Do you wash/clean your changeable atomizer?
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How long do you let them dry before putting them back in? Does the water that is still in the wick affect the flavor?
Yes. I have three tanks in rotation and I completely disassemble and clean my protank mini's in hot water after each tank full. Once a week or so, I boil the tanks for 5 minutes. I haven't had to replace a coil in over two weeks.
The protank mini 2 is nice because I can disassemble, clean, dry and reassemble in less than 5 minutes.
Hot water flush every few tankfuls seems to extend the time between dry burns for me.
As for wet wicks, I pat them down, shake everything out and reinstall. A few five second bursts of power will vaporize most of the remaining water, then the first couple puffs after refill will be weak. Back to work in no time!
As for wet wicks, I pat them down, shake everything out and reinstall. A few five second bursts of power will vaporize most of the remaining water, then the first couple puffs after refill will be weak. Back to work in no time!
The water did diminish the flavor for me yes. I was never successful with cleaning various atomizers. So I finally learned how to rebuild heads and I just put a new piece of cotton in.
I also soak the rest of the parts in vodka.
I use cotton also but haven't cleaned since I started using it. So I should just go ahead and replace the cotton and check the coils? Or just rebuild it all? THANKS!
I do the same with my PT. Works like a charm, and attys tend to last me a few weeks or so.
I dry them out the best I can with a paper towel, and pat dry the wicks very very softly. If I am not dry burning, then I fill them up right away, wait 10 minutes and vape away. I do not believe any water left in the wicks will affect the flavor, but then again I dry them out very well.
If you need to dry burn them, then the better they dry out, the faster it will go.
I might use a head for a week, the put it aside in a cup and pop in a new head in the tank;
then when the kettle happens to be hot for making coffee I'd pour hot water in the cup; there might be a few heads in the cup.
I don't think I will try dry burning again; I think two of my coils burnt that way; I'll stick to soaking; I should try soaking in alco too.
then when the kettle happens to be hot for making coffee I'd pour hot water in the cup; there might be a few heads in the cup.
I don't think I will try dry burning again; I think two of my coils burnt that way; I'll stick to soaking; I should try soaking in alco too.
Uh Oh, seems like I'm the only one that thinks its just easier to rebuild them rather than boil and wipe and all that stuff 
Uh Oh, seems like I'm the only one that thinks its just easier to rebuild them rather than boil and wipe and all that stuff
Oh no you are certainly not the only one - presumably young with good eyes and agile fingers - that finds it relatively easy to rebuild those tiny coils.
They only "dry" for as long as it takes me to reach for a paper towel, washcloth, tissue etc.
I rinse them out, grab something absorbent, and squeeze them for a few seconds to suck up the water, and .. ready to go.
If the coil is REALLY gunky, I pull the wick, dry burn the coil, tread a new wick and I'm back in business.
I never soak anything in anything or boil it either ... no need too.
If it's that bad, I recoil and rewick the whole thing, because both are shot.
By the time I'm done squeezing it to get the extra dampness out, there's not enough water in there to dilute any juice.
I also don't have to wait for a rinsed coil to soak up any juice, as it's already damp, and absorbs right away.
I even dampen a new dry wick and squeeze out the extra before using it.
No burnt wicks that way .........
A few "no button" puffs, a few "heated" puffs (not inhaled) until the vaper shows up and WaaLaa.
It all takes less that 3 minutes, from start to vaping away
Also, I use cotton wicks, and they rinse out 7 or 8 times before replacing is needed.
Cleaning ? Fryburn ? --- Heck, never ever.
It's the gunk that adds the spice
I dated a girl when I was at college and her father had a mug that he used to drink tea out of. It was gross, all stained yellow and brown.
So one day I was doing the dishes at her house and I washed his mug - OMG, big, big mistake. He flipped his fruit, cussed me out and went off on a two hour rant about why you should NEVER clean a mug.
Nothing else, just reminded me of that experience...
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