Cleaning

[solarisjedi]

New to forum, not new to vaping.

Just wanted to share some info about cleaning atomizers.

I've found that using the steam wand on my espresso machine is highly effective at cleaning my atomizers (using tweezers of course to hold the head), even badly caked ones with hard carbon buildup.

 

[Vapoor eyes er]

Hi solarisjedi and welcome to ECF. Nice tip and great first post

 

[seanmr01]

I've considered trying steam to clean before but never thought of this, nice tip.

 

[boxo]

Cool tip. Thanks!

 

[Supasm]

Welcome to the forum! Nice tip. I'm going to have to try that.

 

[LazyBulldogge]

That sounds like something I'll need to try, nice tip
Do you rinse under water first, dryburn after, anything? I currently just rinse under hot water, dryburn if it's really bad (not so much anymore, as I try to get a habit of just cleaning it more often instead though) and then rewick/recoil when it's FUBAR'd

 

[solarisjedi]

That sounds like something I'll need to try, nice tip
Do you rinse under water first, dryburn after, anything? I currently just rinse under hot water, dryburn if it's really bad (not so much anymore, as I try to get a habit of just cleaning it more often instead though) and then rewick/recoil when it's FUBAR'd

Hi, no I just put under the wand and let the steam do all of the work.

 

[LazyBulldogge]

Cool, will definitely give that a try at some point

 

[Ryedan]

Very interesting and something I will have to try too. Thanks for the tip!

 

[nahoku]

Sounds messy, but I might have to try this!

 

[solarisjedi]

Sounds messy, but I might have to try this!

Yea I suppose it could be, I do this over the kitchen sink and has not been too bad.

 

[Jonokw]

How do you dry it out? do you just let it sit?

 

[solarisjedi]

How do you dry it out? do you just let it sit?

It's pretty hot after steaming, I blow on it a little and nothing visible comes out. Any residual moisture I think gets zapped upon first use after priming.