Bridgeless is a drippers dream atty

[Broseybrose]

Is it possible that you pulled up too hard on the first one? Also, have you done dry-burns and blow-outs? Generally speaking, once I've done the mod on a previously used atty, I clean it, blow it out and then do a dry burn and it is as good as new.

Id say its likely i pull too hard on all of them. Most (3 of 4) attys ive de-bridged i had to shove the ceramic unit back down into place. And they leak when upright and overfilled. I hate that. I think i was mistakenly trying to remove all the mesh rather than pushing it to the sides.

 

[King_Calculon]

Id say its likely i pull too hard on all of them. Most (3 of 4) attys ive de-bridged i had to shove the ceramic unit back down into place. And they leak when upright and overfilled. I hate that. I think i was mistakenly trying to remove all the mesh rather than pushing it to the sides.

You might want to hold the ceramic piece in place while you pull the bridge and mesh out.

After you push the mesh aside, stick some straight tweezers down past the bridge to the ceramic. You can use these tweezers to keep the ceramic firmly in place while pulling the bridge, then the mesh that went over it out. Then, gently remove the wick. I pulled the ceramic out a bit accidentally and It caused a lot of leaking. The ceramic needs to stay snug down in there for the atomizer to work right. You can remove the excess mesh, just don't tear any out from between the ceramic and the atomizer walls and don't let the ceramic piece get pulled up.

 

[IndustrialAction]

Id say its likely i pull too hard on all of them. Most (3 of 4) attys ive de-bridged i had to shove the ceramic unit back down into place. And they leak when upright and overfilled. I hate that. I think i was mistakenly trying to remove all the mesh rather than pushing it to the sides.

Wiggle the bridge back and forth while applying SLIGHT upward pressure. It should just pop out without a problem after a few back-and-forths. Also, you're moving the mesh bridge completely to the side before messing with the metal shape holder underneath, right? Once the metal part is out, the mesh bridge should just pull out very easily.

 

[Broseybrose]

No, my problem is pulling the mesh. While trying to remove mesh i loosen the entire unit.

 

[NukeDOC]

No, my problem is pulling the mesh. While trying to remove mesh i loosen the entire unit.

instead of pulling on the mesh, just try pushing it off to the side. then you can pack it in against the inner wall of the atty houseing. toward where the base of that mesh is, where it connects to the rest of the mesh you can push that off to the side more as well. when the "foot" of the metal bridge is exposed, it becomes much easier to start wiggling the bridge back and forth. eventually it loosens up real nice and you can pull the bridge right out with little effort. the hardest part, really is just getting all that wick material out.

 

[icemanx3]

WOWSERS. So I just posted about my 510 atty that I blew out with air during cleaning and the wick came out, thus not giving me any vapor. I just pushed off the mesh as you described in your video...rocked the bridge back and forth and go it out. Dripped some juice enough to fill the small white resovoir around the coil and BLAMMMMM I AM BACK IN BIZZZZZZZ.

Thank you thank you thank you!!

Do you know if this can also be done with old cartomizers? I know they are supposed to be disposable, but shoot...if this works on those I will have like 10 attys in my arsenal!!

I am so happy you posted this and now have a working, bridgeless atty now!

ice

 

[King_Calculon]

...Do you know if this can also be done with old cartomizers? I know they are supposed to be disposable, but shoot...if this works on those I will have like 10 attys in my arsenal!!

I hope this is what you are looking for.

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...-nf-carto-mod-kr8-atty-510-vertical-atty.html

It seems like a doable idea but I have not tried it yet.

 

[sbphotog]

This is great! I'm a dripper and by removing the bridge and wick, i brought attys that i thought were dead back to life. The vapor and flavor is incredible too. Thanks for the vid!

 

[Shan B]

if people are having issues getting the bridge out without pulling up on the whole atty, take a small xacto and cut the mesh right at the foot/legs of the bridge, the mesh will pull right off. i didn't do a video for this because it seems with 1 small mistake you can kill the whole unit cutting. but try it if ur having problems. i'm going to post pics of step by step so ppl understand what ur to pull off and what you are NOT wanting to.

 

[ChrisToff]

I've done it twice now and had great results but noticed people were talking about the wicking in the coil? I spent a good five minutes trying to get every little bit of wick out of the coil and eventually just gave up. Is it recommended that you don't take all the wick out, specifically that that is in the coil, because without it it won't work, or because by doing so you just may damage the coil?

 

[IndustrialAction]

I've done it twice now and had great results but noticed people were talking about the wicking in the coil? I spent a good five minutes trying to get every little bit of wick out of the coil and eventually just gave up. Is it recommended that you don't take all the wick out, specifically that that is in the coil, because without it it won't work, or because by doing so you just may damage the coil?

The wick isn't needed for dripping. Take out all of it if you can because juice will gunk up any left over strands and lead to a burnt taste.

 

[ChrisToff]

Are you able to get all of it out? Even the wicking that is twisted in the coil?

 

[cr12]

Are you able to get all of it out? Even the wicking that is twisted in the coil?

i second that, that was a question I had as well.

 

[NukeDOC]

if its twisted in the coil, i would think the best you can do is use a small pair of tweezers to pull the fibers out. but i didnt have any problems getting them out of any of my attys.

one tip that helped me out was i agitated the atty in some rubbing alcohol to clean off any juice left over. i just put it in a small canister with about 3cc of alcohol, shook it up, drained, and blew out all the alcohol left inside. then i dry fired it to fry off any alcohol on the coil. doing this, i noticed that the fibers were white again (not browned from all the juice) and were easier to get a hold of. note: i pulled the fibers out of the atty before dry firing.

 

[cr12]

thanks, im going to get the smallest tweezers i can find and get em out, i had one that i took out everything but the coil and its tasting burnt now so im going to do some surgery.

 

[icemanx3]

I still have the fiber left that is inside the coil...still works great! In fact, after a many draws, when I suddenly taste that weird taste, and vapor almost stops...I know it's time to dump some more of the yumminess in! Kind of a neat way to know when you need more juice...and you won't worry as much about blowing out your coil I suppose, because you would prevent longer dry burns. LOVING THIS STUFF PEOPLE!!

ice

 

[King_Calculon]

It's easier to get the wick out of an unused atomizer. Once you start heating it up the wick has a tendency to melt a little and stick to the coil.

 

[Shan B]

well i only take the long wick out, leaving the wick the coil is wrapped to there. but then again i do this to my used atties.

on my new one that i dewicked, it's all gone, but i left the bridge there, so i can still rock carts from time to time.
and yes, it's a PITA to try and get a used wick out vs a new one.

 

[cr12]

Yea I got them out, it's tough but I think the reason a ttys generally go bad for me anyhow is the burnt taste and it is my belief this comes from the wick within the coil eventually becoming burned so I'm going to see how this goes with almost no wick so far so good if you plan to do deb ridging and wicking do it when you first get it don't wait until you have used it for a while it is really hard to pull it out, its hard on a new one, i would suggest using a pair of extreme needle tweezers

My apologies for lack of pronunciation, stream of consciousness.

 

[Shan B]

sa'll good cr12. i understand ya

i like to leave the wick in the coil so it holds the liquid better. if you get really good atties, the wick that is in the coil is made of 100% Silica, which doesn't burn or char