Cleaning atty: Coca-cola VS Vodka VS 90% Alcohol

[Winzz]

HEllo,

I saw so many threads about cleaning... I get a little confused... I don't know now what I have to do, should i put my atty in Coke while i drink vodka.... or should i put them in CVodka, while I sniff 90% alcohol....

What seems to be the best way to do it?

For what I know, alcohol and vodka only desinfect atty, does it take away dirt and leftovers of juice as good as coke?

What are your experiences?

Sorry if this thread seems redundant... but so many different ways, I don't really know what to do!

[cozzicon]

HEllo,

I saw so many threads about cleaning... I get a little confused... I don't know now what I have to do, should i put my atty in Coke while i drink vodka.... or should i put them in CVodka, while I sniff 90% alcohol....

What seems to be the best way to do it?

For what I know, alcohol and vodka only desinfect atty, does it take away dirt and leftovers of juice as good as coke?

What are your experiences?

Sorry if this thread seems redundant... but so many different ways, I don't really know what to do!

Actually with Coke you leave behind a lot of garbage *from the Coke*. If you rinse the coke out with water, you leave behind the minerals in the water.

If you use alcohol, it evaporates cleanly leaving no residue after leeching anything still viscous from the atty.

The goal of alcohol cleaning is to get the gunk off while it is still liquid or gooey. If you let it go far enough that stuff has hardened... you may be SOL.

[Winzz]

Hey Coz,

I already wacthed your videos on youtube (very interesting) and the way I do it by now is yours... I got not bad results...

But for example some people say when you use alcohol you have to let the atty in it for 6 hours... and in what i understood from your video you don't let it more than 15 minutes right?

That's why I'm a little confused on the right way to do it...

[cozzicon]

Hey Coz,

I already wacthed your videos on youtube (very interesting) and the way I do it by now is yours... I got not bad results...

But for example some people say when you use alcohol you have to let the atty in it for 6 hours... and in what i understood from your video you don't let it more than 15 minutes right?

That's why I'm a little confused on the right way to do it...

No problem- let me clarify.

l use the alcohol soak as *maintenance* on a daily or bi daily basis in order to keep the atty clean in an ongoing fashion. The atty get's a five minute soak, a drain through, and then dry over night. Actually, a few hours given good airflow will dry the atty completely and it will be ready for priming and use.

The idea is to *prevent* any buildup in the first place, while the deposits on the atomizer can still be leeched off by alcohol- before they are dried gunk.

Most other methods wait until the gunk is built up, and then use hot water, boiling, Crest denture cleaner, alcohol, or other things in order to remove a huge buildup of gunk. Dry burning also is an attempt to "crack off" deposits (through heat related expansion and contraction) on a terribly messed up atty.

The effectiveness of an isopropyl alcohol soak goes *down* the more days between cleanings because *more* gunk can harden onto the atty. So once a month soaks, would appear to me to have zero consistent success. The alcohol will have little effect on solid juice residue. In that case perhaps Crest denture cleaner would help.

This isn't a rescue method... it's a maintenance method. And some people feel it's too much work. But I'm a geek-nerd. I play with everything.

In looking at cleaning methods, I discovered that cleaning with something like vinegar, was only useful for e-juice components that had a ph greater than 7. And something like baking soda was only good for e-juice components with a ph lower than 7. PG and VG are ph 7 and don't react with anything. So the only solution was to maintain- rather than rescue the atty.

I hope that helps.

[Winzz]

Perfectly clear, thank you for your time and explanations

[sjohnson]

I've been using nothing but tap water for nearly a year (with ultrasonic cleaning). I've yet to have any mineral buildup, and one of my atomizers is also nearly a year old - still vaping like a champ.

[PVPuff&Stuff]

Water, hot water and water. Don't use solvents like alcohol on the atomizers....they can dissolve the glue holding them together.

[DaveP]

I'm still using all the same atomizers I've used for the last 4+ months. I have been using the same 510 mega atomizer daily since mid May and it's still creating clouds of vapor from my Ego.

My cleaning method? 125 degree hot water from the kitchen sink tap. I blow out the atty, hold it under the stream for about a minute with a pair of small pliers modified with heat shrink tubing on the jaws so they don't scratch, blow it out again, and do a dry burn until I begin to see a glow on the atty (in a dark corner). I then add two drops to the bridge, insert a cart, and vape.

It takes a few puffs to burn off the water and vaping is good again. I use both PG and VG juices, some straight and some mixed. I don't get much crud buildup on the atty coil. That would show up as dark spots during a dry burn and I see none. Yes, there could be buildup under the coil but the vapor is like new, so I'm not even concerned.

[cozzicon]

Water, hot water and water. Don't use solvents like alcohol on the atomizers....they can dissolve the glue holding them together.

Um... the only glue on a 510 atomizer is a tiny bit between the sleeve and the atty proper. But even hot water softens that- and it's not really needed since the sleeve is pressure fit.

[cozzicon]

I've been using nothing but tap water for nearly a year (with ultrasonic cleaning). I've yet to have any mineral buildup, and one of my atomizers is also nearly a year old - still vaping like a champ.

Ultrasonic has a lot of potential. I'm planning on trying it.