Cleaning Atomizers

[onceuponapriori]

I used polident for partials last night with my (red/black scorpion custom-painted, high quality) 510 atomizer from dietsmokes. It worked amazingly well. The atty was used daily for over a month with a high amount of vaping of clove flavored juice from janty and dietsmokes own juice line (both very good, personally hard to tell the difference between them.) This eventually led to a harsh burnt taste on the atomizer.

I rinsed the atomizer with hot water from the tap, dropped my atomizer in a plastic cup of polident for partials for about 8 minutes, rinsed again in hot tap water, then blew it out with from the battery side and carefully swiped the inside with a paper towel and left it to dry over night.

It works perfectly today and the yucky burnt flavor is completely gone!

[Kurt]

I have been using a vodka bath for all my attys in use, for when they clog and blowing out is not effective. Maybe every 2 - 3 days. These are all 510 attys, but different colors. My copper, blue, and silver attys are all good as new after 5 weeks, but I have not had as good luck with some black ones from TW. The coppers are also TW, so I don't think it is them. A box of 5 black attys has yielded, in about 3 weeks, 1 dead (or seems to be), and 2 growing weak.

I would like to think that while color gives the appearance of higher quality, all attys are essentially under the same quality control standards. But statistics are not really pointing to that just yet, with the blacks seeming to have shorter life. Those and the whites are the most available too, in general, meaning these are likely produced the most.

Of course, I might have just gotten unlucky. Sometimes I forget I put them in the bath, and they sit overnight. Could it be short term is ok to clean, but longer than 30 min or so causes problems in vodka? I do think vodka is about the best cleaner, not just for effectiveness, but sterilization and as an additive to juice for thinning and throat hit.

Peroxide is compelling, but I am reluctant to use any oxidizer on metals, although it is probably not strong enough to oxidize NiCr.

[Eric in AK]

I had an atomizer that just seemed kind of sluggish, hardly making vapor even with fresh battery, clean cart, blowing out the atomizer.

I tried the deal where you put it in boiling water for just a minute, let it cool enough not to burn your lips, blew it out, set it aside to dry thoroughly.

Next day, hooked it up to the battery, dripped a couple drops on it to get it moist, stuck on a cartridge, and blammo, my 510 was working like it did when it broke in. Major vapor, in other words. Sweeeeeeeeeeeeet!

[Follow up at 12:09 a.m. 11/2: The atomizer I boiled in water for one minute has been out-vaping my other two atomizers all day, and one of them is a new one I just started using a couple days ago. Other than just blowing out the atomizer, this seems about the easiest, most straightforward way to clean an atomizer I can imagine.]

[epluribus_vapor]

901 atty soaking in HP right now.. We'll see how this works out in a few days :-)

[Hookaddict]

I just use fresh lime juice and soak for 8-12 hours every 3 days. Seems to work for me.

[TooMuckinFuch]

Hey guys I haven't been on the forum for a while due to school. Just wanted to say I havent cleaned my atties since I got them and they still vape well. I have a 510 and manual batteries. The only problem I have is one of my atties tastes like grape from a homebrew juice so I only use that atty for fruity flavors and the other atty for RY4, mint, redbull, etc.

[JimMitchell]

I' planning on trying everclear in an ultrasonic jewelry cleaning machine.

Anyone already try this??

~Jim Mitchell

3 pack a day smoker, Smoking for over 40 years.
That is until 12:15 pm Oct. 14, 2009 when I totally switched to vaping!
Zero analogs since that time.

[Valmeow]

Is it true that the M401/02/03 series atty's don't ever have to be cleaned? I read this somewhere on the threads.

Also, would it be better to have one atomizer for each e-liquid one uses? I haven't read anything about this. It would be a bigger expense to have quite a few attys, but having 1 atty for each flavor sounds interesting to me.

Anyone?

[mudmanc4]

I hooked up a month or so old atty with hot RO water and my water pik, holy vapor batcat ! Insane vapor, and clean taste ! I didn't even realize it was pooped out like that.

[emus]

Originally Posted by Valmeow

Is it true that the M401/02/03 series atty's don't ever have to be cleaned? I read this somewhere on the threads.

Also, would it be better to have one atomizer for each e-liquid one uses? I haven't read anything about this. It would be a bigger expense to have quite a few attys, but having 1 atty for each flavor sounds interesting to me.

Anyone?

My main atty is M401. I use only one; others stock piled.
M401 still going strong after about 3 months.
It must be cleaned or else the draw will get tough and performance lowered.
I direct drip so I can change flavors at will.
I am afraid to use a spit contaminated atty that has been sitting around w/o sterilization.