this but the door of the woody is back to normal!
I was expecting it to take a week to "dry" and shrink after I got back home.

I suspect the heat from the SS coil coupled with the bone dry conditions in JHB facilitated with the speedy recovery.

Yip I'm sure it did... the Woody's are affected by the moisture in the air for sure!

 

[Christos]

Yip I'm sure it did... the Woody's are affected by the moisture in the air for sure!

I'm just shocked that it happened so quickly!

 

[Rob Fisher]

I'm just shocked that it happened so quickly!

Yip... the stabilzed wood ones are much more resilient to moisture... the Maple was fine here in Hillcrest and in JHB but hit Ballito and the game changes considerably!

 

[Christos]

So I noticed a significant drop in performance on the Woody, which incidentally my wife was calling woody so I temporarily dubbed her Jessie from toy story, where it felt like the battery was flat.
I would change batteries only to see the batteries were 4.1V.
I noticed that the positive contact plate - the L looking plate was getting extremely hot. Probably hotter than the atty coil!

A quick treat down of Jessie and a clean revealed a white caked substance around the positive contact.

I managed to clean it nicely and used some of my sons play things to get it right.

If anyone is wondering these pipe cleaners were bought at the crazy store and work marvelously well.

You can see some of the white residue on the feeding pin but it's slightly blurred.

Needless to say she is working beautifully again!

I did feel sad yesterday when I had to use an aluminium reo as Jessie is now my go to mod.

Now I just need to buy some oil to take care of her innards!

 

[Genosmate]

So I noticed a significant drop in performance on the Woody, which incidentally my wife was calling woody so I temporarily dubbed her Jessie from toy story, where it felt like the battery was flat.
I would change batteries only to see the batteries were 4.1V.
I noticed that the positive contact plate - the L looking plate was getting extremely hot. Probably hotter than the atty coil!

A quick treat down of Jessie and a clean revealed a white caked substance around the positive contact.

I managed to clean it nicely and used some of my sons play things to get it right.

If anyone is wondering these pipe cleaners were bought at the crazy store and work marvelously well.

You can see some of the white residue on the feeding pin but it's slightly blurred.
View attachment 38895
Needless to say she is working beautifully again!

I did feel sad yesterday when I had to use an aluminium reo as Jessie is now my go to mod.

Now I just need to buy some oil to take care of her innards!

Why do you want to splash cash on oil for the inside? I'm sure you have some olive oil at home and it will penetrate the unsealed wood inside,it doesn't smell and is not sticky either.You can even mix a couple of drops of an essential oil in it.If the wood has been sealed any oil is a waste of time unless of course its had a oil applied to penetrate the wood.

 

[Christos]

Why do you want to splash cash on oil for the inside? I'm sure you have some olive oil at home and it will penetrate the unsealed wood inside,it doesn't smell and is not sticky either.You can even mix a couple of drops of an essential oil in it.If the wood has been sealed any oil is a waste of time unless of course its had a oil applied to penetrate the wood.

Thank you for that @Genosmate.

The thought crossed my mind but I thought it would be a stupid questing.
The only stupid question is the one not asked.

Olive oil I have in abundance. I buy 5l tins of it at a time

 

[Genosmate]

Thank you for that @Genosmate.

The thought crossed my mind but I thought it would be a stupid questing.
The only stupid question is the one not asked.

Olive oil I have in abundance. I buy 5l tins of it at a time

More than welcome and the essential oil is a nice addition,that way you can choose how the mod smells as well

 

[Christos]

More than welcome and the essential oil is a nice addition,that way you can choose how the mod smells as well

My wife has quite a selection of those essential oils!

Now I need a reo car holder!
My current creation has broken and now I need to make the holder bigger to house a woodvil.

 

[Andre]

So I noticed a significant drop in performance on the Woody, which incidentally my wife was calling woody so I temporarily dubbed her Jessie from toy story, where it felt like the battery was flat.
I would change batteries only to see the batteries were 4.1V.
I noticed that the positive contact plate - the L looking plate was getting extremely hot. Probably hotter than the atty coil!

A quick treat down of Jessie and a clean revealed a white caked substance around the positive contact.

I managed to clean it nicely and used some of my sons play things to get it right.

If anyone is wondering these pipe cleaners were bought at the crazy store and work marvelously well.

You can see some of the white residue on the feeding pin but it's slightly blurred.
View attachment 38895
Needless to say she is working beautifully again!

I did feel sad yesterday when I had to use an aluminium reo as Jessie is now my go to mod.

Now I just need to buy some oil to take care of her innards!

This is what the modmaster recommends: http://www.takealot.com/my-butcher-s-block-clear-mineral-oil-340ml/PLID32710599