Forget all you've heard; hot tap water, blow dry, prime, DONE!

[wutzthedeal]

Forget flying to Neptune to get their special liquid, then passing through 16 time warps with perfect timing while singing Buster Poindexter songs backwards, in Russian, to clean you atty.


I needed to get rid of a funk taste. I found a post somewhere else that had a variation of what I'm saying here. I have an SE Gold (4081 w/auto battery) and I have to believe this will work with any atty; one detail worth noting is that my tap water gets hot enough to be pretty uncomfortable--had to keep changing hands while holding it under the water.


Rinse atty under hot tap water for at least 30 secs., dry it for 5 mins with a blowdryer or 2 mins if you have a higher pressure air source, prime with 8 drops, slowly, and you are DONE!

My payoff was not just the funk taste (I'm a tough guy, and the taste/smell was nauseating... it was like old shoes with doo doo in them thrown into a fire) disappearing, but I also got a HUGE vapor boost (even though I shouldn't have needed to do this cuz the atty was only two days old--I watch the girl at the mall open the package and put the new one in--which suggests that MAYBE you would wanna try this even with your new attys) AND, just as important to me, was that I had noticed I had to suck a little harder over the past week to get the light to light up/atty to burn--now it takes NOTHING... it's better than it was brand new (3 weeks old total) with the other brand new atty and battery.

Forget all the craziness; try this first before going through all kinds of craziness!

[Switched]

... and your experience related to this equation is?

[garyd]

Whatever works for you, all I know is if I primed my clean dry atty with 8 drops of juice it would be flooded big time.

[larktdl]

The best method I have read about related to cleaning the atty is the tip from the Janty World forum. It works and only takes a couple of minutes.

Janty Tip: Cleaning your atomizer the right way

[kristin]

Maybe he's talking about refilling with 8 drops??

Definitely try a basic hot water rinse and dry first.

But the best method I've found with my 510 attys is a several day soak with Polident fizz tabs! Over the past 7 months I've tried alcohol, dry burns, boiling, peroxide, you name it...nothing is as easy and effective for me as Polident + rinse. Removes all lingering flavors and has brought all but 1 atty with hard draws back to life completely.

[dk2]

I simply soak mine overnight in vodka. In the morning I wipe off with papertowel, blow out the atty then use it, works great, vodka kills the germs.

[dawgcrazy]

Rinse atty under hot tap water for at least 30 secs., dry it for 5 mins with a blowdryer or 2 mins if you have a higher pressure air source, prime with 8 drops, slowly, and you are DONE!

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That is pretty much how I clean my 510. I use tweezers to hold it under the tap water though, as mine also gets extremely hot. I let it cool a bit, then blow the excess water out, wait about an hour or so and put it on my chuck and heat it up about 5 seconds at a time until it's fully dry. Then very slowly, drop about 6 drops onto the bridge, letting each one fully soak in until it looks a little wet. Works like a charm.

[77fro]

i agrea 100 percent but i use 4 drops vape then 4 but yeah right on

[telsie]

the best method I've found with my 510 attys is a several day soak with Polident fizz tabs! Over the past 7 months I've tried alcohol, dry burns, boiling, peroxide, you name it...nothing is as easy and effective for me as Polident + rinse. Removes all lingering flavors and has brought all but 1 atty with hard draws back to life completely.

Oh cool. I'll try that. With the current 510 atty crisis, I need a new method to try for reviving some old clogged-up atties. I've tried hot water soaks, alcohol soaks, but so far, I've had very little success. I'm going to get some Polident fizz tabs tomorrow and give your method a shot.

[sixofusernames]

8 drops! seriously! anything over 4 and mine floods.