Great method from the OP. Thanks for the steps...cleaned my atty today and it's working wicked good now. Thanks again!
Thank you! I'm so glad I found this method before I tried anything else. I was getting a bad burning flavor off my LR 510. I follwed the instructions here and my atty is back to normal... I love people on the ECF
Rick, maybe the problem here is that your cartridges aren't delivering the liquid as they should. A lot of people use the dripping technique (drip 2-3 drops of liquid directly onto the atty bridge - the mesh bit) then simply vape that because the standard 510s are pretty notorious for this.
I think it would definitely be worth you trying this just to establish if that's what is causing the vapour failure, if you get a few decent puffs after doing that then that's what is going wrong. I use 901s a lot 'cos I prefer them for flavour and definitely have had some carts that just don't release the liquid very well - it just sits there in the filler, maybe you got some like that?
Though it does sound as if those atties have given you pretty good service and I'd say they don't owe you anything if they have given up the ghost after that much use. Nothing lasts forever, after all - specially not atties!!
I just tried this, not sure I heard a pop, but now my VV just blinks when I put the atty on it and push the button. Does that mean I killed it?
Really glad I stumbled upon this thread before I shelled out for an ultrasonic cleaner. Following the original instructions to the letter, 20 minutes later I had 3 de-bridged atties running just like new again. I now understand the importance of dry burning coils to remove the gunk. Awesome technique, thanks for the great advice.
I like to also use a needle to scrape the ash off the coils after a nice burn... makes sure its perfectly clean... its a must for some stickier juices that dont come completely clean : )
I'm using toothpicks to give em a scrape. Bobba's B seems to be gunking them up more than my home brewed juice but I would expect that as its pretty dark and sticky