Another way to clean a ce2

[badnam]

Hi all, i have found out another way to clean ce2s. I can usually get 4-5 weeks on this method on a ce2.

Step one - remove the tube off of the ce2
Step two - place the ce2 in a cup
Step three - pour some coke onto the ce2, into the coil
Step four - let the ce2 soak for 24-36 hours
Step five - remove and rinse with hot water, then PGA
Step six - pat down the wick with a paper towel and let dry overnight
Step seven - once dry, dry burn the coil a few times
Step eight - rinse the coil off with PGA and let dry
Step nine - enjoy

I usually clean out a ce2 every two weeks

 

[Dieseler]

Hey Badnam
its interesting to read the ways folks clean there Ce2s.
If it works keep at it !

 

[Mindfield]

I wouldn't use Coke personally. Coke cleans because it contains acids. Specifically, carbonic acid, citric acid, and to a very small degree, phosphoric acid. Carbonic acid is created by any carbonated drink, including soda water. (That's why it's good at removing stains.) Citric acid is in any citrus fruit, and is in fact much better at cleaning ounce for ounce than carbonated water. Phosphoric acid is also in most flavoured sodas, too, but the concentrations are very low and not useful for cleaning at those levels.

Coke also contains large amounts of sugars, though (cane sugar or HFCS depending on where you get it) so I'd rather play it safe and not use anything like that for cleaning.

If you really want to give a thorough clean, use pure lemon or lime juice, vinegar (acetic acid is a good cleaner, too), soda water, or something like that with a lot of cleaning power and less or no sugar.

 

[badnam]

mindfield - have you tried lime, vinegar and soda water to clean? can you provide your results on that, sounds interesting, no doubt better than coke. I am a cheap vaper, i like to get as much use out of a ce2 before i throw it away. I hear people always saying that a ce2 or atty are only $2 parts, but those $2 parts add up.

 

[Mindfield]

mindfield - have you tried lime, vinegar and soda water to clean?

I haven't tried citrus yet (don't usually have any around the house) but I'm pretty sure it'll do quite well. I've done vinegar and it works pretty well, too. However, to be perfectly honest, I find this extent isn't really necessary with CE2s. I usually reserve the vinegar/isopropyl alcohol soak for cartomizers.

For CE2s, I'll often give it a 5 minute dunk in some isopropyl alcohol to leech the liquid from the wick. After that it gets rinsed under warm-to-hot tap water (the wicks get massaged during this process to get rid of any leftover liquid and alcohol residue), the wicks patted dry and the rest of the CE2 guts given a little patdown with paper towel to get rid of excess moisture, especially down in the connector base. Then I let them air dry for 20-30 minutes, then I dry burn on a stock eGo battery (any fixed low-voltage device like that will do) using 5 second pulses until the gunk is white ash and can be blown off the coil. Then I let air dry overnight and reassemble the next morning and they're good to go.

can you provide your results on that, sounds interesting, no doubt better than coke. I am a cheap vaper, i like to get as much use out of a ce2 before i throw it away. I hear people always saying that a ce2 or atty are only $2 parts, but those $2 parts add up.

I hear you on that, I like to make my CE2s last as long as I can as well. It isn't really so much the money, it's just I'm the sort of person who likes to squeeze as much performance out of something as I can, and that means taking care of it well enough to get it to do so. But I'm also a tweaker so I also mod the hell out of my CE2s. (O-ring mod and donut mod to remove material from around the coil and fully open up the vapor channel, and I cut the tube down a little bit so my drip tip is flush with the O-ring when it's installed to cut down on condensation buildup.)