The title says it all. What do you recommend doing? I've heard things about boiling them, or soaking them in water. I've never done it before and both of those options sound somewhat sketchy. Any help? I've heard so many different methods I want to find some consensus on my cleaning methods.
Cleaning smoktech 510 cartomizer
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Boiling them usually works well.
Also there is a faster way. , pack the top with baking soda, then spill vinger on top and cover the top as fast as u can, thus creating a high psi blow out of your carto.
Or buy a new one, there 3-4$
Also there is a faster way. , pack the top with baking soda, then spill vinger on top and cover the top as fast as u can, thus creating a high psi blow out of your carto.
Or buy a new one, there 3-4$
Soak them in vodka for a day, then boil them. after they are cool blow or shake them out the best you can and let them dry for a few days.
Great username.. i used to work with a guy named pat, we all called him... Pat My Groin.
Great username.. i used to work with a guy named pat, we all called him... Pat My Groin.
So far there really isn't a sure-fire way to save a clogged or dying carto. But a lot of people believe the #1 reason a carto dies is because crud from the juice eventually builds up on the heating coils enough to stop heating the juice enough to vaporize. I have tried it all. Vodka, then boiling, has worked for me in the past.. But I only did it twice. Of those 2 times, about half the dying cartomizers came out working.
When I've tried JUST boiling them, they ended up taking so long to dry that I ended up just throwing them back into the dead carto box. I have heard some people say that they soak in alcohol, boil, then bake in the over or toaster oven. I haven't tried baking them after boiling yet, but I'm probably going to next time I run out of cartomizers
I'm hoping that will be the best method. The cheaper method might very well be just buying new cartomizers. Some of my cartomizers have lasted 2 days, and some have lasted 2 months. Most last a week to 2 weeks honestly. If I stretch one to two months, its because I have NO money to buy new and I have to go through a long period of having a carto that just barely works lol.
I see some recommending buying a small steam cleaner and it someone dries the carto quickly i guess? idk. I'd love to try it.
When I've tried JUST boiling them, they ended up taking so long to dry that I ended up just throwing them back into the dead carto box. I have heard some people say that they soak in alcohol, boil, then bake in the over or toaster oven. I haven't tried baking them after boiling yet, but I'm probably going to next time I run out of cartomizers
I'm hoping that will be the best method. The cheaper method might very well be just buying new cartomizers. Some of my cartomizers have lasted 2 days, and some have lasted 2 months. Most last a week to 2 weeks honestly. If I stretch one to two months, its because I have NO money to buy new and I have to go through a long period of having a carto that just barely works lol. I see some recommending buying a small steam cleaner and it someone dries the carto quickly i guess? idk. I'd love to try it.
I clean mine using this method (and you can probably make one of these at home, but I'm lazy and bought mine ):
The Plunger - MyFreedomSmokes.com
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Cartomizer/Atomizer Cleaning Kit - With 10ml Control Syringe, Luer-lock compatible w/cleaning tubes and instructions
And then I dry them using the reverse-spin method:
Reverse Taryn Spin - YouTube (shown at around 3:00 - 4:00 minutes into the video). For larger cartos I usually have to spin them twice to get every drop of water out, but even then it only takes a few seconds to get them dry.
If I'm getting a tight draw because of gunk on the heating coils, I stick a long embroidery needle in the center tube and keep pulling the needle through and wiping it off until I can pull the needle through and it comes out clean.
):The Plunger - MyFreedomSmokes.com
or
Cartomizer/Atomizer Cleaning Kit - With 10ml Control Syringe, Luer-lock compatible w/cleaning tubes and instructions
And then I dry them using the reverse-spin method:
Reverse Taryn Spin - YouTube (shown at around 3:00 - 4:00 minutes into the video). For larger cartos I usually have to spin them twice to get every drop of water out, but even then it only takes a few seconds to get them dry.
If I'm getting a tight draw because of gunk on the heating coils, I stick a long embroidery needle in the center tube and keep pulling the needle through and wiping it off until I can pull the needle through and it comes out clean.
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