Boiling aties, is it a dead thing ?

[misantroll]

Yo people !

So I'm here with a little box full of used protank atomizers and want to clean them and dry burn them, but the process of rinsing them in hot water one by one would take a long time. Back in the early days of vaping when I first started, we used to boil atomizers. Is it still a way with the new gear or will it damage something ?

 

[Crestwood1001]

You could try it, but iv always treated my protank heads as disposable, which I think is how they are intended. I know a lot of people rebuild them, but unfortunately I don't have the time or patience to do so, for how cheap they are I'm OK with replacing them, I vape pretty heavy but on generally light juices, nothing dark or thick so I generally get a week and a half to two weeks out of a head. I order heads in packs of 5 and always keep at least 5 on hand at any given time.

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[zapped]

I still boil cartomizers. No experience with protank heads but I dont see how it could hurt them.

 

[wv2win]

As long as you haven't allowed them to get too gunked up, letting them soak and agitate in PGA is a better option IMO.

 

[misantroll]

As long as you haven't allowed them to get too gunked up, letting them soak and agitate in PGA is a better option IMO.

I've bought vodka to let them steep in is that ok too ? And do I let the rubber end cheminey on ?

 

[wv2win]

I've bought vodka to let them steep in is that ok too ? And do I let the rubber end cheminey on ?

Vodka is fine. PGA will have a higher alcohol content and is pretty cheap. I would not use any flavored vodka. (unless you like the flavor from a vaping standpoint)

 

[tj99959]

This works so well for holding all those little heads under the running hot water.

 

[misantroll]

damn yeah that will do it thanks, but still do I need to take the chimney and ruber out ?

 

[chrisj3982]

I just rip the coil and wick out and replace both, 28 gauge kanthan, 11 wrap microcoil hits at 1.1-1.3 ohms everytime, wick with sterile cotton. Takes about 4 minutes to rebuild a head. And the flavor difference with cotton is amazing


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[chrisj3982]

Stupid autocorrect, *kanthal


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[zoiDman]

This works so well for holding all those little heads under the running hot water.

These work Great Also...

 

[volume control]

Takes as long to boil em as it does to just pull the wick, dry burn, and push a new wick through. Good as new. If you can build a new coil too youre golden, 1 head is all you need

 

[edyle]

I toss mine in a cup right next to my kettle and when I boil water to make some coffee I put some hot water in the cup to let them soak.

I do take them apart first and remove topwicks if any.

boiling them should be more effective but probably unnecessary.

I just need to get any gunk loose enough that I can pull then wick out if I'm going to reuse the coil.

of course if your recoiling, the only reason to boil them would be for hygenic cleaning purposes.

 

[AveryW]

Yo people !

So I'm here with a little box full of used protank atomizers and want to clean them and dry burn them, but the process of rinsing them in hot water one by one would take a long time. Back in the early days of vaping when I first started, we used to boil atomizers. Is it still a way with the new gear or will it damage something ?

Before I started rebuilding I would soak in hot water for an hour, soak in vodka/ever clear while I would sleep, then rinse them off, soak in water again, and let dry. Roughly a day long process, but all my coils would last up to a month.

Now that I'm rebuilding it's just, build coil, wick it, prime with a few drops, fill tank and go. Three or four days later, disassemble head, pull out wick, dry burn, rewick, prime, put back together and go. So much quicker than all the soaking.

If you feel up for it, get the basic rebuilding supplies (including ohms meter) and watch one of the many youtube tutorials. Your first coil will take a little bit but after that it's smooth sailing. Not just is it cheaper than buying replacements, but the taste and vapor production is undeniably amazing.

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[EBates]

I clean all my PT heads. but have never boiled anything related to vaping.
As I replace heads I drop them into a container of 91% Isopropyl alcohol or everclear and soak over night or until I get 5-6 to clean.
Rinse throughly with warm tap water forcing water into the wick area.
Towel dry and blow out any water.
Remove the gasket and stem.
Remove the flavor wick(s).
Dry burn 6 watts, 5 seconds on/off. Repeat until coils are all turning red and wick is clean.
Blow the burned off crud away.

Hold the flavor wick with tweezer while burning them with a lighter or torch until wick is clean.
-Place the flavor wick back on top of the coil.
Or.
-Replace the flavor wick with the material of your choice.

 

[alisa1970]

I also used to boil all my PT and Evod heads, completely assembled. It helped, but I found they only seemed like new for a short while. If you take the chimney off, you'll lose the flavor wick and need to replace that. That led to me just dry-burning instead of soaking, which led to re-wicking the whole thing with cotton, which led to me replacing the coil with pre-wrapped ones from Fasttech, which ultimately led to me just rebuilding the whole thing from scratch.

It's a much better vape, and while I'm not bothered by the cost of replacing heads since they're so cheap, there's really no need to if you can rebuild them. There are places now that sell all the head parts separately, so if you find rebuilding these things enjoyable (which I do), there's really no need for any boiling or buying at all.

 

[danny4x4]

I've never boiled my protank atomizers because,

1) the temperature of the water is never going be be higher than if I dry burn. If you've tried dry burning, you'll know that the wires need to get mighty hot to burn off the "crud". I don't think boiling would be hot enough.

2) boiling the atomizer may " infuse " the rubber taste into your atomizer. Yes, dry burning can do that too, but can be mitigated if you dry burn by pulsing, or are using silicone grommets.

I believe the boiling of attiies was more of a "thing of the past", where the equipment was different. Someone please chime in and correct me if I'm wrong.

 

[Stringplucker]

If I'm not mistaken, the "rubber" is actually silicone, which shouldn't be damaged if boiled.

 

[danny4x4]

Yes, the newer ones are supposedly silicone. I don't know for sure as I only have the old ones, although I use my own silicone tubings in place of the original rubber ones.

 

[Lurch]

Just finished my very first cotton wick! Used an old coil (wire hasn't arrived yet), dry burned then rinsed. The cotton does make for a smoother taste! Took a few minutes to get the cotton started (had trouble getting the end fine enough) but I am certain the next one will be much easier now that I know what to look for! Whole process took about 10 minutes.