What is the best way to clean (and bring back to life) a 510 low-resistance atomizer? Dry burning, or vodka, or cola?
Best way to clean low-resistance atty?
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I don't clean my attys, it seems to kill them quicker. I blow mine out once or twice a day, and that is it. Dry burning any atty will greatly shorten its life expectancy. You shouldn't even let them dry out while vaping - keep them wet & happy.
my attys last several months.
i clean them about once per month.
quickie clean:
drip a few drops of vodka or PGA then blow out.
deep clean:
few drops PGA then blow.
soak few hours in CPH.
rinse w/ distilled H2O.
prime w/ PGA.
last resort clean:
dry burn following deep clean above.
don't like to breath the metallic taste from dry burn.
i clean them about once per month.
quickie clean:
drip a few drops of vodka or PGA then blow out.
deep clean:
few drops PGA then blow.
soak few hours in CPH.
rinse w/ distilled H2O.
prime w/ PGA.
last resort clean:
dry burn following deep clean above.
don't like to breath the metallic taste from dry burn.
NEVER dry burn an atty. It's incredibly unhealthy for them. Atomizers were not made to be run dry, dry burning regularly significantly reduces life span.
Some might disagree with my methods but they're totally wrong because ALL of my atomizers are extremely healthy and I haven't had one die on me, with continuous heavy use for over 5 months now.
With that said-
Take the atomizer (LR) and blow out allll of the juice from it, blowing from the threaded battery end.
After that, take a paper towel and twist it on it's corner to create a pointy wad, stick that inside the atomizer and rotate.
After this, run your atty under trickling *hot* water from both ends, blowing out the water once every 2 minutes for 10 minutes.
After this, make the water lukewarm and the faucet on full blast, repeat blowing the water out from both ends every 1 minute for 5 minutes.
That's it for the rinsing. Now blow all of the excess water out and make sure to be thorough. Use the paper towel (twist it again) and rotate inside the atomizer to soak up any excess water.
This next part is optional.
I always put my atty in front of a blowdryer on "cold" air setting for 5 minutes. Just to make sure all of the water gets dried up. I have used attys after this process without the blowdrying and they have worked fine.
The cleaning process is now done. But your atomizer will NOT be ready to use a CART. Now what needs to be done is add 2 drops directly on the wick/bridge area and let sit for 1 minute. Repeat this until 10 drops have been added right on the wick. You are now ready to vape.
This is what has kept my attys in amazing condition, and not even ONE of my attys has died in 5 months of vaping. So to those saying cleaning kills atomizers- you're dead wrong and you are obviously either being too rough on your atomizers or cleaning them with things you shouldn't be cleaning it with. There is no reason why a proper cleaning would kill an atomizer.
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Some might disagree with my methods but they're totally wrong because ALL of my atomizers are extremely healthy and I haven't had one die on me, with continuous heavy use for over 5 months now.
With that said-
Take the atomizer (LR) and blow out allll of the juice from it, blowing from the threaded battery end.
After that, take a paper towel and twist it on it's corner to create a pointy wad, stick that inside the atomizer and rotate.
After this, run your atty under trickling *hot* water from both ends, blowing out the water once every 2 minutes for 10 minutes.
After this, make the water lukewarm and the faucet on full blast, repeat blowing the water out from both ends every 1 minute for 5 minutes.
That's it for the rinsing. Now blow all of the excess water out and make sure to be thorough. Use the paper towel (twist it again) and rotate inside the atomizer to soak up any excess water.
This next part is optional.
I always put my atty in front of a blowdryer on "cold" air setting for 5 minutes. Just to make sure all of the water gets dried up. I have used attys after this process without the blowdrying and they have worked fine.
The cleaning process is now done. But your atomizer will NOT be ready to use a CART. Now what needs to be done is add 2 drops directly on the wick/bridge area and let sit for 1 minute. Repeat this until 10 drops have been added right on the wick. You are now ready to vape.
This is what has kept my attys in amazing condition, and not even ONE of my attys has died in 5 months of vaping. So to those saying cleaning kills atomizers- you're dead wrong and you are obviously either being too rough on your atomizers or cleaning them with things you shouldn't be cleaning it with. There is no reason why a proper cleaning would kill an atomizer.
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originally i cleaned attys w/ only distilled H2O w/ good results.
later i added PGA because it cleans well, dries quickly, and primes the atty quickly.
later i added CPH based on satty's cleaning thread.
not sure if CPH helps; but it doesn't hurt.
i have been afraid to use tap water due to possible mineral deposits if water is hard.
later i added PGA because it cleans well, dries quickly, and primes the atty quickly.
later i added CPH based on satty's cleaning thread.
not sure if CPH helps; but it doesn't hurt.
i have been afraid to use tap water due to possible mineral deposits if water is hard.
emus, Can you let me know how you clean the atty .. in what order do you add the CPH and PGA? How long do you soak in each? Do you dry overnight? etc..
fast clean:
if atty becomes hard to draw i drip a few drops PGA into atty, blow out w/ mouth, then resume vaping.
deep clean:
if atty performance is down (about once per month) i clean atty as follows:
few drops PGA into atty and blow out.
few drops mouth wash into atty.
put atty in syringe.
suck mouth wash into syringe.
let it soak overnight.
drip distilled H2O into atty from dropper bottle to rinse out mouth wash.
few drops PGA then blow out with mouth.
couple drops PGA to prime.
couple drops juice.
resume vaping.
if atty becomes hard to draw i drip a few drops PGA into atty, blow out w/ mouth, then resume vaping.
deep clean:
if atty performance is down (about once per month) i clean atty as follows:
few drops PGA into atty and blow out.
few drops mouth wash into atty.
put atty in syringe.
suck mouth wash into syringe.
let it soak overnight.
drip distilled H2O into atty from dropper bottle to rinse out mouth wash.
few drops PGA then blow out with mouth.
couple drops PGA to prime.
couple drops juice.
resume vaping.
This is exactly why I love 901's.
I can drop my 901's in grain alcohol for 10 minutes or 2 weeks and forget about them... when I pull them out, they are good to go...
As soon as I clean a 510, it's effectiveness is somehow compromised.
I can drop my 901's in grain alcohol for 10 minutes or 2 weeks and forget about them... when I pull them out, they are good to go...
As soon as I clean a 510, it's effectiveness is somehow compromised.
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