Blocked Carto question....

[Jimmy VanZeno]

Im sure this has been asked before but anyway here goes..

So I like to mix my juices a little...Im vaping MBV juice at 6mg and its all 30% PG / 70% VG.....in a Liquinator tank with drilled Boge 3.0ohm cartos, on a Provari Mini.

Im finding that I can mix the citrus type juices with no issues..like mixing Green Apple with Spearmint, goes through the carto fine...BUT, when I mix some other juices... example Cinnamon Roll with Butterscotch, the carto all of a sudden seems to become blocked and I can hardly vape it at all. Seems to be killing them pretty quickly.

Ive tried putting the cartos in Vodka for a couple of days, then washing them through, letting them dry....nup still blocked...

Anyone got any ideas on how to clean them out? Or why they are getting blocked in the first place? Im assuming its something to do with the 2 juices mixing together and causing some kind of reaction...not sure.

 

[Vash]

Are the fruit stuff more clear and dessert stuff darker? Dark stuff can be a carto clogger.

 

[Jimmy VanZeno]

Are the fruit stuff more clear and dessert stuff darker? Dark stuff can be a carto clogger.

Yes almost all of the fruit ones are clear and the Buttersotch and Cinnamon Roll have a yellow colour to them

 

[BlueMoods]

Darker and/or sweeter is my guess, either is going to gum up the coils a lot faster. A good dry burn may clear it, but sometimes even that fails.

 

[The Ocelot]

Darker and/or sweeter is my guess, either is going to gum up the coils a lot faster. A good dry burn may clear it, but sometimes even that fails.

I hope this thread is referring to clearomizers and not cartomizers. Soaking a carto is vodka won't have much of an effect and dry burning one is unpleasant.

 

[DavidOck]

More than unpleasant - terminal.

 

[Vash]

I use to use smoktech cartos vs boge and they were better for my dark stuff but YMMV.

 

[Baditude]

As previously stated, darker and sweeter flavors tend to either clog the filler of cartos or gunk up the heating coils.

Never try to dry burn a carto. You'll burn the filler, and never get the burnt taste removed.

I'm always perturbed why people insist on trying to clean cartomizers. These are meant to be disposable. Once used up, throw them away. Cartos are relatively inexpensive in the scheme of things. Stop being so cheap and prime up a new carto.

You spent $5 - $6 a day on cigarettes once and didn't think anything of it. What's so bad about a $2 cartomizer lasting a week, sometimes as long as 3 weeks?

 

[The Ocelot]

More than unpleasant - terminal.

The worst dry hit I ever had was from a carto. "Dry hit" really doesn't come close to what I experienced. The terrifying nano-second when I realized I had just taken a huge drag off of a dry carto (I had grabbed the wrong device) and my mouth wasn't full of vapor, it was full of smoke from a burning carto. Luckily, I don't inhale deeply, but it was enough to feel my lungs turn to ash and tears to stream down my face. I chugged water for what seemed like the next hour while I gobbled Altoids. I could still taste burnt polyfill 2 days later. Shudder.

ETA: It popped the coil too.

 

[Vash]

As previously stated, darker and sweeter flavors tend to either clog the filler of cartos or gunk up the heating coils.

Never try to dry burn a carto. You'll burn the filler, and never get the burnt taste removed.

I'm always perturbed why people insist on trying to clean cartomizers. These are meant to be disposable. Once used up, throw them away. Cartos are relatively inexpensive in the scheme of things. Stop being so cheap and prime up a new carto.

You spent $5 - $6 a day on cigarettes once and didn't think anything of it. What's so bad about a $2 cartomizer lasting a week, sometimes as long as 3 weeks?

Yeah I agree for 5-7 bucks for pack of cartos toss that ish and fill up a new one or look into trying a RDA if you want something that will cost less in the long run

 

[Vash]

The worst dry hit I ever had was from a carto. "Dry hit" really doesn't come close to what I experienced. The terrifying nano-second when I realized I had just taken a huge drag off of a dry carto (I had grabbed the wrong device) and my mouth wasn't full of vapor, it was full of smoke from a burning carto. Luckily, I don't inhale deeply, but it was enough to feel my lungs turn to ash and tears to stream down my face. I chugged water for what seemed like the next hour while I gobbled Altoids. I could still taste burnt polyfill 2 days later. Shudder.

Been there ! LOL Who would think a analog could taste better than a vape

 

[hanzo.esq]

I can see straight through my new Boge cartos. When I use sweet/dark liquids, they clog quickly (1-3 days; 5-15 ml).

To clean them before they clog completely, I start with a small straightened paperclip and gently work it through. Then I use a larger straightened paperclip and gently work it through. Finally I use a toothpick applying gentle pressure and spin it 5-15 times on the atty. Remove, wipe, repeat. I am careful not to apply enough pressure to reshape the atty. Flavor is reduced a little, but replacing a carto every day or two isn't what I want to do.

Obviously I couldn't do this if I couldn't see through a new carto b/c the atty is not oriented the right way.

YMMV.

Please don't dry burn a carto b/c it will actually burn. Dry burning is for silica/mesh wicks found in clearomisers or RBAs that do not actually burn.

Hanzo.

 

[Jimmy VanZeno]

As previously stated, darker and sweeter flavors tend to either clog the filler of cartos or gunk up the heating coils.

Never try to dry burn a carto. You'll burn the filler, and never get the burnt taste removed.

I'm always perturbed why people insist on trying to clean cartomizers. These are meant to be disposable. Once used up, throw them away. Cartos are relatively inexpensive in the scheme of things. Stop being so cheap and prime up a new carto.

You spent $5 - $6 a day on cigarettes once and didn't think anything of it. What's so bad about a $2 cartomizer lasting a week, sometimes as long as 3 weeks?

Well yes you are right, however im talking 1 or 2 days its getting blocked...which is pretty frustrating. Happy to throw em out and change them after 1 week....but im not getting anywhere near that at the moment, so I thought id ask the question.

 

[Jimmy VanZeno]

I can see straight through my new Boge cartos. When I use sweet/dark liquids, they clog quickly (1-3 days; 5-15 ml).

To clean them before they clog completely, I start with a small straightened paperclip and gently work it through. Then I use a larger straightened paperclip and gently work it through. Finally I use a toothpick applying gentle pressure and spin it 5-15 times on the atty. Remove, wipe, repeat. I am careful not to apply enough pressure to reshape the atty. Flavor is reduced a little, but replacing a carto every day or two isn't what I want to do.

Obviously I couldn't do this if I couldn't see through a new carto b/c the atty is not oriented the right way.

YMMV.

Please don't dry burn a carto b/c it will actually burn. Dry burning is for silica/mesh wicks found in clearomisers or RBAs that do not actually burn.

Hanzo.

Thanks Hanzo I will give it a go!

 

[The Ocelot]

Been there ! LOL Who would think a analog could taste better than a vape

Taking a full lung inhale from a cigarette lit on the wrong end would have been much more pleasant.

 

[Rickajho]

Well yes you are right, however im talking 1 or 2 days its getting blocked...which is pretty frustrating. Happy to throw em out and change them after 1 week....but im not getting anywhere near that at the moment, so I thought id ask the question.

That's been my gripe with just about every carto I have tried. It's not about the money - it's the high maintenance nature of the devices I don't like/never got used to. Then you either had to waste the time "reverse spinning" them to get the liquid out, or toss it and waste it. Seemed to go through an insane amount of liquid during my carto "I WILL make this thing work!!!" days. Then I gave up and went back to attys. And moved on to Kanger bottom coil clearo-anything.

6 days was the longest I ever got out of a carto. And the last 3 of those 6 days was more screwing around with it than vaping it. To each his own.

 

[WarHawk-AVG]

Have you heard of this item yet?

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/new-members-forum/337208-plunger-kit.html

 

[Jimmy VanZeno]

Have you heard of this item yet?

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/new-members-forum/337208-plunger-kit.html

Yeah I have looked into that but from memory it was going to cost about $50 bucks just for postage to Australia so I couldnt justify the price

 

[Rickajho]

Yikes! You guys really do get screwed by international shipping rates.

If you search the site for "reverse taryn spin" you should find the silliness I was talking about..

 

[The Ocelot]

Carto tanks are my favorite set-up, but I haven't experience the problems you have had. The flavor isn't as good, but have you considered a Protank? I'm not a big fan, but I use them quite a bit for the convenience.