cleaning 510 attys

[littlesara]

hi,

i've been looking and trying find an easy way to clean these attys. can I just let them soak water (semi hot) and then rinse the guck out with warm/hot water??? do i have to use another product or is water sufficient?


sara

 

[jiveman]

hi,

i've been looking and trying find an easy way to clean these attys. can I just let them soak water (semi hot) and then rinse the guck out with warm/hot water??? do i have to use another product or is water sufficient?


sara

people say that even just running it under hot tap water, and blowin' the hot water through the atty, then dry burning it afterwards, is good enough. i tried it and had mixed results. it brought one of my nearly dead attys back to full health for about an hour or two, but it ended up dyin' out fairly quickly after that.

it's not even worth cleaning attys imo. just buy a new one. if you're in a pinch though supposedly vodka or everclear works great and dries out faster.

 

[cozzicon]

This is how I do it:

YouTube - E-Cigarette Atomizer Maintenance

 

[Fitdiculous]

thank you for the video cozzicon! I'm going on almost 2 weeks vaping now and haven't cleaned out my atty yet. I'm starting to notice a bit of flavour blending, and a bit of a drop off in performance... I will certainly try this method out.... in terms of drying, can the process be sped up by using a can of compressed air to dry it?

 

[Dee74]

I have been using a little bowl with warm water and a little Dawn dish soap let soak for a while, swish them around rinse well, blow them out and let em dry. Even killed a nasty cherry flavor quick. I also dump carts and sponges in same mix. No after taste, is cleaning them well, cheap and no fuss.

 

[RippleInStillWater]

Nice video -- daily maintenance is always important!

 

[Dee74]

cozzicon, finally got time to watch the vid you did
(nice job) I will try that tonight. Thanks

 

[Quexos]

This is how I do it: *video on how to ruin an atty*

I tried an alcohol rinse. It ate the black paint off the outside of my matte black ones to a mess of flakes and turned the platinum finish on my platinum atomizers to a messy transparent gel/flakes.

The Platinum ones are just ruined. I am soaking the black attys more to try and remove the remaining flaky mess of paint and finish and salvage them. Otherwise they will be ruined and may well be ruined inside anyway, I can't tell yet.

Isopropyl Alcohol = NOT recommended.

 

[cozzicon]

I tried an alcohol rinse. It ate the black paint off the outside of my matte black ones to a mess of flakes and turned the platinum finish on my platinum atomizers to a messy transparent gel/flakes.

The Platinum ones are just ruined. I am soaking the black attys more to try and remove the remaining flaky mess of paint and finish and salvage them. Otherwise they will be ruined and may well be ruined inside anyway, I can't tell yet.

Isopropyl Alcohol = NOT recommended.

I have never seen this problem. My atties are genuine Joye. No flaking of finish or damage of any kind.

Who made your atties?

Sounds like the finish on them is bad. Alcohol doesn't remove dry paint.

 

[Automaton]

No problems or flaking with my 901...

 

[cliff5550]

cozzicon - Tried your isopropyl alcohol cleaning method and I'm now vaping a 510 atty I thought was long dead, or was barely responding. Thanks!

 

[cozzicon]

thank you for the video cozzicon! I'm going on almost 2 weeks vaping now and haven't cleaned out my atty yet. I'm starting to notice a bit of flavour blending, and a bit of a drop off in performance... I will certainly try this method out.... in terms of drying, can the process be sped up by using a can of compressed air to dry it?

Fit,

I'm sorry for taking so long to answer.

I would avoid trying to dry with "compressed air"- because what's in those cans isn't air.

Alcohol evaporates really quickly, and if you have the 90% variety, putting the atty somewhere with just a little air flow will dry it in a couple of hours. On the rare occasion that you do not get all the alcohol out of the atty, when you prime the atty, and first use it, it will burn off with the juice, altering the taste, but I haven't yet seen any damage. I would NOT do this with an atty that has just been soak. Alcohol is flammable- you'd get great throat hit.... lol

I'd say use common sense, and see what works for you.

 

[sahara4evr]

I just put one of my atties in an empty water bottle filled with a bit of vinegar. I just give it a shake now and then. I'm not sure this will work. This is an atty that I gutted. The first atty I gutted works great but the second one -pffffttt. Probably a lost cause.

 

[AJMoore]

Cozzicon, great vid. Are you for hire? You should do all the videos (for everyone!). You're easy to listen to and well spoken.

I took all my "dead" attys and put them through your routine, three out of the ten are back to life. I knew they were really dead so I think your system is great.

Thanks again.

 

[Fitdiculous]

Fit,

I'm sorry for taking so long to answer.

I would avoid trying to dry with "compressed air"- because what's in those cans isn't air.

Alcohol evaporates really quickly, and if you have the 90% variety, putting the atty somewhere with just a little air flow will dry it in a couple of hours. On the rare occasion that you do not get all the alcohol out of the atty, when you prime the atty, and first use it, it will burn off with the juice, altering the taste, but I haven't yet seen any damage. I would NOT do this with an atty that has just been soak. Alcohol is flammable- you'd get great throat hit.... lol

I'd say use common sense, and see what works for you.

ya, I just thought if there was a way to speed up the process a bit as I don't have that many spare attys... thanks for the info

 

[emsmom]

Did you use PGA (Everclear), as that can strip off the paint. He is not talking about using PGA it is the other kind of alcohol.

 

[cozzicon]

Cozzicon, great vid. Are you for hire? You should do all the videos (for everyone!). You're easy to listen to and well spoken.

I took all my "dead" attys and put them through your routine, three out of the ten are back to life. I knew they were really dead so I think your system is great.

Thanks again.

AJ,

Thanks for the compliment. I am for hire... just as a systems engineer (computers).

It's worth saying that cleaning an atty daily or bi daily will keep the gunk from building up by removing the garbage while it's still viscous (wet). From my standpoint it's a big mistake to clean out with tap water (minerals are left over when you dry), booze (solids are still left over after dry), or anything that leaves a trace behind.

Distilled water can be used in place of isopropyl alcohol- with the caveat being that water causes rust and will take a longer time to dry.

Grain alcohol is a no no.

You may find that with daily maintenance you get a longer average lifespan out of your atties. I can't promise that. But at least with this method they seem to keep hitting hard

Thanks again man.

 

[cozzicon]

ya, I just thought if there was a way to speed up the process a bit as I don't have that many spare attys... thanks for the info

Well- with this method, theoretically, 90% or higher alcohol will dry faster.

 

[Tober138]

t's not even worth cleaning attys imo. just buy a new one. if you're in a pinch though supposedly vodka or everclear works great and dries out faster.

I'm kind of with you on this. I only vape a limited number of flavors; I have one atty for menthol and a second for cherry and cola flavors (which I sometimes mix so I don't mind a little blending if switching from one to the other). I have a couple of spare, unused attys. If one dies on me, I just toss it and pick up a new one with my next juice order. Given the low cost of attys (less than 2 packs of analogs), I just don't see the value in spending an amount of time cleaning them or trying to revive them.

But that's just me.

 

[Fitdiculous]

Well- with this method, theoretically, 90% or higher alcohol will dry faster.

ok, I will pick up a few extra attys so I can dry them properly. On a similar note, will it hurt the atty if it is left in the alcohol overnight? or is that overkill?