Intentionally Flooding a New Atty

[Synthnadz]

I've been doing a lot of experimentation over the past month or so with atomizers trying to sort out my preferences, and I've learned something that may be of help to anyone firing up a new atty.

Note that most of my manic research has been with 801 style atomizers, but this will probably help you regardless of the type of atty you're trying to break in.

Anyway, when starting out with a fresh atty, you may find that many of them seem to flood instantly or just not wick the juice properly at all. I believe this is due to the factory primer gunking things up. I initially tried just adding drops of liquid and 'vaping it out', but this rarely worked. It seems as though some of the primer remains trapped in there, and will stay in your way until it's flushed out. Here's my solution:

With the new atty disconnected from the battery, load it up with a hefty amount of juice. Fill the sucker up really good, and let it sit battery-side down on a paper towel for a few minutes. What you're doing here is intentionally flooding the heck out of your atomizer.

Next, stuff a squished piece of paper towel up inside the atty to the bridge, and blow the sucker out completely from the battery end until it's completely dry. This seems to completely remove the primer via flushing it, and increases the atty's performance out of the gate dramatically.

Drip a few drops of liquid back onto the atomizer, add your cartridge (if you use one - I don't), let it soak in for a minute and fire it up. Voila. It should vape like a champ now.

I've had many 'problematic' atty initiations due to poor wicking and 'insta-flooding', and this has seriously helped me navigate around the issue. If your new atomizer is being stubborn, I suggest you give this a shot.

Hope this helps,

...D

[MaxUT]

Thanks for the info.

My new Janty 801 atty interestingly enough had no perceptible primer taste, nothing came out when I blew through it before mounting it on my Prodigy. Only thing was, it had the hardest draw of any atomizer I've used so far. Shame, it's a nice looking unit and now it's just taking up space in my parts drawer.

[doots]

I've been doing a lot of experimentation over the past month or so with atomizers trying to sort out my preferences, and I've learned something that may be of help to anyone firing up a new atty.

Note that most of my manic research has been with 801 style atomizers, but this will probably help you regardless of the type of atty you're trying to break in.

Anyway, when starting out with a fresh atty, you may find that many of them seem to flood instantly or just not wick the juice properly at all. I believe this is due to the factory primer gunking things up. I initially tried just adding drops of liquid and 'vaping it out', but this rarely worked. It seems as though some of the primer remains trapped in there, and will stay in your way until it's flushed out. Here's my solution:

With the new atty disconnected from the battery, load it up with a hefty amount of juice. Fill the sucker up really good, and let it sit battery-side down on a paper towel for a few minutes. What you're doing here is intentionally flooding the heck out of your atomizer.

Next, stuff a squished piece of paper towel up inside the atty to the bridge, and blow the sucker out completely from the battery end until it's completely dry. This seems to completely remove the primer via flushing it, and increases the atty's performance out of the gate dramatically.

Drip a few drops of liquid back onto the atomizer, add your cartridge (if you use one - I don't), let it soak in for a minute and fire it up. Voila. It should vape like a champ now.

I've had many 'problematic' atty initiations due to poor wicking and 'insta-flooding', and this has seriously helped me navigate around the issue. If your new atomizer is being stubborn, I suggest you give this a shot.

Hope this helps,

...D

I've tried this method and seems to work for me also..

[Kelemvor]

i would add that you use pure Pg, much cheaper than to waste real liquid.

[Synthnadz]

That Janty atty is a 2 hole deal, thus the harder draw. Anyway, even if it seems like there's no primer to blow out, I'd suggest flushing it anyway. Most of my attys don't seem to have much to blow out either, but it's still 'trapped' in there. Try flushing it anyway.

[rjm312]

I've used a similar process on my 510s. What I do differently is, after flooding I then apply a 5 second burn to heat up the juice+primer, then I blow it out the battery end(backwards)then finish the normal way (blow out from the battery end then blot out with tissue or paper towel.
Question: How come 3 drops into the atomizer is direct dripping, but one drop to many in the cartridge is flooding???

[Mr-Glass]

Any new attys I get (mostly 510) sit over night in a Vodka bath via rocks glass - next day I rinse well with hot water - blow them out - drain for an hour - and they are great...

[Mr.B]

Is there any other way to clean these things out? I have some juice on order and have an atomizer that I was going to send back. Maybe it is not defective after all.

[KonaNeil]

Is there any other way to clean these things out? I have some juice on order and have an atomizer that I was going to send back. Maybe it is not defective after all.

Vapr Life, who make some very nice mods, suggest on their site:
"If you have an ultrasonic cleaner, even one for jewelry, clean the atomizers in distilled water in the cleaner for about 5 to 10 minute. This removes all the excess and burnt liquid away from the heater. After this, blow off with shop air, if you have no source of air, let dry overnight. This works great for me, I have been using the same atomizer for over 1 month."

I just tried this for the first time with a very cheap ultrasonic unit. Not a large enough sample size yet to have a definitive opinion, but it does appear to at the very least help older atomizers.

I trust everyone here has compressed air.

[tmbrown327]

Sounds like a good idea, thanks.