A funny thing happened last night in the kitchen

[Charlie58]

I figured I'd try my hand at boiling my used cartos last night.
And as I was on the second boil my wife comes in and asks what are you cooking? It smells good.
You know it took a few tries and showing her the pot of boiling Cartos to convince her it was just the steam from about 5 flavors of old juice.
So it seems that not only is my VK good for me the cleaning of the cartos makes for a pleasent air freshener.
And thanks again to Steve, Leaford, Mark, and the gang at V4L for such great products.

 

[uzzaperez]

I really never boil or wash - I just drain with the tissue method. How does boiling effect the labels? The labels leave an extremely obnoxious residue so I wouldn't want them to come off, I'd rather break out a new carto then start a stock of new labels.

 

[Charlie58]

I found that the cartos were fresh and like a brand new blank on the ones I tried after reassembling them this morning.
Also, the ones that had the residual adhesive from the lables. (I think thats what you were refering to?) Were clear of it.
It didnt harm the lables at all and I boiled them about 15 minutes twice and rinsed them after each boil letting them sit over night after blowing out the excess water.

 

[HBAndrew]

When I boiled mine, the smell was great heh. The labels on mine, the outer clear layer has started to peel very slightly at the mouth end on some of them, with the exposed part of the label starting to wear and go white, doesn't look very nice. Only happened with about 3 out of 15 or so cartos.

 

[lonercom]

Repeated boiling (5 or 6 times) will cause the labels to peel a bit. The bonus is a nice shiny carto for your chrome batt!

 

[uzzaperez]

Repeated boiling (5 or 6 times) will cause the labels to peel a bit. The bonus is a nice shiny carto for your chrome batt!

Doesn't a carto without the label get hot and burn your lips like any other atty would? I always figured the sticker was just adequate insulation for my lips. I'll have to try vaping a naked carto...

 

[lonercom]

If you get it too hot it will get uncomfortable. Take a condom and poke a hole in it. That makes a great, squishy mouthpiece.