Cause of heating coils gunking up

[byggd]

I've been wondering what causes this to happen quickly. My wife and I both use the CE2 flux and in general have very good luck with them. I have an ipro and she is happy using a eGo 3.4v style batteries.

Does the gunking up happen because of higher voltage baking the juice on the coils or does it happen more when using a lover voltage unit with a higher resistance carto?

-Don

 

[pyro13g]

Possible, just like food sticking to a pan, deposits in an engine, etc.. or it gunks up as the coil cools, like a chimney handling a wood fire.

 

[wendallb]

Clear juices seem to be better and not clog as fast as the darker juices..This is just a part of vaping and all models of atty's and cartos do it.

 

[denali_41]

Clear juices seem to be better and not clog as fast as the darker juices..This is just a part of vaping and all models of atty's and cartos do it.

what he said

 

[wfx]

yep it seems to depend on the juice. vodka soak does wonders for these things. just one of many excellent tips i picked up from ecf.

 

[byggd]

yep it seems to depend on the juice. vodka soak does wonders for these things. just one of many excellent tips i picked up from ecf.

I've been using vinegar to soak my CE2 fluxos. Does Vodka work better?

 

[wfx]

I've been using vinegar to soak my CE2 fluxos. Does Vodka work better?

haven't tried vinegar. my mother used it to clean for years and can't stand the smell. chose vodka because i read about atty cleaning success here. in a pinch i can just dry with an aircan and go. no taste concerns.

if you keep enough ce2 in rotation (some soaking, some drying, some vaping), it's easy to have a constant supply. i tried but just couldn't get the same result with cartos.

have the gemoro ultrasonic also, but it's really overkill. it gets these things really clean (like new), but it wears hard on the wicks.

so +1 for vodka. but damn i'm a scotch drinker.

 

[byggd]

if you keep enough ce2 in rotation (some soaking, some drying, some vaping), it's easy to have a constant supply. i tried but just couldn't get the same result with cartos.

My wife and I both use them and we have about 25 so I do a weekly cleaning ritual ;-) Hers seem to gunk up sooner vaping at 3.4v and 3.7v then mine go at 4.0v to 4.5v. Her juice is not sweet so I'm not sure why this happens. Maybe the higher voltage just burns the juice off better?

 

[sobero4]

Dark juices and sucralose added to juices tends to junk the coils up faster

 

[byggd]

The wife's is not a dark juice. It's 70% peppermint, 10% black pepper, 10% menthol and 10% tobacco. They gunk up so badly sometimes that even a 24 hr soak and dry burn will not get them clean.

 

[zoiDman]

I've been using vinegar to soak my CE2 fluxos. Does Vodka work better?

I think Vinegar works about the Same and is Much Cheaper.

Just curious. Do you use Sweet, Higher VG e-Liquids be any chance.

 

[Sicarius]

Raidy carried out an experiment using straight PG 100ml through an automatic "pump" so no chance of flavourings, etc contributing to the results and it gunked up pretty badly. It was not the juice however, but airbourne particles that were incinerated into a black buildup.

 

[zoiDman]

Raidy carried out an experiment using straight PG 100ml through an automatic "pump" so no chance of flavourings, etc contributing to the results and it gunked up pretty badly. It was not the juice however, but airbourne particles that were incinerated into a black buildup.

Do you have a link to Raidy's work?

I'm not sure how Meaning this result is in that Very Few People vape Pure PG.

 

[byggd]

I think Vinegar works about the Same and is Much Cheaper.

Just curious. Do you use Sweet, Higher VG e-Liquids be any chance.

I pretty much always order 70/30 PG/VG when given a choice. The wife's juice is 70/30, not sweet and it gunks up the worst.

 

[zoiDman]

I pretty much always order 70/30 PG/VG when given a choice. The wife's juice is 70/30, not sweet and it gunks up the worst.

Well that sort of Rules out High VG as the Culprit.

Try using a Dentek Brush at every Refill.

 

[TomCatt]

I'm not familiar with Black Pepper eliquid; but that just sounds suspect. Can she try a small amount of this mix w/o the Black Pepper to see if it doesn't gunk up as fast?

 

[Sicarius]

Do you have a link to Raidy's work?

I'm not sure how Meaning this result is in that Very Few People vape Pure PG.

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/modding-forum/132663-all-my-mods-part1-135.html

 

[zoiDman]

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/modding-forum/132663-all-my-mods-part1-135.html

Thanks .............

 

[byggd]

I'm not familiar with Black Pepper eliquid; but that just sounds suspect. Can she try a small amount of this mix w/o the Black Pepper to see if it doesn't gunk up as fast?

We order it premixed from GV so I can't remove the black pepper.