I just tried the cap filling method Leaford and am
thrilled! I'm a newbie so am needing advice. How many times can I refill before I need to wash and/or toss the carts?
I'm pretty new myself but I'm gonna try and tackle this question anyway from a lot of what I've read.
I think the re-use is a personal preference. I've read some posts where people don't re-use at all (prefer brand new fresh cart) and I've read some posts where people have re-used up to 20 times. I think the average time (from what I've read so far is between 2 and 8 re-uses)
In my personal experience, the cart's seem to vary in "re-use" life. I have some that I have re-used twice and then the performance didn't seem to be as good so I tossed them, but I also have one that I have re-used 8 times and it's still going strong! (was originally a cowboy cart that came as a bonus in my first order) I used to just drip ~ but I've recently started boiling and some of them have EXCELLENT re-use life after boiling and some not so much. Also, I did not boil any of my carts that I've been using the same
juice in and that are performing well....the only ones I boiled were one's that I wanted to change flavors in or were not performing to my personal satisfaction.
I recommend you experiment a bit, and I believe you'll find a niche that suits you well. If you need help about boiling carts there was a thread started over the weekend and I could try and direct you to it if you'd like.
Hope that helps somewhat