UPDATE: 5/6/2017
Hello again,
So as many of you suggested, I went and tried out The "Eliminator" to clean out the Smoke Unit. I did this three times and found it smelled a lot like Lemon Pledge. I did notice however, there was still a bit of a burning smell but, I could still smell The Lemon Pledge Like Smell. So, while I was still in the Eliminator Cycle, I began experimenting with the Smoke Unit it's self. I began trying it on different settings (I was using an Mth Engine for this). With my DCS Remote, I began playing around with the intensity of the Smoke Unit, I found when the Smoke Unit was on Medium and Low, the burning smell would vanish (I normally run my Smoke Units on Maximum, as I enjoy my Smoke Units fogging up a room). After making this discovery, and finishing the Eliminator Cycle, I began experimenting with regular JT's Mega-Steam Scents and low and behold I was getting smoke that smelled just like what was labeled on the bottle! The scents would be perfectly fine on Minimum and Medium but on Max, that was a no go. Which is fine if you ask me. I can live with a little less smoke.
So the moral of the story is, don't over work your Smoke Units, even on Medium setting you still get a very nice amount of smoke.
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Hey Everyone.
So allow me to explain the title. For the longest time, I have had people telling me how amazing JT's Mega-Steam is. Both performance wise and scent wise. So of course I wanted to at least give it a try. My first go with it was a few years ago, I tried out the Vanilla Scent, first thoughts on the product were good. I liked the bottles they came in, and after cracking the seal, I found the scent not too shabby. It wasn't super strong either, which was another thing I liked about. So then it was time to give it a go in my Locomotives. I loaded my Smoke Units in several Locomotives with the Fluid and got them running, and this is where my issues began. Upon running for a bit, and giving a sniff. I was greeted with not a Vanilla Smell, but more like a burning smell with 1/4 of a pinch of Vanilla. The performance on the other hand, was pretty good. I continued to use the stuff until it was all gone, mainly because I wanted to see if using it for an extended period of time would help bring out the Vanilla more, and I didn't have any other Smoke Fluid. It never changed unfortunately.
So fast forward a few years, I had been using Mth Protosmoke for a while because I found the smoke would actually smell like what was advertised on the bottle. I suddenly remembered JT'S Mega-Steam out of the bloom one day and decided I would give it another chance. I ordered 3 Scents this time. Root Beer, Hot Chocolate, & Maple Sugar. Once they arrived in the Mail, I cracked the seal on the bottles and found the smells to be very nice. So once again, I went and loaded the Fluid into several engines and low and behold, disappointment once again. Burning with a hint of whatever scent was on the bottle.
So I decided to try some different things to see if they would help. One of the biggest things I attempted was giving an engine a Brand New wick and saturating it in Mega-Steam, even this did not work! It really saddens me Mega Steam does this, I like there smoke performance wise but, the smells are just awful. Does anyone have any advice as to how I could possibly get Mega-Steam actually smelling like it's supposed to? I am willing to try literally (almost) anything. I really want to like there products, as they have such a HUGE variety of scents that I would enjoy using but, I do not want to continue investing in this product if I keep achieving the same results.
Thanks for reading.