Coil cleaning?

[TheSRV]

My friend just dropped off 10 protank coils, he said they were burnt out. I normally clean mine once in a while with some isopropyl alcohol and they tend to work fine.

My question is, do you think he actually burnt them or would soaking them in iso fix the problem? I am asking before I drive to the store and waste my time.

He vapes them until it "tastes burnt," but he has never cleaned them.

 

[retired1]

Clean with alcohol, then boil (distilled water please!), dry and dry burn.

 

[razor4432]

I think people advise against soaking in iospropyl alcohol and instead suggest rinsing with water and doing a dry burn. Others also soak in vodka. I use the dry burning method and have good results, just wash it off again with water after you dry burn and let dry.

 

[TheSRV]

I always rinse, dry burn, rinse, and then let it dry.

I have never tried boiling them.

So in all I guess I just got 10 free coils?

 

[retired1]

I like boiling in distilled water because it helps clean out the stronger flavored juices from the wicks.

At this point, I don't do much cleaning now as I'm rebuilding the Protank heads. If I'm going to put the time in to properly clean them, might as well just rebuild with a fresh coil and wick.

 

[volume control]

If he burned the wicks at all you will have to rewick them probably. If you clean them up really nice they will only taste good for a few vapes then burnnnnn. If its burnt rebuild or toss, if its dirty leave in in vodka for a few days or boil boil boil

 

[TheSRV]

Thanks for the responses! I am going to just clean them and see if that helps. If that doesn't work I will rewick them. Either way you can't go wrong with free stuff.

Edit: How long am I supposed to boil them for?

 

[Wizzlefits]

rinse in hot water, dry burn, rinse again IF they were pretty bad, and back in use.

 

[Andrea S]

The burnt taste might depend on the conditions of the wick too. If coils still seem good, you could try to just slip a new wick through them by using a needle, after having cleaned them with alcohol and water.
Talking about coils, I alway just trashed mine without even trying to recover them if they gave me the slightest suspicion for metal degradation.
Anyway advise your friend to switch to rebuildable atoms, he'd save a lot of money on the long term and he'd have something of a much higher quality.

 

[TheSRV]

What rebuildables would you recommend?

 

[ScottP]

As others have said, do not use isopropyl alcohol, it is for topical use only and is harmful to ingest. Use vodka or high proof grain alcohol (ex: Everclear). These rinse clean and are much safer.

 

[Daryl Glen]

When they get all burned or gunked up, I just re-coil and re-wick. It's not expensive, and it's just much better in the long run. But that's only my

 

[sakis7]

What rebuildables would you recommend?

Depending how long you vape and if you like mesh ,tanks etc.

 

[Butters78]

I just rinse with hot water, then blow on it like how people get hot soup could, dry burn, and then blow on it again. Usually works fine. Yesterday at work I just dry burn it without rinsing and at all due to time restraints and it worked pretty good in a pinch.

I rebuild of course and there is a lot of satisfaction in that. I know that replacement heads are cheap but in say a years time the savings add up at least to warrant a steak dinner or two.

I rebuild with silica for my evods that I use for work. My protanks I use microcoils and mesh. I call them my sleepers like those street cars that look stock and boring but there is something special under the hood.

 

[blklion77]

You can get kanthal and silica together on eBay for 3.75 free shipping

 

[Jackstraw]

I've never been able to get the dry burn thing to work. Seen all the vids, but it's a no go for me. Weird. I can hit a 2 iron down a one-way street and get it to check up, but I can't dry burn a two dollar coil to save my life.

 

[Daryl Glen]

I've never been able to get the dry burn thing to work. Seen all the vids, but it's a no go for me. Weird. I can hit a 2 iron down a one-way street and get it to check up, but I can't dry burn a two dollar coil to save my life.

I am right there with you!