Cisco Atty Cleaning

[RocketRod]

What is the REOnaut tried/tested/true method to clean Cisco 510 & 306 atty's? I have read about a dozen of other threads but they aren't for these types, or appear to be anyway. I did see where soaking in Vodka for about 10 minutes. And then i remember seeing somewhere that Alcohol may be bad for the seals. Is it as simple as tossing them into a PGA bath, rinse under hot water, blow/dry and dry burn? I just don't want to trash them trying to clean them.
TIA!

 

[Big Hitter]

I do a vodka soak and blow them out with compressed air.
Or use my steam cleaner and blow them out with compressed air.

I never ever dry burn but a few do.

I can pop them on and start vaping again right after I blow them out if I need to. You just vape some extra steam for the first 10 hits.

Others like the sonic cleaners too but I've never found the need. With either the vodka or the steam I've always been able to bring them back from the beyond.

 

[RocketRod]

Tim,
Blowing them out from which end? What air pressure? Just do't wanna blow bits all over the garage! I'll give your method a try for sure.

 

[Della Cirque]

All I do is throw them in a glass of water with a Polident tablet once a week for about an hour. Rinse, blow out and vape.

 

[misplacedsooner]

always blow from the connector end..not the drip tip end. i use everclear myself and seem to get good long life out of my attys..... except a couple of 357s that i killed somehow right out of their everclear bath.

 

[madsen6466]

How often do you guys clean your atty's? I just got my first reo yesterday and am new to dripping/bottom feeding... Loving it

 

[Della Cirque]

Once a week....5 REOs/5attys
Everybody is different. I average one (to one and a half) 6ml bottle of juice per cleaning.

Whenever they start spitting, turn black or taste is off.

 

[Della Cirque]

How often do you guys clean your atty's? I just got my first reo yesterday and am new to dripping/bottom feeding... Loving it

...and Welcome to REOvil!

 

[washvap]

Just ordered a hand held steamer to clean my atties. Usually, what I do is let them sit in some isopropyl alcohol (91% or higher) or denture tablets/distilled watter for 4-24 hrs. Then I would rinse them out a few times and blow through both ends to get all the liquid out. Then let them air dry for 2 days. Making sure that they're dry.

How often do you guys clean your atty's? I just got my first reo yesterday and am new to dripping/bottom feeding... Loving it

I usually toss my atty into a little container and clean them all when I get to nine. So, I would say a week is generally when I clean them.

 

[MickeyRat]

I found a video for cleaning cartomizers that suggests something that's great for cleaning atomizers. However, I use distilled water that I bring to a boil in the microwave. I do a couple dry burns before I do it. I also blow the water out and do a couple dry burns to dry them off afterwards. I go the syringe thing he's using for less than $2 at Wal-Mart. I do this once a week. Works great

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[RocketRod]

I use this method for carto's. But I use a 36Ml syringe with a condom over the end. Had those laying around. I did a PGA soak of the atty's tonight, and then a hot water rinse. Worked just fine. Thanks everyone for the suggestions/methods!

 

[TennDave]

I can't recommend any cleaning method for these- sorry...I was just about to clean mine when it died within a week of ownership..

 

[pmoraldo]

I just leave my HH357's in PGA for a few days blow out prime and vape!

 

[tekneck]

I usually soak them overnight in a shot glass of vodka or everclear after blowing the excess juice out. I then blow them out into a paper towel from the connector end and sit them on a paper towel with the drip tip end facing down to finish drying.

 

[Wil]

Cisco recommends soaking in Everclear (or rubbing alcohol if Everclear isn't available, 91%, make sure there's no acetone in it) for a few minutes, then blowing it out. He recommends that one never dry burn an atty, but others disagree. Also, he recommends a few drops of pg or vg if you're not going to use it right away, which keeps the coil from rusting...

That's basically what I do, and haven't had any issues at all. I'm more likely to lose an atty because it comes apart than dies or starts tasting foul. It's easy, and I don't worry about leaving them to soak overnight if that's convenient.

I've also used the sonic jewelry cleaner, but then follow that with an alcohol soak to get all the water out of it. The alcohol evaporates quickly, the water doesn't. I don't know that the jewelry cleaner actually helps... Might be good for a particularly dirty atty, but I try not to let mine get there. I clean with above procedure about every 8-10 mL. I keep four in rotation and this keeps me set for about once a week cleaning. They can go longer than that, but the taste starts to fall off after that.

(oh, and all this is relevant to various Cisco 306 flavors (bridged, bridgeless, Aero) and the 357)