Idea for atomiser cleaning (die-hard version)

[kinabaloo]

But remember than the only known solvent for carbon is liquid iron - and that would be difficult to rinse off!

The phosphoric acid will react with the minerals in the gunk and hopefully thereby weaken it enough for he rest to fall off when it is fired up again. So dont worry if the gunk appears still there at first. Use aworking atomizer because heating up the coil afterwards is required to break off the weakened gunk.

[Sun Vaporer]

Originally Posted by StoneE4

Sounds good.
I agree, this product shouldn't need any heating in order to break up the gunk on the atomizer coil. My main concern about the heat was making sure the cleaner is completely rinsed out of the atomizer before anyone takes a toke off of it.
Hopefully, this stuff will work as well on the atomizer gunk as it does on the scale deposits in ice makers. If so, we may be in luck.

Just so you know, most of the Nu-Calgon products, including the Liquid Ice Machine Cleaner should be readily available at any HVAC/Refrigeration supply store and maybe even at some Appliance Parts stores (as many of them sell parts/supplies for ice makers). I figured I'd metion this in case you have one of those stores a little closer to your location than the place you plan to purchase it from.

Thanks for ringing in Stone--I called every place i could to find this stuff --everyone else sells a much stronger version that has the phosphoric acid and another product in it as the water is so bad here in Florida that they all told me they need a stonger version called Super Cool made by Specialty Chemical (Diversitech Corp)--I only want to use the FDA food grade appoved one--found a store 40 minutes from me that had it --that is the reason for the long haul tomm.-----Sun

[StoneE4]

Originally Posted by RjG

heh?... but an ice maker has no carbon on any coil... I grew up in in the bar/tavern business, and cleaned my ice machines almost monthly for years. The cleaner cleans mineral deposits and other slime off the ice rack, and from the supply and circulation pipes...

That's the whole point of me mentioning this product in the first place... It cleans scale (aka mineral deposits) and may also clean this carbon off of the atomizers.

*Edit* - Disregard this post... You covered it in post #89, RjG.

[Kendra]

I'm sorry-- I may have missed it, but what's VG?

[Sun Vaporer]

Originally Posted by Kendra

I'm sorry-- I may have missed it, but what's VG?

Kerry--Vegatable glycerin--Sun

[Kendra]

Thank you-- I never would have guessed.

[Kendra]

This may not be a good suggestion, but what about a petroleum based product like goo-gone or some other residue/adhesive remover? My mother used to work for that company years ago and I had so much goo gone and it worked on everything, it seemed. I'd be afraid to try it on my atomizers, though, because they're too valuable (!!!) and I don't know if someone here would immediately say no to anything petroleum based.

When I was looking something else up, I came across this. It says non-abrasive. . . do you think this would work?

[kinabaloo]

There is also mineral glycerine. Chemicaly identical but from petrochemicals and it is the minute amount of other chemicals that remain after processing that mean that VG is the G to use. IMHO

OAO

[Sun Vaporer]

Originally Posted by Kendra

This may not be a good suggestion, but what about a petroleum based product like goo-gone or some other residue/adhesive remover? My mother used to work for that company years ago and I had so much goo gone and it worked on everything, it seemed. I'd be afraid to try it on my atomizers, though, because they're too valuable (!!!) and I don't know if someone here would immediately say no to anything petroleum based.

kendra--we need something that is safe to use so that the atomizer is safe to use after we clean it--that is what we all are shooting for---Sun

[Kendra]

I understand. I just thought we could rinse it or cook it out. But it makes sense not to risk inhaling it.