cleaning coil

[Rcnova]

i am new to vaping i have a new flavor of e liqiud i have been waiting 2 weeks to try and i soaked the tank and parts in hot water for 20 mins then with fresh water i soaked them again i was wondering if it is normal for the wick to be lite brown after cleaning and if 12hrs of dry time is enough time to dry the coil

 

[Keeferes]

I rotate my coils. I have three coils in three sets. A bakery set, a fruit set, and a menthol/mint set. When cleaning, I allow the coils to dry at least 24 hours myself. I can do that because of running the sets. As far as color of wicks, It happens. Especially with darker juices. I have a fudge brownie that will darken a wick after 3ml. This juice is really really dark. I have a almost clear cucumber mint that darkens coils after about 20 ml.

 

[rucni]

i rinse in hot hot hot water then toss into a shot glass and let sit on my computer until i am out of new coils to use. if you are going to be vaping alot of different flavors get a tank you can completely break down and clean. i use kangertech protanks. all metal and glass and once you rinse them out real well with hot water just install a new head and vape on.

 

[MoDmAnDaN]

You're missing a vital step in cleaning, called dry burning. Keep in mind that wicks naturally get darker depending on the juice you're vaping. The higher the sugar contant, the darker they'll get.

Once you have rinsed in hot water, dry with a paper towel carefully as not to move the coil and wick. Then, mount just the coil assembly on your battery and start a dry burn sequence. You run dry burns and 3 to 5 seconds at a time and let the coil cool down in between. Once you see the coil glow, you'll also notice the wick start to turn white again. Then you're done! Makes coils last much longer this way.

 

[DavidOck]

If using Kanger type single bottom coils, you'll need to wiggle off the chimney from the coil before dry burning. Otherwise you won't be able to see the coil.

Remove the loose flavor wicks as well. (I find they're usually good for trash at that point, and replace them with 100% cotton yarn. Others use other organic fiber, or just use 2 1mm strands of silica wick.)

And you may want to re-rinse the coil after dry burning and before putting it back together.

About drying... Yes, base and tube need to be dry, but if you're in a hurry, you can just blot dry the coil / head and go for it. The first few draws will be weak in flavor as you boil off the rest of the water in the wick, but it won't hurt it.

Or, just have a supply of extra coils, and pop in a fresh one while the old one dries. You DO need to have spares!

 

[EBates]

For trying new juices I use a drip atomizer.
3 or 4 drops of juice will get you 6 - 12 puffs.
Rinse out the atomizer with 5 -6 drops of everclear blow it out and you're ready for round 2.

SmokTech 510 Atomizer at ECBlend
$4.65 Atomizer - SmokTech - 510

Water does not disolve oil use alcohol (vodka, everclear, etc)
Dark wick is 'cooked on' juice. Dry burning will burn it away.

This is the process I use and recommend for cleaning kanger/evod atomizer heads:

Soak in alcohol (Not Rubbing Alcohol) overnight
Rinse throughly with warm tap water forcing water into the wick area
Towel dry and blow out any water
Remove the gasket and stem
Remove the flavor wick(s)
Dry burn 6 watts, 5 seconds on/off. Repeat until coils are all turning red and wick is clean.
Blow the burned off crud away
Place the flavor wick back on top of the coil
Dry burn as above to cleanup the flavor wick (4-5 cycles should do it)
Reinstall the stem and gasket.

 

[jwoode]

I use a tiny jar.. I think pimentos came in it.. fill it with vodka.
I pry up the little plastic cover to expose the wicks and drop in dirty coils.
I cap it and shake it now and then and leave them soaking on my bench.

Always have a few soaking in there and it seems to work pretty well.
When I take one out.. I lay it on a paper towel under a lamp to dry.

When they finally quit working, I put them in a box for when I someday figure out how to rebuild coils with huge giant fingers.

 

[oddballzwife]

I am glad you asked this, I have been wondering how to change flavors without having the old flavor mixed with the new. green apple/vanilla and strawberry cream/menthol doesn't taste very good together at all! I am using a kanger mini protank II

 

[DavidOck]

Wow, wouldn't huge giant fingers cut off the juice flow?

Coil rebuilding isn't really hard, although it can take a little practice. Good thinking to keep them all for the future! Worst case, you can pass them on to a friend who rewinds.

 

[Storm52]

I swap coils every 2 days, doing the aforementioned cleaning/dry burn technique. I haven't had to rebuild any in the last 3 weeks and I attribute that to the rotation and clean. I've also found that only having 2 tanks on hand wasn't cutting it, so I now have 5 with an eye on an IBT.