this one is extremely easy to do, and works great. all you need is a soda bottle and a knife or drill. carve or drill a hole in the cap for the soda bottle just large enough so that you can firmly screw the atomizer into the hole in the cap. you will want to screw it into the inside of the cap. next fill your soda bottle with whatever cleaning solution you normally use (i used hot water), then screw the cap onto the bottle. the atomizer should be inside the bottle. now hold the bottle upside down and squeeze the water or cleaning solution out of the bottle. it pushes everything in the bottle out through the atomizer, and the small amount of pressure you are apply help force aany stuck gunk out. i had incredible results using this. i took a old, nearly plugged solid atomizer and did this with just hot water and it functions as good as a new atty. enjoy!
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Are we talking about a 2 liter or smaller size bottle.
I love this idea, thanks for sharing it.
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I love this idea, thanks for sharing it.
Judy
Just tried this with a debridged atomizer. The foil around it looks cleaner. I haven't gotten to test it out just yet, I'm letting it dry out while the batteries charge.
I just cut a nice hole in the top of 24 fl oz bottle of Dr Pepper. Made sure it fit the atty nicely. "Screwed" it in with the threaded end, with the tailpipe sticking into the bottle. Filled the bottle with hot water, screwed the lid on, turned it upside down, and squeezed. The fit isnt perfect, there was definitely some water getting out between the atty and the side of the hole. But other than that, it went just fine.
I did this once, then dry burned the atty in place to get the black gunk off the coil. Then I did another pressure clean with this method and now I'm letting it dry out.
I'll post again when I'm ready to vape.
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Still waiting for it to dry, notice I can't smell the Tasty Vapor Kretek in my atty at all anymore. Really surprised, this is the kind of juice that you're told you should dedicate an atomizer to. Its some pretty thick stuff.
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Priming it with a few drops right now, just gonna puff through them until the flavor starts to return. Here goes! This is Tasty Vapor's Kretek, 24 mg, 10% VG by the way. If it matters.
Oh wow, its taking me more than a few drops to prime this thing. I can already tell this really cleaned it nicely. The first few drops, there was no flavor what-so-ever. Priming some more..
Flavors starting to come back again. Its definitely like a new atomizer.
I almost had to flood the atty to get the flavor going again, but wow. Tastes fantastic! Vapor production is up. The drag isn't as difficult as it usually is. Awesome!
tl;dr - This worked great for me on a bridgeless 510 atomizer. Heavily used, rarely cleaned. Increased vapor, easier drag, more taste.
I just cut a nice hole in the top of 24 fl oz bottle of Dr Pepper. Made sure it fit the atty nicely. "Screwed" it in with the threaded end, with the tailpipe sticking into the bottle. Filled the bottle with hot water, screwed the lid on, turned it upside down, and squeezed. The fit isnt perfect, there was definitely some water getting out between the atty and the side of the hole. But other than that, it went just fine.
I did this once, then dry burned the atty in place to get the black gunk off the coil. Then I did another pressure clean with this method and now I'm letting it dry out.
I'll post again when I'm ready to vape.
EDIT:
Still waiting for it to dry, notice I can't smell the Tasty Vapor Kretek in my atty at all anymore. Really surprised, this is the kind of juice that you're told you should dedicate an atomizer to. Its some pretty thick stuff.
EDIT 2:
Priming it with a few drops right now, just gonna puff through them until the flavor starts to return. Here goes! This is Tasty Vapor's Kretek, 24 mg, 10% VG by the way. If it matters.
Oh wow, its taking me more than a few drops to prime this thing. I can already tell this really cleaned it nicely. The first few drops, there was no flavor what-so-ever. Priming some more..
Flavors starting to come back again. Its definitely like a new atomizer.
I almost had to flood the atty to get the flavor going again, but wow. Tastes fantastic! Vapor production is up. The drag isn't as difficult as it usually is. Awesome!
tl;dr - This worked great for me on a bridgeless 510 atomizer. Heavily used, rarely cleaned. Increased vapor, easier drag, more taste.
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I use a syringe (no needle) and funnel for my cartos. It sounds like this may get the same results.
You could also use this syringe kit (with a rubber cone that will hold a cartomizer or atomizer) from Walmart for about $1.76. Then you can plunge water back and forth through the carto or atty. Works great and would save you from getting out the drill to drill a hole into a soda bottle cap.
i like the idea definitly gonna try it, a few questions tho. Which end do you thread into the bottle cap? does the threaded end go inside the bottle having the majority of the atty inside the bottle? Or do you thread it onto the outside of the bottle? And do you want the two small air holes to be inside or outside?
YouTube - Carto-Misersame idea smaller enema
lol he sounds like Jemaine Clement - IMDb
Good vid though and nice tip by the OP
Okay so I tried this method with my atty that was reading 30+ ohms and it was still the same. I don't know why I was holding on to this one in the first place lol
tried on 2 of my old attys. one still has a hard draw but tho other had a nice easy draw like a new atty! only thing is its not wicking or creating a good throat hit like it used to. will it take a "break in" period like a new atty for these to return?
Brian -
Have you tried the Highping method of dry-burning atomizers to clean it out thoroughly? The Highping method is the most effective method to clean atomizers.
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/tips-tricks/69834-my-atty-resurrection-method.html
Have you tried the Highping method of dry-burning atomizers to clean it out thoroughly? The Highping method is the most effective method to clean atomizers.
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/tips-tricks/69834-my-atty-resurrection-method.html
no interesting tho i might give that a try. is that the method people are talking about when they "dry burn" their attys? read that a few times here on the forums. is it possible for the metal air holes to close up or get smaller from overheating? one of my attys i tried cleaning still has a beast of a drag
I can see where this would work good on 510 type attys, and will try this one next time one of mine gets plugged. However, it won't work on the eGo mega atty because there are no exposed threads to put through the cap. Still looking for a good method to clean the eGo mega atty!
Have killed two mega attys with alcohol (vodka) bath and the boiling water trick. Any ideas on a good way to clean the ego mega atty?
Have killed two mega attys with alcohol (vodka) bath and the boiling water trick. Any ideas on a good way to clean the ego mega atty?
Yes, that's the "dry burn" method people are talking about. I've been doing that a lot lately (since switching from using cartos to atomizers), and it works great.
It sounds like you might have a buildup of gunk down in the ceramic bowl inside the atomizer -- or on the mesh/bridge, which you should be able to get rid of by soaking it in hot water (water brought to a boil) . The way I clean atomizers (in-between doing the dry burns) is to place them in a small cup and pour boiling water into the cup. Let that sit for a while, and then sometimes, I'll pour out the water and repeat with more boiling water. When I'm satisfied the atties have soaked long enough, I blow out the excess water and let them dry overnight. I have several atomizers, so this is a method with the least fuss. I'm not sure how often I'll do the dry burns, but probably when it seems like they're still clogged -- or maybe every couple of weeks. I use two atomizers during the day, and then switch them with two clean atomizers every day or two.
It doesn't make sense that the metal air holes would close up or get smaller from overheating. If you do the dry burn, be sure to rinse the atty with hot water, blow out the excess water, do the dry burn, rinse with hot water again, blow out the excess water, and do another dry burn. The first dry burn is supposed to turn the gunk to ash, and that's why the 2nd rinse is necessary to flush out the ash. When you no longer have any vapor coming out of the atty (when doing the dry burn), then your atty should be clean enough. Any vapor coming out of it when doing the dry burn means there's still gunk (old liquid) in there that needs to be loosened (by continuing to do the dry burn) and then flushed out.
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This seems to work great for me - arthritis makes handling a small atty sort of difficult for any length of time. This gives me a much larger, and comfortable, grip. Thanks.
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