Am I Cleaning My Kangers correctly?

[kelli]

ok, so here is what i've been doing and it seems to work well for me. i bought a bottle of cheapo vodka and put some in a bowl. whenever one of my T3's goes empty, i take the coil head off and put both it and the clearo in the vodka overnight. i then put them on the windowsill to dry out in the sun (when the sun shines, which is seldom lately). then i fill them back up and vape on.

is this a good procedure, a bad procedure, a horrid procedure, or a so-so procedure. if anyone knows a better way, i would love to hear it. thank you very much. good bye. ♥

 

[Talonius]

I just put the coil head under hot tap water then let dry overnight then a quick dry burn. Has worked for me for awhile

 

[MF DOOM]

These cleaning processes make me laugh sometimes...just get the old juice out, run the coil unit under hot water and throw your new flavor in.
My EVOD has no problem with this.

 

[Lessifer]

You'll probably want to do a dry burn at least once a week to fully remove the gunk from the coils. Be careful when taking the head apart, the two little "flavor wicks" have a tendency to fall apart. I usually end up replacing them, or all of the wicks, with cotton.

 

[matcas]

ok, so here is what i've been doing and it seems to work well for me. i bought a bottle of cheapo vodka and put some in a bowl. whenever one of my T3's goes empty, i take the coil head off and put both it and the clearo in the vodka overnight. i then put them on the windowsill to dry out in the sun (when the sun shines, which is seldom lately). then i fill them back up and vape on.

is this a good procedure, a bad procedure, a horrid procedure, or a so-so procedure. if anyone knows a better way, i would love to hear it. thank you very much. good bye. ♥

I do the same run under hot water and if I'm in a hurry a use a hair dryer for a couple of minutes dry burn reassemble and vape on.

 

[Lessifer]

Oh, and I never soak mine, just a few rinses with hot water, then fill.

 

[kelli]

ok so what do you mean by a dry burn? do you take a few hits with no juice in the tank? inquiring minds need to know. ♥

 

[MF DOOM]

ok so what do you mean by a dry burn? do you take a few hits with no juice in the tank? inquiring minds need to know. ♥

The wicks are silica (sand) so they can take high-temps. Dry-burning is to get the excess water out of there. You DON'T want to inhale that!

 

[kelli]

ok, thanks so much for clarifying that, mr. doom. so you think i should ditch the vodka then, right? ♥

 

[MF DOOM]

ok, thanks so much for clarifying that, mr. doom. so you think i should ditch the vodka then, right? ♥

Oh no my dear, don't fully ditch it Put it in your body, not your Kanger.

 

[kelli]

i only do good vodka....this is paint thinner. guess i'll use it to clean brushes. ♥

 

[MF DOOM]

i only do good vodka....this is paint thinner. guess i'll use it to clean brushes. ♥

Let me guess, is it in a plastic bottle? Hahaha, I think the name "Rubinoff" actually means to be rubbin' off some paint or anything else that would yield to it!

 

[xanderxman]

I never clean my Nova heads. I use them for 6 - 8 weeks and once they start tasting bad I ditch them. I do not take apart a tank that is performing well. I do not clean it just because I ran the juice out. I do not dry burn. When I was doing all of that I was going through Nova heads like crazy. Since I decided on my new routine I have had heads last for months. YMMV.

 

[kelli]

if i don't clean my kangers, they start making that slurpy noise after awhile. i dunno if that is from the wicks being saturated or if they are leaking past the gaskets or what. but i don't like making slurpy noises (while vaping at least). after they are cleaned and dried, no more slurpies. ♥

 

[Lessifer]

The gurgling(slurpy) noise usually just starts to happen when your juice level is low and the coil is starting to get flooded, usually refilling and taking a few puffs will stop it.

As for the dry burn, search YouTube for videos on how to do it, but basically you unscrew the bottom part, rinse it off, remove the silicone cap, wiggle out the center air tube exposing the wicks. I recommend using tweezers for this next part. There should be two loose wicks sitting above the coiled wick, take those two out so you're looking directly at the coil. Run the power in short bursts(3-5 seconds) and after a while it will start smoking. Keep going and blowing the smoke off(DO NOT INHALE IT) until the coil starts glowing red. You want a good 1-2 seconds of a red hot coil, but if you run it too long it will pop. Then you can either just blow it out or rinse it and let it dry again.

I'm usually too impatient to let it dry so I rinse it, put it all back together and fill with juice and just don't inhale the first few weak puffs(from the water).