Dry Burn? Really?

[Flieger]

On the new Clearomizers, I watched a Youtube video showing a dry burn for cleaning.

Doesn't that shorten the life because you're burning the wick?

Isn't better to just rinse it clean?

 

[Yelsew Skraps]

The dry burn is to remove all the gunk that cleaning just wont cut. Of course try at your own risk as you can (and will) pop a few until you learn the sizzle you are looking for. Rinse and cleaning works just fine, until the gunk on the coil gets too think then its toss it or try a dry burn. Some who are really good at it can use the dry burn on a frequent basis and make one last a long long time.

 

[Hitmetwice]

After cleaning and not dry burning, it takes a long time and a lot of short primer puffs to get back to an acceptable vape.
The wick doesn't actually burn, but it may scorch if it's overheated too much.

Dry burned an old one tonight and it seemed to take a much longer time than normal to get it back to glowing red again.

If it is only activated for 3 second intervals while blowing the vapour away and pausing 10 secs. or so between burns
it should be just fine. It doesn't "smoke" up right away and once it stops "smoking" the coil is usually burning red again.
It does take a few minutes, if you rush it too much you may run into trouble.

 

[Dana A]

Dry burn it in the end of its life when you are planning to throw it away. You have nothing to loose then and you can use near dead ones to learn on LOL Good luck

 

[Flieger]

Thank you for your help.

 

[Flieger]

I forgot to ask...Is it OK to store them with liquid? Will that hurt or help?

 

[Stef64]

I forgot to ask...Is it OK to store them with liquid? Will that hurt or help?

Generally I don't store them filled for prolonged periods. I don't see how it would help them. I did have a few that I filled and then stored for a few days and they seemed to have an off taste after a couple of weeks.

 

[tj99959]

You heat up that coil every time you take a hit on an atty. So when you dry burn one, you are not doing anything you don't do to it anyway.
As far as storing after cleaning, I always put a drop of juice in them. That little coil can rust into nothing if you have had water in there. A drop of juice will keep it from oxidizing. There really is a reason why they put a primer in them when they make them.

 

[Stef64]

Good advice TJ. I never thought about the coil rusting.

 

[Dana A]

Yeah me neither. Makes sense to use the primer after all I guess.

 

[tidegirl]

After cleaning and not dry burning, it takes a long time and a lot of short primer puffs to get back to an acceptable vape.
The wick doesn't actually burn, but it may scorch if it's overheated too much.

Dry burned an old one tonight and it seemed to take a much longer time than normal to get it back to glowing red again.

If it is only activated for 3 second intervals while blowing the vapour away and pausing 10 secs. or so between burns
it should be just fine. It doesn't "smoke" up right away and once it stops "smoking" the coil is usually burning red again.
It does take a few minutes, if you rush it too much you may run into trouble.

I have seen badkolo from gotvapes post that you should not blow on it when dry burning. He says it will pop the coils. Not sure why- didn't think to ask- but thought I would pass along the info.

 

[BiffRocko]

You heat up that coil every time you take a hit on an atty. So when you dry burn one, you are not doing anything you don't do to it anyway.

You are heating the coil every time you take a hit, but the coil gets hotter without juice on it. Unless you're letting your coil get really dry before adding more liquid during normal use (what I call mini-dry burns), you'll still get more gunk off by doing a normal dry burn.

Some people drip a few drops of straight PG or VG instead of their more expensive juice for storage. That also eliminates the sugars and other ingredients in flavoring from getting funky if the atty/carto sits for a long time before being used again.

 

[Hitmetwice]

I have seen badkolo from gotvapes post that you should not blow on it when dry burning. He says it will pop the coils. Not sure why- didn't think to ask- but thought I would pass along the info.

This may be a good recommendation but I've had no instance of this happening to me yet, using
a gentle blow to move the vapour out. Also I gradually increase the voltage as I go.
Some may not have this option and have to hit it with 3.4 volts(low) or 5 volts(high)

Cheers.

 

[Flieger]

Thanks All! This is a great forum, and especially for the newcomer.

 

[bacc.vap]

During normal use the coil is being cooled by the liquid, so dryburning causes the coil to get hotter than intended. This does to some degree shorten the life span of the coil. That being said, it's the best way if not only way to get the coil back to close to new like condition. I use CE2's in tanks mostly, rinse and dry burn them after approximatly every 8ml of juice. The CE2's will last anywhere between 10 and 15 cleanings. It's best to keep the voltage low, I keep a couple of ego batteries around just for dry burning purposes.

 

[Jeremiah Thomas]

This video helped me understand the dry burn and cleaning of a T-Type atty... but its similar for all attys where you factor short burns so you don't destroy it.. How I clean my eGo-t atty... or... Sunday morning at Vicky's kitchen sink - YouTube

 

[base234]

During normal use the coil is being cooled by the liquid, so dryburning causes the coil to get hotter than intended.

That's right. That's the problem with dry burning. I use it as a last ditch effort to try to resurrect a worn out atty. Regular maintenance like rinsing an atty that you've used that day possibly combined with a vodka soak, everclear soak, soda soak really keeps 'em working a lot longer. I think the coils in the attys that I use are nicad wire. I've never seen one rust (yet) but I make sure to blow all of the water or liquid out of 'em. If I have to dry burn it, it's really worn out / neglected / ready to be replaced. Worth trying, though.