Do you have to throw away used coils?

[Turtletimee]

Hi!

I got into lung hits with my Isub g tank as I got a lower MG set of juices however I only have one of these tanks currently. The flavour I'm using is a vanilla cinnamon sort of thing but I also have a really nice fruity one I'd love to try out. Obviously I can't just refill this tank and ruin the flavour and the coil I'm using is only a day old as well as I want to keep using it!

Is there anyway to preserve the coil whilst I use a different one for a while? Can coils be cleaned?

 

[jseah]

You can always just switch out the coil when you switch to a different flavor juice. You can stick the old coil in a plastic zip loc bag so you don't need to clean it and don't need to worry about the coil drying out for a few days. With some flavors, no matter how well you clean, sometimes the flavor still sticks around.

 

[The Eciginator]

And there are plenty of techniques for cleaning gunky coils, dry burning, boiling, alcohol soaks etc.

 

[Romano Cheese]

I just typed in Isub g build in YouTube and found a few videos of people re-wicking them. The coils have cotton in them so you can't dry burn it...it will literally light the cotton on fire once the moisture is gone.

 

[The Eciginator]

Just remove the wick first, dry burn, re-wick.

 

[gin828]

Anything with cinnamon will be hard to get that flavor out of a coil..... Best just to put it in ziplock bag until you use that juice again.

 

[SAUD]

Combination of two flavor sometimes good , it happened to me when I switched from menthol to peach , the combination was nice

 

[Jace75]

I saw a guy on YouTube soaking his old coils. Could he be soaking them in alcohol. Would a cheap vodka work. As a coil bath or am I just being tight with my dollar.

 

[Canadian_Vaper]

Personally I keep a few coils for different types of flavors. 1 for candy/drinks, 1 for vanilla/caramel/cinnamon, 1 for mint and a couple ones I haven't used in case one burns.

I've done this a few times in a pinch

Dump the old liquid, clean your tank, drip new flavor directly on coil, hit the button but dont let the wick dry out with tank off while blowing on it to produce vapor to prevent buildup, rinse repeat a couple times then drip some on the coil again put your tank on without filling it and have a taste vape if its good fill your tank up if its still cinnamon repeat dripping and blowing till its clear.

I've actually mixed some good flavors switching flavors, had this skittles flavor once that I liked, wanted to try watermelon too but a mix of skittles and watermelon turned out to be my favorite flavor for a few months lol.

 

[The Eciginator]

I saw a guy on YouTube soaking his old coils. Could he be soaking them in alcohol. Would a cheap vodka work. As a coil bath or am I just being tight with my dollar.

I prefer a good whiskey!

 

[Jace75]

Can't do whiskey sends me bonkers and i seem to always wake up in a bush with a half eaten kebab and the old bills torch in my face. So glad I'm old.

 

[The Eciginator]

LMAO!

 

[SomeTexan]

Combination of two flavor sometimes good , it happened to me when I switched from menthol to peach , the combination was nice

I haven't gotten to diy yet, but I will mix flavors I have if I think they will work together... So far I haven't made anything unvapable.

 

[mr.piglet]

Combination of two flavor sometimes good , it happened to me when I switched from menthol to peach , the combination was nice

this works just the way food does lol some tastes go together others dont
but I agree, mixing flavors can be a lot of fun

 

[Bunnykiller]

dont have to throw them away.... you can always make earrings out of them

 

[Turtletimee]

You can always just switch out the coil when you switch to a different flavor juice. You can stick the old coil in a plastic zip loc bag so you don't need to clean it and don't need to worry about the coil drying out for a few days. With some flavors, no matter how well you clean, sometimes the flavor still sticks around.

When in the ziplock bag, should I leave some juice in with it?

 

[Grimwald]

dont have to throw them away.... you can always make earrings out of them

What a great idea. My "real" hobby is watch repair. I have made some great jewelry for my wife and kids out of watch gears, springs, date wheels, hands, etc. Imagine evod earrings...no need to carry a backup tank...just pull one off your ear.

 

[pevinsghost]

I bought a 170 mL bottle of pure, unflavored, vg for about $3. When I switch flavors, I just vape to the bottom of the tank, add 1 mL vg, vape that down, and add my new flavor. Doesn't 100% remove all flavor crossover, but pretty close. And those pure vg clouds are huge and fun to make.

 

[Jace75]

Hmmm pure vg. I'm using the lowest nic level I can find at mo if I add a little flavour to pure vg that sounds ace. What does pure vg taste like I've read and learnt a lot about hardware but for some reason juice has slipped by still paying a lot for for premium juice when I should be making my own by now

 

[somdcomputerguy]

..still paying a lot for for premium juice when I should be making my own by now

I was originally vaping a combination of two or three different juices. A 30ml (1 oz.) bottle of each cost almost 12 bucks. Each juice had a 50/50 mix of PG & VG. The nicotine content level was choosable though. Now I'm buying a 125ml (4 oz.) bottle of PG, VG, and nictotine for $8. Two or three different flavors, that I have 'level choosabilty' of, cost me about $4.50 apiece. The three 'base juice' 'ingredient content levels' are choosable too. I was never too fond of math, but I sure like this math!