Cleaning the atomizer

[surbitonPete]

Originally Posted by Chuckle Brother

EXCELLENT METHOD i have had one of these small steam cleaners in my cupboard for years and have rarely used it except for the odd carpet stain.
I tried it on all four of my atomizers and it is an instant deep clean.
I held each atomizer with some custom made tweezers and blasted off the grime onto an old white towel and i could see the removed residue on the towel it literally only takes a few seconds of blasting to remove all the deposits.
I then gave each atomizer a few blasts with a can of compressed air which my place of work has very kindly started to stock for blowing the dust out of computer keyboards.
The compressed air again only takes a few seconds to completely dry each atomizer.
Prime the atomizers with 3-4 drops of e-liquid and they are like new.

CLEANING WITHOUT CHEMICALS HAS GOT TO BE THE WAY FORWARD!

I get baffled by the way some people report complete success with something that doesn't work at all for me.......I have reduced the size of the nozzle on a kettle to get a really concentrated steam blast and held a gunked up atomizer in the hottest part of the steam for ages (with a pair of pliers) and the steam hasn't removed any gunk at all. The only explanation I can come up with is that somehow the gunk has formed differently.

[Caesarea]

Originally Posted by surbitonPete

I get baffled by the way some people report complete success with something that doesn't work at all for me.......

Yep, I 'm waiting for the one that announces total victory with eye-make-up remover...or ignited brandy or similar...

[exogenesis]

But surely it depends on who's make of eye-makup you are using ?

Perhaps the 4081 is more susceptible to steam cleaning than
what you've got Pete, mini-pipes ?,
what atomizer model do they use.

[surbitonPete]

Originally Posted by exogenesis

But surely it depends on who's make of eye-makup you are using ?

Perhaps the 4081 is more susceptible to steam cleaning than
what you've got Pete, mini-pipes ?,
what atomizer model do they use.

Hi exo.......I tried the steam on a dead mini pipe atomizer I had taken apart...so I could actually direct the steam hard on the coil and 'see' what effect it had......but for me and my gunk.....absolutely none at all.......lol.

[~Wonder]

Originally Posted by surbitonPete

I get baffled by the way some people report complete success with something that doesn't work at all for me.......I have reduced the size of the nozzle on a kettle to get a really concentrated steam blast and held a gunked up atomizer in the hottest part of the steam for ages (with a pair of pliers) and the steam hasn't removed any gunk at all. The only explanation I can come up with is that somehow the gunk has formed differently.

Was it a bone dry coil or did you soak it first? I'm thinking just the act of soaking might help soften up the gunk which would allow something like high pressure steam to shoot it off. A soaked pan is much easier to clean than a dry pan.