cleaning atomizer's

[happily]

I read countless threads daily about what everyone likes, or uses. I understand there is no consensus.

I want to know (in this thread)what everyone has tried so I can start a poll of methods used and opinions of those results........

here's a start . Let me know what's missing

no cleaning
brew rite
water
alcoholic beverages
isopropyl alcohol
burn off/frequency
how u vape.....i.e. drip, top off, prefilled only

what other methods are people using and frequency

I will make a poll after we get the options to see if anything stands out

[Sun Vaporer]

Happily--Good thread to start--just remeber that there is a big difference between cleaning an atomizer for taste and Preserving an atomizer for residue build up. There is a consensus from a factual standpoint by visual inspectiion that only burning off and Phosphoric Acid in Colas actually remove the hardened residue off a coil by visual inspection. Alcohol, Lemon Juice, Vinegar, Hydrogen Peroxide, boiling, Brite Rite, Citric Acid, Baking soda, compressed air, and ultrasonic machines have all been tested and visually shown that they do not remove residual from the coil.

Burning Dry and with solvents and soaking in Phosphiric Acid are the only methods ( with another one coming on board) have shown to actually visually remove the residue to the point that the coil is cleared------Sun

[happily]

sweet. Good info

Thanx

[Majestic]

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Burning Dry and with solvents and soaking in Phosphiric Acid are the only methods ( with another one coming on board) have shown to actually visually remove the residue to the point that the coil is cleared------Sun

Nice info indeed. I've already given up on the alcohol and the Brew Rite soaks. Although they clean the mesh up good, a more frequent rinse schedule in hot water would accomplish the same thing. Since I don't feel confident doing a burn, I will stick to the safer cola soaks.

[surbitonPete]

Nice info indeed. I've already given up on the alcohol and the Brew Rite soaks. Although they clean the mesh up good, a more frequent rinse schedule in hot water would accomplish the same thing. Since I don't feel confident doing a burn, I will stick to the safer cola soaks.

I had tried absolutely everything else suggested and because nothing worked for me I decided I had nothing left to loose and now have started trying the dry burning..... and at the moment I am having the longest lasting and best working atties so far!!

[Darlene7]

Exactly what is dry burning - I am very new to e-cigs and have no knowledge or most things mentioned besides soaking in various things. Can you explain exactly how to dry burn so my husband can read it and I am sure he could figure it out. I use a DSE 801 Penstyle and my atomizers are from BesteCig in China, would appreciate any info.
Thank you, Darlene

[Majestic]

I had tried absolutely everything else suggested and because nothing worked for me I decided I had nothing left to loose and now have started trying the dry burning..... and at the moment I am having the longest lasting and best working atties so far!!

Maybe one day I will give it a try. Right now I'm a little nervous with the burn since I did fry a couple of attys due to hardware related problems. A shame though as both candidates were in their 3rd and 4th week of usage. I was hoping to see if either would last over a month. Since both had been in use for a while, I suspect the gunk build up helped cause their death during the short burn.

Since then I went through a streak of attys that had a very short life span. As for now, a frequent rinse and an occasional cola soak seems to be working and I going into the 3rd week with my first test subject. Do you have 901 attys?

[happily]

anyone else????

[jtwh20]

i mix baking soda and hot water, soak for 15 minutes, sloshing the water/ atty occasionally, then rinse with hot water, blow out excess water, and pull out any burned filler pieces, dry overnight or more upside down...so far so good

[Moonlighter]

Has anyone tried cleaning with acetone? (nail polish remover)
Maybe some one could try on a dead one to see what it does.
I haven't killed any yet or I'd try.