CE3 and X2 Clearomiser cleaning

[BiXLL]

I have heard many people talk about taking CE3s apart to clean them rather then just injecting water and taking it back out. Can someone post for us newer users just how to take them apart? I tried 1 and destroyed it!

Also, the vid on cleaning the X2 clearomsiser just has you rinsing it out and shaking water in it. What else can be done to keep these in top form?

Any and all tips on this subject I am sure would be appreciated by many.

 

[1st Officer]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3keMI4j-kg&feature=related

Try this video. There are several more if you search you tube. The Stardust CE4 and the Clearomizer are the same unit with a different thread.

 

[Duster6524]

Take the clearo off the batt before doing that! I don't see how he didn't screw up the batt.

Outlaw Vapor also has some good vids for SI equipment... outlaw vaper - YouTube

 

[drummerskey]

I take the barrel out by putting it on the battery and shimmying the tube off of it and I haven't had an issue yet. I will give you a step by step of what I do but honestly, I would suggest only taking the mouth piece silicone out and the inner silicone seal and running under hot water until you see the juice cleaned around the wicks. When you put the inner seal back in, make sure it is wet and if you have both clearos and CE3s, use the plastic tip of the clearo to push the silicone down - it will seat it pretty well and give you a good seal. It works well to clean them. Taking them completely apart is really only needed if you plan to dry burn which I have had about a 50/50 success rate with......some work, some don't. I got about two months out of the CE3 that way before ever taking them completely apart.

The easiest way is to screw the CE3 on to the battery and as I said, shimmy the tube off gently!! The center metal tube should wiggle out and the silicone can be pushed out of the tube. I assume that is what the video did too.

For the Clearos, I do the same thing. Run them under hot water and I soak them as well but I havent personally had great success cleaning the clearos or dry burning them and getting them to work well afterwards. It really pushed me away from the clearos. I have heard others say a vodka soak and a dry burn equals like new but my results varied.

 

[Renolizzie]

I've tried cleaning the clearos and haven't had any luck. They still seem the same after cleaning. I like them so much though that I got three more. I don't like throwing away money and they are like $6 apiece. That could get pricey if I end up using one a week or so. On the other hand, keeping me happy is keeping me off the cigs

Which, by the way, I am doing really good on keeping off the cigs for the last couple of days.

 

[Justjames]

I don't take apart CE3 any more, I found that too much work and doesn't clean any better also after put together sometime I get a leak too. I just soak CE3 overnight in Vodka then inject hot water through center tube directly on to the coil. Rinse one more time with purified water. I do dry burn once a while after let it dry.

I remember the main reason of taking apart CE3 just to safe inner seal from damaging when removed with syring/needle. If you careful enough this inner seal should last a long time.

 

[andrewjr]

I use vodka in my clearos to clean about once a week, and I have a few from 6+ months ago still in service. I inject the vodka, let it sit for an hour empty it out, so it again and then let it dry overnight, seems to work well

 

[kmoff77]

I don't take apart CE3 any more, I found that too much work and doesn't clean any better also after put together sometime I get a leak too. I just soak CE3 overnight in Vodka then inject hot water through center tube directly on to the coil. Rinse one more time with purified water. I do dry burn once a while after let it dry.
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1- do you inject the Vodka inside the CE3, or just let it sock in a "shot" of it?
2- You inject hot water through the center tube? (not the hole where we insert the juice?)

 

[Justjames]

1- do you inject the Vodka inside the CE3, or just let it sock in a "shot" of it?
2- You inject hot water through the center tube? (not the hole where we insert the juice?)

I just soak the whole thing in vodka but with inner seal removed and rinse a bit under faucet to clear out old juice. I keep vodka in close container where I can reuse time after time. To inject hot water just right in center tube not inner seal. I don't want to stress inner seal too much. You can do in a bowl so you can see a bit of nasty dark debris come out of CE3. That should be enough but if you are picky like me you can rinse one more time with purified water. I don't dry burn every clean may be once a month or two depend on what kind of juice. The darker juice might need to be clean/dry burn more than clear juice.