Cartomizer Cleaning/Maintenance??

[samsmom]

What is the standard for the care/cleaning/maintenance of the V4Life cartos?

I have been refilling mine since new but after 4 or 5 fills that don't seem to last as long and I get that "burnt" taste sooner. I am overfilling them so I know they aren't dry.

Does anyone clean these in hot water, dry them out, and use them again? If so - what is your procedure? (I have done this with other brand cartos)

Do the labels come off when you soak them?

I want to save money by extending their life, but don't want to end up with a mess!

Any help and suggestions would be appreciated!

Thanks!

 

[Sallyem]

Go to youtube.com and E-Cigarette cleaning/maint and you should get
lot of information as well as videos showing you different methods.
Or do a search on Google. Good luck!

 

[samsmom]

I have watched the videos and know how to clean them - I am just asking specific to V4L's cartos in particular - do they clean well? Do the labels come off?

Thanks!

 

[Sallyem]

Take off the rubber/plastic caps, and boil for about ten minutes.
Drain. Boil again for another ten minutes. Drain.
Blow as much liquid out as possible onto a paper tower (blow
from mouth end of carto). Stand upright at a slight angle to
let air in the bottom as well, and dry. I dry them for at least
a week. I haven't had any problem with using the boiled carts.
The paper doesn't come off, but sometimes comes a little
loose at the seam. I only have a few duds out of a batch
of fifty or so. Good Luck.

Edited because I wrote "let air in the bottle" instead of the "bottom"
*sigh

 

[samsmom]

Thank you Sallyem!

Take off the rubber/plastic caps, and boil for about ten minutes.
Drain. Boil again for another ten minutes. Drain.
Blow as much liquid out as possible onto a paper tower (blow
from mouth end of carto). Stand upright at a slight angle to
let air in the bottle as well, and dry. I dry them for at least
a week. I haven't had any problem with using the boiled carts.
The paper doesn't come off, but sometimes comes a little
loose at the seam. I only have a few duds out of a batch
of fifty or so. Good Luck.

 

[Beachlover]

I am interested in this also and have a video in mind to watch...also I see that Luma is posting a video on it.

 

[Davo]

I used to go thru all the cart cleaning and stuff and now I just top the carts off with 10 to 15 drops when they get to vaping light. They will show signs of getting weaker after the 4th to 5th refill and I shift them to the ones I use on the passthru. This extra power extends them out a little further. Bottom line if I get around 5 refils, I'm happy. I just got tired of all the cleaning efforts. I'll rotate thru about five carts and keep those on hand until they poop out and chunk 'um. Good luck.

 

[Luma]

Say to one specific flavor, each cart I will vape until it needs a refill, refill with 15-20 drops, vape untill refill, 15-20 drops, vape until refill, ect... Once the carts starts to get weak I put it aside and use it on the passthrough and grab a new cart and repeat. If I am out for awhile, I'll grab 3 flavors, 2 carts of each flavor and do the same. Just keep refilling them till refills get too weak on batts then move to the passthrough and start with a fresh cart for the batts.

 

[CANCHASER]

I've cleaned my v4l coolcarts several times and they are still working fine. I have since switched to the cermic carts because i like the vapor better and they just seem to make a smoother vapor, not sure how to explain that one. Anyhow answer to your question, yes, they hold up very well to boiling, cleaning. Also after i clean then instead of waiting on them to air dry, i do the reverse taryn spin and refill immediately with no problems.

 

[lisa_marie]

I just cleaned a bunch for the first time, based on this video: YouTube - How to Clean E-cigarette Cartomizers (KR808D-1 Compatible)

I didn't quite boil the water all the way, though, just heated it until it got "noisy" in the kettle. And I'm glad I took the extra step of shooting water through them with a modified turkey injector. Seemed to help get the old flavors out. Also, it was fun!

The labels haven't budged.

 

[samsmom]

Thanks for all of the replies so far! In the past I have placed cartos in hot water and then forced water through them with a large syringe and a rubber pencil grip. Then I pump the syringe at least 25 times to force all the water out that I can - problem is - my arms get tired of all that pumping! LOL I am going to get a turkey baster and see if that's easier!

 

[rocks82]

Check out this blog post I did. It includes a really great video detailing a fantastic technique for cleaning out cartomizers.
Cartomizer Cleaning (with video!) | Vapin' Valerie