Cartomizer cleaning??

[Katdarling]

I tried the oven thing once... burned all my cartos which in turn melted onto my favorite baking dish.

I've not done the sock in the dryer technique, but I have had good results with using the steam from my espresso maker. If you have any sort of connector to then put the wet carto into a syringe, you can get a good amount of the moisture out by "syringing" it. Also fan drying helps (put them into the wires of the fan, carefully [if you're not careful, they scratch easily]). Some people have had luck using a blow dryer.

 

[Cyrus Vap]

Reverse Taryn Spin FTW

 

[Keekers]

Reverse Taryn Spin FTW

That's a good idea....I never thought about that.

I've read through the posts and might have missed it but is there a way to clean them with alcohol/vodka (boge 505s) without using a syringe? I boiled them in hot water for 17 minutes but there was still junk in there. Then I tried putting them in a sock in the dryer and they got all scratched.

 

[lorikay13]

I hope it's ok for me to post here??? Really just trying to be helpful.

Sure....I used Everclear when I was using a KR808 and would just put a couple in a tall plastic pill bottle half full and shake em up! Then do the spin.....those little velvet bags that some companies send with their batteries.....PERFECT for the spin. Also....you con just put a cotton ball in the bottom of the bag....and reverse spin the juice out of a carto if you don't like the flavor.

One thing though.....once the juice carmelizes....and that's really what most of that nasty black tar looking stuff is....carmelized sugar....nothing will get rid of it. Why the best way to get the most out of your cartos....never let them go dry.

Hope that helped!

 

[Zodas]

I soak them in isopropyl...set them by a fan for awhile...let them sit for a couple days.

...good to go.

 

[gumchewer]

Try this video on youtube. It looks a little perverted at times LOL - but this is a method I use and it works great. The medicine syringe is about $3.00 at the store with the little cone attachment.

YouTube - KR808D-1 Carto Cleaning: Quick-n-Easy.

That Carto sure got a happy ending.

 

[Keekers]

Thanks Lorikay13 and Zodas!

 

[Cyrus Vap]

not sure isopropanol is a good idea, but I don't know. depends on how well you can rinse the residues with hot water afterward

personally soak in PGA 12-72 hours (assuming I want a flavorless carto, otherwise skip this step), then repeatedly flush with hot water in a turkey baster or baby syringe with adaptor ~1 minute to ditch all the ETOH. Its not good for the coils I hear

 

[Zezze]

I found one at the pharmacy

 

[Zodas]

not sure isopropanol is a good idea, but I don't know. depends on how well you can rinse the residues with hot water afterward

personally soak in PGA 12-72 hours (assuming I want a flavorless carto, otherwise skip this step), then repeatedly flush with hot water in a turkey baster or baby syringe with adaptor ~1 minute to ditch all the ETOH. Its not good for the coils I hear

After soaking I Taryn spin the excess isopropyl out of them and immediately put them in front of a fan...I assume all the alcohol should evaporate fairly quickly. I just have no luck using water or boiling...it takes too long to dry and they never work right again after that.

Small traces of isopropyl shouldnt be too harmful...I hope.

 

[Zodas]

When people say PGA...do you mean like Everclear? Thats not easy to find is it?

I also dont want access to stuff like that...curiosity killed the cat...



...and this cat likes to get his drank on.

 

[Cyrus Vap]

yes sir, "pure grain alcohol"

what you can get varies state to state, but even in new york where 100% alcohol isn't legal, you can find devils spring vodka (80% or 160 proof) and this stuff here....

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...-new-yorkers-equivalent-communist-states.html

 

[Zodas]

What about Vodka? Its a clean alcohol and I would assume it would work just as well...I never had an issue with Isopropyl but who knows...I could have ravaging esophagus cancer in a year for all I know.

 

[Cyrus Vap]

vodka should work fine! That's essentially what the above stuff is anyway, a neutral grain spirit. Just try and find the highest proof you can. And yes, it works for drinking too, just be careful and take it slow

 

[DaveP]

I like the carto cleaner syringe with the attachment. I'm a throwaway guy when it comes to cartos, but it might be profitable if there's no scorched filler in it when you recycle it.

 

[lorikay13]

this is just my opinion so take it for what it's worth.....but as a hard and fast rule for myself.....if I don't think it's safe to eat or drink....I sure won't put it in my lungs. (in reference to isopropol alcohol)

 

[JasonInTN]

Turkey basters and most of the other stuff mentioned in this thread are not widely available in Sweden so I just took a syringe (no needle) and one of the condoms my cartos came with. I poked a tiny hole in the condom and forced the tip of the syringe through it. That way, I could suck and push hot water through the carto with ease. Works like a charm.

I'll post pics if needed.

I do something similar. I have a 20ml syringe. There is a sleeve around the threads for the needle that is the same diameter as a carto. I removed the needle and I cut the end off a long carto condom and slipped it over that sleeve. I wrapped a rubber band around that several times and that really secures it. I soak my dirty cartos in very hot water for ten minutes and then insert them mouth side first into that condomed syringe. I draw the hot water through the carto. I have to hold the carto with the condom when I expell the water but it works great and I didn't have to buy a thing. I do that about half a dozen times and can see burned particles coming out. I don't boil my cartos as I find the filling shrinks. I use the same syringe rig to blow most of the water out of the cartos. Two hours in my toaster oven at 190 degrees and they are ready to refill.

 

[gumchewer]

Rockler Woodworking and some of the places like that have a lot of sizes of this stuff for injecting glue into tight places as well if you cant find them. You used to be able to get a huge syringe at the flooring supply tool counter that was used to inject floor glue into a bubble in your glue down carpet of vinyl floor.

 

[gumchewer]

this is just my opinion so take it for what it's worth.....but as a hard and fast rule for myself.....if I don't think it's safe to eat or drink....I sure won't put it in my lungs. (in reference to isopropol alcohol)

I saw a guy in you tube using denatured alcohol from a home supply to flush them.
Not sure I have a lot of confidence in that idea either. I'd stay with the vodka.

 

[fishohunter]

So many method to use ... confused
So which is the best to use??