I just had to share this! Some may already know this but I didn't. If you put 1 cup of water and 1/4 teaspoon of salt in a small pot and bring it to a boil and then drop your gunked up coil and boil for a few minutes it will break down the gunk off the coils. Rinse the salt water off the coil and let the coil sit on a paper towel overnight till it dries. You can usually get about an extra week out of your coils!!! This is for all you people that are trying to save a dollar! I know I am. Every penny helps these days!
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Or if you really want to save Kanthal Wire 26 Gauge RW0157 - 25 FT 0.25oz Series A-1 Resistance AWG
Maybe a years worth of coils ?
Won't work in a subtank coil, as the boiling water will wreck the Organic Cotton. Won't work on a silica wicked coil like an EVOD type as it destroys the silica - it's fine for ego type atties with mesh wick or coils that are built and not wicked - just a warning for anyone with a tank coil wicked with cotton or silica, I've tried it and it wrecked the wicks. Used to keep my ego-c / ego-t atties going for months though, just boiled in water, never tried salt.....
Don't know whether it works with cotton wicks, but I used to soak my silica coil heads (protank and similar) in vodka overnight, then let them dry on a paper towel for a day. Kept them going almost indefinitely until the wire broke.
Like sparkky said, though, rebuilding is the way to go if you really want to save money. With a decent quality rebuildable tank, $15 of wire and $10 of organic cotton will keep you going for years.
Like sparkky said, though, rebuilding is the way to go if you really want to save money. With a decent quality rebuildable tank, $15 of wire and $10 of organic cotton will keep you going for years.
There's not much convenience left @ 20.00$ for a 5 pack............... VS a dry burn and re wick ..............
You can also rebuild most factory coils. In a lot of cases, you can get better performance out of them too.
There's usually a "trick" to wicking each different type of RBA. Just the right amount of cotton in just the right place. Some folks keep trying to wick everything like a Kayfun and get frustrated when it doesn't work.
Salt is not a good idea because salt is corrosive. You don't want to damage the coil or insulator.
Try soaking in Vodka or clear rum firca few days and allowing the coil head to dry.
I soak in alcohol using a syringe every now and then to squirt alcohol thru the coil.
Let dry for about 1 day. Works for a few cleanings.
Let dry for about 1 day. Works for a few cleanings.
I sometimes build but my convenience only costs something like $7.22 a 5pack for nautilus coils from Ecig.com .. Buying two 1.6 packs and two 1.8ohm packs at a time even with shipping it's worth it.
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Be careful, that'd be a great way to rust your coil! Water, salt and heat no good, I'd rather throw it away than vape that and inhale some rust. As people have already said just buy some wick (cotton, rayon whatever you like) and some wire and you'll save tons of money without putting yourself at risk.
The Nautilus vertical coil was a PITA for sure, but there's a horizontal rebuild for it that's easy as pie. It can be rewicked without pulling the coil out too.
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