Cleaning aspire bvc coils
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Let them soak in everclear/vodka over night and see if that works better. 80vg is pretty thick for a BVC atomizer.
You can only dry-burn a coil that either has no wick (you've pulled out the wicking material) or a silica wick.
Since the filler on a BVC is not totally heat resistant, it will burn easily or even potentially catch fire. (I think I saw this...)
Soaking is the only sensible method, or rebuilding.
Since the filler on a BVC is not totally heat resistant, it will burn easily or even potentially catch fire. (I think I saw this...)
Soaking is the only sensible method, or rebuilding.
There are many on this forum that say that you shouldn't "clean" the Aspire BVCs; that they are designed to be used and then discarded when you get a funky taste or poor performance. Personally, I regularly rinse my coils in clear hot water (under a running tap). By regularly, I mean every couple of days. By cleaning the coils more frequently, the chance of build up is minimized, even when using heavy VG e-liquid. If I've been using a particularly strong tasting juice, I'll give the coil a vodka bath for a couple of hours (after the water rinse); I keep a small amount of vodka in a baby food jar just for this purpose. I never dry burn the coils, as this practice could definitely destroy the wicking material and once the material is scorched, its useless; you'll always get a burnt taste. Instead, I will set the washed coils aside for a day or two and let them air dry. If you have two or three coils on the go, you will always have a fresh "cleaned" coil available to use. Right or wrong, this is what I do and it works for me. I generally vape 4-5ml of e-liquid per day and prefer 60/40 PG/VG ratios. I have not noticed any degradation or breakdown in my coils and I regularly get many weeks of use from one coil.
Ultimately, you have to decide for yourself if this method is safe and will work for you.
Ultimately, you have to decide for yourself if this method is safe and will work for you.
I've had good luck letting a gunked BVC coil soak in vodka for a few days, shaking it occasionally then blow and air dry. It's not exactly like new but it is very vapeable. I'm reusing one right now as a matter of fact.
Yeah I don't dry burn any more cause it gives me a burnt taste. I have some rubbing alcohol that is 90% alcohol that I use to get rid of flavor ghosting. Would it be ok to soak a coil in this?
Good question and, unfortunately, I don't have the answer. I do know that all of the posts that I've read concerning cleaning our equipment, including coils, recommend the use of a consumable (drinkable) alcohol, i.e. vodka or absolute. I don't know if denatured or rubbing alcohol could leave behind harmful residue 8-o
Love BVC coils until I have to change flavors. I think I'm gonna get a pill organizer and label them and assign them all a flavor.
I would not use rubbing/ denatured alcohol. It is not same to ingest, so why take the chance that it leaves behind nastiness. Get some vodka or ever clear if you want to try alcohol. I soak em for an hour or a day, blow through the holes on the bottom, let 'em soak some more, then let them dry. Get two or three go arounds this way from gunky juice like high VG or some of the Naturally extracted tobaccos. But, as others said, once it's burnt, it's burnt.
Back in the fixed coil atty days, people would keep them separated as to whether Bakery, Fruit, Tobacco. Worked pretty good.
If history is any indication, sooner or later the prices will drop on these coils like they did on Cartomisers and fixed coil atties and re-using won't happen.
I'm only 18 so getting those kinda alcohol is hard. As for cleaning out the tank with rubbing alcohol I rinse it out quite a bit after.
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Works fine. There are plenty of us adults that don't drink or store alcohol.
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