Can you really clean your coils and use them again?

[r77r7r]

Back when this was popular in the cartomiser days, I skipped the boiling and just nuked a cup of water. I had a rig with a hypo and piece of tubing to suck the water in and out with quick and easy.
I think the idea of cleaning is still useful for beginners trying to find a good flavor with out tossing a 3$ coil.

 

[Shawn Hoefer]

But if it’s a hobby then your time is priceless, or another way to look at it, an hour watching tv (and getting fatter) or an hour doing something productive.

At the end of the day, if your saving money by extending the time of use, your saving money!

I’ve spent years building and repairing bikes instead of paying someone, and I always had people on the forums telling me I’m wasting my own time doing so.
Well no, it’s fun and I keep stuff working for free.
My time is free and always will be.

Imagen if I started charging my partner for my time?

Right that’s 125e for last nights cuddling and kissing sweetie!

If you're going full on hobbyist, why are you using coils instead of building your own. I build most everything I vape, and that saves me considerable money - even counting my time - over buying drop in coils.

And if I charged my SO for the cuddles and kisses, I'd have another 8 cents LOL

 

[Shawn Hoefer]

dupe... disregard

 

[Ben Killeen]

If you're going full on hobbyist, why are you using coils instead of building your own. I build most everything I vape, and that saves me considerable money - even counting my time - over buying drop in coils.

And if I charged my SO for the cuddles and kisses, I'd have another 8 cents LOL

I have a couple of rtas and have sold a few more.
Got fed up with some of them leaking.

My fav mod is to thin for bigger rta tanks as well , so have to stick with Gs air coils for that one.

But I do also try to rebuild those coils when they are to far gone, shame there is no Gs air rba

 

[bombastinator]

If you're going full on hobbyist, why are you using coils instead of building your own. I build most everything I vape, and that saves me considerable money - even counting my time - over buying drop in coils.

And if I charged my SO for the cuddles and kisses, I'd have another 8 cents LOL

But if it’s a hobby then your time is priceless, or another way to look at it, an hour watching tv (and getting fatter) or an hour doing something productive.

At the end of the day, if your saving money by extending the time of use, your saving money!

I’ve spent years building and repairing bikes instead of paying someone, and I always had people on the forums telling me I’m wasting my own time doing so.
Well no, it’s fun and I keep stuff working for free.
My time is free and always will be.

Imagen if I started charging my partner for my time?

Right that’s 125e for last nights cuddling and kissing sweetie!

I ran into a guy recently who didn’t even like the mess involved in changing the coils in his nautilus2. It was too gooey for him. I and many others put him onto the concept of an innokin zenith because not only is it top fill but you can pull the coil out from the bottom without getting your fingers in the tank at all.

It takes all kinds.

 

[Shawn Hoefer]

I ran into a guy recently who didn’t even like the mess involved in changing the coils in his nautilus2. It was too gooey for him. I and many others put him onto the concept of an innokin zenith because not only is it top fill but you can pull the coil out from the bottom without getting your fingers in the tank at all.

It takes all kinds.

It certainly does... But for mess free, I've grown rather fond of the new crop of disposable mesh tanks.

 

[bombastinator]

It certainly does... But for mess free, I've grown rather fond of the new crop of disposable mesh tanks.

Heard you say that once before. Googling about I see a sikary NuNu, a teslacigs ONE, and an Ijoy mystique. Prices seem to be about double that of a coil cartridge, but there’s no upfront expense so it would be cheaper, at least at first. Standard Razor blade model long term cost problems. Should kick all over a pod though vape quality wise.

Which ones have you tried?

 

[Shawn Hoefer]

Heard you say that once before. Googling about I see a sikary NuNu, a teslacigs ONE, and an Ijoy mystique. Prices seem to be about double that of a coil cartridge, but there’s no upfront expense so it would be cheaper, at least at first. Standard Razor blade model long term cost problems. Should kick all over a pod though vape quality wise.

Which ones have you tried?

I have used - am still using - the Sikary USA NuNu, the iJoy Mystique, the Augvape Jewel. I have, but haven't yet used, the Geekvape Lumi. Eyeballing the Tesla (but hearing less than thrilling reports), the Blitz Mate, and the Preco.

 

[bombastinator]

I have used - am still using - the Sikary USA NuNu, the iJoy Mystique, the Augvape Jewel. I have, but haven't yet used, the Geekvape Lumi. Eyeballing the Tesla (but hearing less than thrilling reports), the Blitz Mate, and the Preco.

Hmmm.. I’ve always thought the razor blade model worked for razors because straight razors were annoying. it takes skill to sharpen them, the strop was large and annoying to keep around, and it was in general kind of a PITA when shaving is kind of a PITA to begin with. I wonder if the additional annoyance of building RTAs will outweigh the costs and they will go the way of the Dodo. It still took a certain amount of not completely BS marketing to sell disposable razors though. They had to be labeled “safety razors” because you couldn’t slit your neck open with them.

 

[Ben Killeen]

Hmmm.. I’ve always thought the razor blade model worked for razors because straight razors were annoying. it takes skill to sharpen them, the strop was large and annoying to keep around, and it was in general kind of a PITA when shaving is kind of a PITA to begin with. I wonder if the additional annoyance of building RTAs will outweigh the costs and they will go the way of the Dodo. It still took a certain amount of not completely BS marketing to sell disposable razors though. They had to be labeled “safety razors” because you couldn’t slit your neck open with them.

I still use safety razors to shave, as it’s only 1e a blade compared to 10e a blade for conventional razors

 

[bombastinator]

I still use safety razors to shave, as it’s only 1e a blade compared to 10e a blade for conventional razors

Heh. Multiple levels of the razor blade model no less.
I went super old school to old school because it described the atty phenomena better. My grandpa had a straight razor. No disposability at all. After you bought the thing you used it for free. You needed to have a strop which was a strip of leather, generally, and you attached one end to the wall next to the mirror and used it to touch up the blade before every shave. Also, it could kill you.

I compare RTAs to straight razors. Expensive to buy, but close to free to use. Drop in coils are like safety razors. A disposable part with higher continuing cost but added convienience. And now there are disposable tanks which would be a lot like a plastic disposable razor. Highest continuing cost but lowest initial price.

 

[Katya]

I have the Kangertech Subox Mini and I use the pre-made coils that you buy and just drop in. I am also a member on a Facebook group for vaping and some of them were saying there are ways to clean your coils and use them again. I know there's some gurus in here so I felt this would be the best place to ask. Is this true? If so, how would you go about it?

I agree with all the previous posters. But I'll just have to add my 2 cents. You can rinse (under running water) and dry (just gently blow through the coil a couple of times) your coils several times for a fresher taste, but you'll never be able to clean the actual coil--that gunk requires dry burning, and you can't dry burn drop-in coils for obvious reasons. So, rinse and dry a few times and then grab a new coil.

 

[TheFish]

Hi everyone

New here and new to vaping. Took it up to give up the cigs and it has worked.....yeah!!!

Using a DNA250C, 4 different tanks and trying all sorts of coils.

I do find these CCells pretty good for TC but getting inconsistent results on the flavor profiles, still good, too tight on the draw to be ideal for me though. They are really an MTL IMHO. too tight to be considered direct I feel.

Now even though these may be able to be cleaned, as mentioned by a previous poster, it is not recommended as the ceramic will slowly break down and you will breath in the ceramic dust which can kill you slowly.
I'm moving back to cotton wick for this reason and the too tight a draw.

 

[Frenchfry1942]

I started with drop-in coils. My tastebuds didn't care since they were burnt from smoking.

I ran 6-7 clearomizer tanks. I got a Kayfun lite and watched a couple videos and building coils was a snap with a nail. I inserted the KF into my line-up and at that time, 4-5 of vaping, I could tell that it was the best in flavor.

I think I bought 5-6 more KF within 2 weeks.

RTAs weren't focused on ease of build back then. Things have changed a lot.

I would look for a top fill/top airflow RTA. Get one, get the wire and wick and a couple tools. I doubt that you will go back.

No way I would, but, to each their own.

Good luck!

 

[bombastinator]

Hi everyone

New here and new to vaping. Took it up to give up the cigs and it has worked.....yeah!!!

Using a DNA250C, 4 different tanks and trying all sorts of coils.

I do find these CCells pretty good for TC but getting inconsistent results on the flavor profiles, still good, too tight on the draw to be ideal for me though. They are really an MTL IMHO. too tight to be considered direct I feel.

Now even though these may be able to be cleaned, as mentioned by a previous poster, it is not recommended as the ceramic will slowly break down and you will breath in the ceramic dust which can kill you slowly.
I'm moving back to cotton wick for this reason and the too tight a draw.

There were rumblings that it wasn’t that way at first with the ceremics but they changed it. Could be pure tinfoil hat stuff.

As for TC you MUST have a TC compatible wire in the atty and have it set to that wire type or it doesn’t work. Actually it’s worse than that. It works, but very very wrong. TC is a “dummy” system. It doesn’t measure heat directly, it interprets projected heat by measuring resistance changes. If there was a system that used say a laser thermometer pointed at the coil you could use any wire at all. The dummy system is vastly smaller and cheaper though.

 

[TheFish]

There were rumblings that it wasn’t that way at first with the ceremics but they changed it. Could be pure tinfoil hat stuff.

As for TC you MUST have a TC compatible wire in the atty and have it set to that wire type or it doesn’t work. Actually it’s worse than that. It works, but very very wrong. TC is a “dummy” system. It doesn’t measure heat directly, it interprets projected heat by measuring resistance changes. If there was a system that used say a laser thermometer pointed at the coil you could use any wire at all. The dummy system is vastly smaller and cheaper though.

The GT CCell is a TC compatible coil, SS316L coil material.

Using it on a DNA250C should work pretty well as it measures resistance quite well, assuming no problems in the system, ie., poor connections tank to mod, mod to coil, etc..

 

[Opinionated]

Hi everyone

New here and new to vaping. Took it up to give up the cigs and it has worked.....yeah!!!

Using a DNA250C, 4 different tanks and trying all sorts of coils.

I do find these CCells pretty good for TC but getting inconsistent results on the flavor profiles, still good, too tight on the draw to be ideal for me though. They are really an MTL IMHO. too tight to be considered direct I feel.

Now even though these may be able to be cleaned, as mentioned by a previous poster, it is not recommended as the ceramic will slowly break down and you will breath in the ceramic dust which can kill you slowly.
I'm moving back to cotton wick for this reason and the too tight a draw.

I don't know drop in coils very well because I build, but have you ever tried Uwell Crown?

I think thats supposed to be airier..

 

[TheFish]

I don't know drop in coils very well because I build, but have you ever tried Uwell Crown?

I think thats supposed to be airier..

I'm using the other GT coils.
To compare, a GT CCell 0.5ohm has a 2.5 to 3mm diameter hole down the middle. 0.5ohm

GTM2 & GT2q about 6mm. 0.4ohm

GTM 8 & GT8 about 3mm X 4 of them. 0.15ohm

GT4 2.5mm X 2. 0.15ohm.

Now I'm pretty sure the above coils are pretty similar to the Crowns, all Claptons & Kanthal.

Also using the mesh and strip coils, the QF's. About 8mm hole with a small insert around 4mm. 0.2 & 0.15ohm respectively.....I think they are TC SS but cannot remember for sure.EDIT...THEY ARE NOT TC, Kanthol only.

I have no idea if these QF's have an equivalent.

In comparison, big difference to the CCells

 

[RayofLight62]

Problem is, when you clean the cotton, you break all the fibers.
The coil may look nice and clean, but the eliquid won't travel as supposed, and the cleaned cotton - instead of transporting the e-liquid to the coil, works rather like a filter, blocking randomly the different ingredients of the e-liquid, causing flavour damage and dry hits.
So, no. The only way to regenerate a used coil is to replace the cotton.

 

[chellie]

I have the Kangertech Subox Mini and I use the pre-made coils that you buy and just drop in. I am also a member on a Facebook group for vaping and some of them were saying there are ways to clean your coils and use them again. I know there's some gurus in here so I felt this would be the best place to ask. Is this true? If so, how would you go about it?

I now use the RBA piece and build my own --- honestly not difficult. In fact, I usually buy the coils precoiled so all I do is screw them in, cut off the excess wire, check the resistance, wick it and I am good to go. I use sweet juices and change out the coils fairly frequently.

When I used the SSOCC coils --I used to rinse them in hot water. I have extremely hot water. Then I'd leave them in a cup with hot water for an hour or two, rinse again and then place them upright on paper towels in an old ashtray and let them dry for two days. I did not use alcohol just water. I almost always got another use out of them.

If you get your hands on any of the older square coils that are horizontal --you can actually rewick them.

As I said, I started to build my own and I never looked back. I actually bought extra rba pieces form fast tech and always have a few on hand so when I need to change them it is just like dropping in a fresh coil.

I was apprehensive about doing it and the nice folks on here walked me through it and I've been doing it for a few years now.