Dead cart question

[ilk80]

I know what dead is, but my questions do not really fit into anything I have read yet.

I have as sig shows, been vaping (fully vaping) for a month now. I have swapped carts out, kept them mostly clean (not to the burning point, ok a few times but oops), boiled them out about twice. I never attempted to count how many times I refill which, or how often I am using the same carts to refill (some more than others maybe?), used both blanks and prefilled (keeping a similar flavor to the original whenever possible).

The issue - a ton of what I consider dead ones. Refill, vape vape, nothing happens (I assume this is dead?). I am wondering if they die quicker depending on how often and maybe how hard I am vaping them? I know all about the long pulls and most times I do follow that rule of thumb, but there are times I am a quick hard puller (?) too.

Does this make sense?

 

[Gamer]

Boiling carts after just 1 month? I have never had to actually boil my carts but that seems a bit fast? Ive had carts that i have used over and over and soak in vodka but thats it. The only ones ive had die are the once i break (oops?)

So how often should you boil a cart?

 

[Nilius]

Personally, I boil a cart after every "empty". With that rule, I have carts that I have used for 6 hours and are boiled and cleaned. No more juice = Boil pile. It's a germ thing I suppose

 

[ilk80]

For me I think its part of a germ thing and part since I have had carts that both my spouse and I have used (so toss them in during 1 batch each), but I never noticed which were his and which were mine.

I know I was a hard smoker, could hotbox in seconds between work/school breaks, but I wonder if I am a hard vaper?

I have found at least a dozen carts that feel "dead" to me, they were fully dry after the boils, but still do nothing when refilled and you attempt to vape on them.

 

[Stoked!]

I hit my cartos hard and long and my cartos are, for the most part, fine.
I also rarely clean them out completely but I'm not sharing mine. I only fully clean them when there is a bad flavor "stuck" in it. I try blowing it all out and refill before I clean when the bad taste "just appeared" and isn't too strong of a bad flavor. This usually works. This vaping and refilling is time consuming enough!!! Cleaning and drying I try to avoid. I haven't gotten sick yet ... ha ha??? I top off when the carto is about 1/2full usually....almost all of the time. As soon as the flavor or vapor isn't PERFECT for a couple of drags...I drip and Taryin Spin and move on to vaping the same carto.....if I want. If I'm not going to vape that same carto right away I may just drip and sit upright (batt end down)...for a while...at least 30 mins-1 hour depending on how many drops I put in.

As for dead cartos...you have to try poking it through with straightened paperclip on regular carto and with large safety pin on premiums. Make sure you can get it straight through the carto going through the atty hole in the top through to the end of the battery end of the carto. You can also go up from the battery end to try to find the right path. Don't allow this process to squash the batting because squashed batting ISNT GOOD!! If what you are doing is squashing the batting or if the above idea doesn't work, try the following (can be done with regular or premiums): I find that with all premiums and more messed up regular Vapor king cartos use of a large safety pin works really well in fixing the insides of the carto. It can go straight through the carto even with the small premium batt end hole. Make sure that you can get the pin up through the bottom or down through the top...again, don't squash the batting. Another warning: don't let the atty wick (fabric at mouth end that is between the batting and the atty wire) pop all the way out of the batting when you are poking up through the battery end. If it doesn't come all the way out you can push it back in...and it doesn't need to be all the way in... as long as the wick is still somewhat in the batting you should be fine. If poking from battery end the batting may push up some because this does not seem to squash the batting and the batting can be easily (but carefully) pushed back down in place. Don't push the batting up too far though because you can disconnect the atty wires from the atty which will totally break your carto forever (yeah...did that. Ha Ha!) Keep trying. It is tough sometimes but try a few different angles and stuff before giving up. I have only thrown one or 2 cartos out due to not being able to find the hole or push a hole through.

If you have a direct hole in the carto from mouth to batt end through the atty/wick and you still have a tough pull...sticking thinner safety pins....not as long as the carto....and using the large safety pin to "fluff the batting": poking gentle holes in as deep as you can but making sure to not to squash the batting. Sometimes you can use the large safety pin gong up through the batt end, tilted to the side to go around the wick and atty and into the batting to poke holes to fluff up the batting. This has saved at least 4 of my cartos. Just make sure you have a lot of lighting, keep your eyes on the open mouth end, do this when carto is on the drier end, and move slow... when messing with the batting especially!!! Squashed batting has been the cause of at least 4 of my cartos dying. And I DID IT MYSELF. Consider this when using a syringe also!!!!!

Happy Vaping!!!!!

 

[Stoked!]

Boiling carts after just 1 month? I have never had to actually boil my carts but that seems a bit fast? Ive had carts that i have used over and over and soak in vodka but thats it. The only ones ive had die are the once i break (oops?)

So after you soak in vodka, how long do you soak them? do you rinse them with water? If you don't rinse with water, how long do you need to dry them? never tried this method. Sounds like my style

THANKS!