Cleaning Question...

[DreamingButterfly81]

I'm quite sure this is a dumb question, but I have 60 spent prefilled 808 cartos I want to try and clean by boiling. When I do so, do I leave the caps on? Take them off and leave them out? Boil seperately (sp?) ? Thanks!

 

[DaFreeK]

Maybe this will help you
A PBusardo Tutorial - How I clean my Boge 510 LR Cartos - YouTube

 

[emtronea]

vape and throw out, put a bit of dolla in the economy

 

[440BB]

Caps off for sure. I swish 'em (caps) in a little vodka then rinse with hot water.

 

[DreamingButterfly81]

I will once I get paid lol. However, in the week in between, I would still like to vape I misbalanced last weeks vape budget and got a ton of juice and just a few cartos lol

 

[DreamingButterfly81]

I'm attempting the cleaning now lol wish me luck!

 

[Yelsew Skraps]

Good luck

 

[440BB]

Once they're clean, make sure they're completely dry before storing and using them. Blow them out and do a thermometer shake to get as much water out as possible, then leave 'em standing with the open end up for a couple days. I stand them up on top of a light bulb for 15 min, but it's only a couple at a time. With this whopping batch, a food dehydrator or a little while in an oven might be handy! I hope you get a lot of good ones!

 

[DreamingButterfly81]

Thanks! I created a drying box with plastic lattace like for crafts, and paper towels on bottom. I intend to set them up in there after blowing them out and forget about them for three days or so lol.

 

[440BB]

I'd love to see a picture of this big batch set up in your drying box - you might set a record for most cleaned in one run!

 

[DreamingButterfly81]

62 cartomizers drying in rows lol my kitchen was smelling like carto/old juice soup for awhile lol

Hopefully the pic attaches correctly!

 

[DreamingButterfly81]

I don't think it worked I'm using the app, I will try from the computer later

 

[440BB]

Looks good!

 

[luvinit]

Hey DB.. that looks awesome! Lots of people say not to bother cleaning them, but it really isn't hard to do, and if you can get a decent second life out of them, why not?? I made a drying rack out of a plastic tub lid, cut Xs in it, push the carto through and put them on a heat vent.. dry as a bone in a day! Once in a while I'll find one that I've cleaned that's dead.. but for the most part,, they work again. I hate that funky old juice smell when I clean them though,,, still worth it to me.

 

[MattyT]

I at one point was on a boiling kick with my used cartos but the flavor was always off to me so I stopped. But one thing I did do to dry them more quickly was put them in a dry clean sock and then put them in my dryer. Usually 4 per sock, tie a overhand knot on it and run on a medium heat cycle. Cut drying time dramatically. Maybe give it a shot

 

[koticat]

LOL!!! I bet that is gna be a sight!!! I don't envy you this task, so u have a heartfelt good luck from me!!!

Oh wow.....you're done! Great job!!!

 

[Lonnie Lepp]

Hi,
We have been using 95 proof everclear drom the liquor store.
We put the old carts, Smokeless image, 510 and eGo Dual Coil Cartomizer in a mason jar, half filled with the everclear, and seal it up.
Next day take them out and put then in a colander that is sitting in a blowl, after blowing out the excess alcohol.
24 hours later the alcohol has evaporated from the carts and they are ready to fill.
We just keep doing that until the cart stops working.

Lonnie
working on it

 

[440BB]

Alcohol definitely cuts through the old juice best. I fill 'em with cheap vodka and put the condoms on for an hour or more before cleaning. For the Big Batch cleaners the mason jar sounds like a good plan!

 

[gurunade]

Great pic of all those cartos.

 

[DreamingButterfly81]

Haha I got impatient and tossed some in a sock in the dryer lol. I will report back with results lol