Cleaning atomizer

[e-pipeman]

Hi Exo,

I'd be careful heating Domestos - you don't want you expose yourself to chlorine gas!

Good luck with your experiments.

[surbitonPete]

Exo is confirming what I have found so far...there just doesn't seem to be 'any' harmless cleaner that will dissolve all the black gunk build up.

[kinabaloo]

Hydrogen peroxide would be better than chlorine bleach as an alkali bath; might react with carbon, not sure. Off the shelf strength would be fine; still take care with it. Give it an hour to work; use neat. Rinse after.

[exogenesis]

OK good ideas, further things to try then:

hot plunge into cold water (not sure how you'de do this with an intact atomizer tho)
steam squirt after softening in cautic/bleach/detergent,
hydrogen peroxide (good idea).

So shopping list is:
bottle of 20 vol H2O2
hand held steam cleaner

(I dont think much chlorine was evolved,
I did have the place well ventilated anyway, just in case)

[~Wonder]

I've heard that a soaking a pan in hot water with a dryer sheet is an excellent way to get rid of burnt on messes. If it works for burnt food, it might work for burnt on atomizer crud.

[ted26]

I have tried allsorts of methods and conclude that the only one that works for me is to pump 4.2 volts for 10/12 secs directly on the coil burning the crud off.

And sometimes blowing the coil to bits

[newfie4ever]

I know I am new here but I have done a lot of reading and learned a lot from it. I have 6 atomizers and all of them are working from great to good so far. They are about 4 months old so they have see a lot of use. I drip my liquid on them also. Anyway I read here that Pepsi would remove the buildup on the atomizers so I went out and got myself a 2 liter bottle of Pepsi (some for me and some to test). I can honestly say that after 30 minutes in a glass (stirring occasionally) then washed in hot water and blow dry, it looks and works like new. It is really giving me a throat hit and lots of vapor. Maybe its just luck but I will be trying this from now on when the vapor slows down. Cheap enough to try and no after taste when smoking.

[newfie4ever]

I know I am new here but I have done a lot of reading and learned a lot from it. I have 6 atomizers and all of them are working from great to good so far. They are about 4 months old so they have see a lot of use. I drip my liquid on them also. Anyway I read here that Pepsi would remove the buildup on the atomizers so I went out and got myself a 2 liter bottle of Pepsi (some for me and some to test). I can honestly say that after 30 minutes in a glass (stirring occasionally) then washed in hot water and blow dry, it looks and works like new. It is really giving me a throat hit and lots of vapor. Maybe its just luck but I will be trying this from now on when the vapor slows down. Cheap enough to try and no after taste when smoking.

Forgot to mention I used Pespi Max and dropped 3 or 4 drops of juice on it before puffing. After the 3rd puff it was working great.

[chuckie]

I did 1hr. pepsi,steam clean (about 3-4 five second blasts each end)than blow dry. Put 2 drops on atm. After 5-6 puffs it's working like new. The 2 atms. I used were 4-5 weeks old.

[strayling]

Has anyone tried using one of those water toothpicks as a way to blast off the carbon?

(Excuse me if it's been asked before - this is a long thread to scan.)