Cleaning atomizer

[KatyS]

One of my customers who still has his original atomizers (2 of them) told me today he cleans his atomizers with an air compressor. He uses a little surgical tube and blows them out every nite. He alternates his use every other day. No water nothing else. They have lasted over 4 months.
I can't blow hard enough (due to 45 years of smoking) to clean out the atomizers with just air. Going to have to find a small air compressor, may be the answer for me. Washing is a pain and does not work very well for me.

[TheEmperorOfIceCream]

I gotta stop reading the tips and tricks section! Every time I think 'what a good idea' and zip off another internet order...

Emp

[Janet]

I don't have an air compressor, although it's on my wish list for air brushing. Would the canned air for cleaning dust and debris from computers work? Which end of the atomizer do you blow the air?

[dnakr]

Janet, I have been using canned air for months now. I put the canned air tube over the atomizer hole that connects to the battery and shoot 2 or 3 bursts of air into it - then I hold the atomizer upside down and shoot air into it to clean out any excess liquid or fibers.

If the atomizer gets real cold, I wait until it warms up to room temp before I use it again. I have had no problems with it at all.

[GTOrichie]

If you don't have a compressor you can use a car tyre pump with the ball inflator adapter that comes with it.
don't forget compressors can kill if you aim them at your skin, please take care when using one.

[Kit]

you dont need an air compressor you can get good power in a can i use them at work all the time for cleaning camera and sound equipment.there very powerful anything more would damage the atomisers wire wick. canned air is sufficient .

[sagicorn62]

i've been using the same method as dnakr for 3 days now, using 3M dust remover (compressed gas duster).......seems to be working good, so far

[Janet]

Thanks you guys - I picked up some 3M canned air today and will try it out later. There have been several times I wished I had some. And I can justify spending the money because it's not just for the e-cig money pit - Comes in handy for a lot of other things too. Now I have it!

[phylo]

I would be cautious using compressed air on your atomizer. I have had the opportunity to take a few apart and to see just how fragile the insides can be.. Especially once they have been heated and cooled several hundred times... There are other components that are not metal in there that help with the atomization process and if you blow them out the atomizer wont perform as well and might even quit working...

Phil

[KatyS]

Thanks dnakr will try that, was thinking of small compressor, like girls use to do nail art., but like your way better and lot cheaper.