Dry Burning Nautilus BVC

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With the way those coils are constructed dry-burning is probably just going to make things worse unless it's very light buildup and you're cleaning thoroughly. Anytime you're dry-burning something wrapped in filler it's pushing it. It does what it says on the tin, but is kind of expensive to keep running.
 

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Hello, new to the forums and vaping. Saw some videos about dry burning a bvc but need a more detailed "how to" about it. Like removing the ash, when to do it, and does it shorten the life of the bvc?

Also what voltage/wattage are you vaping your nautilus bvc at?

I wouldn't dry burn a bvc, I too do not dry burn any coil that I can't see and remove wicking material prior to doing so.

Most of the time I vape nautilus bvc between 5v - 5.2v, occasionally range from 4.6v - 5.6v depending on flavor & airflow setting.
 

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+1 on NOT dry burning the BVC's.

I have not yet tried this, but it's on my list of things to try!:)

Cleaning a BVC Coil - posted by ECF member KGB7

Clean your coils, its cheap and easy. You should have 3 BVC coils that you will have to rotate every two days, or depends on how much juice you vape. Dont wait till they start to clog up.

Cleaning is easy and takes 5-10min.
What you will need Hydrogen Peroxide that you can find at CVS, buy big bottles.
Baking Soda that you can find in same Isle that sells liquid detergent, not in the baking goods isle.

Now get a cup that is microwave safe. Pour about 1/3 of cup of peroxide, add 1/3 of tea cup of baking soda, mix it with a tea spoon, then drop the coil in to the mixture. Place the cup in the the microwave and set it for 1min.

CAUTION: The cup and the liquid will be extremely hot!!

Take the cup out of the microwave and watch the bubbles clean your coil. Move the coil around in the cup once every minute with a spoon. Remove the coil from the cup with a spoon after 5 min and rinse it under cool water. Blow it out excess water and let the coil dry over night.
 
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The filler/wicking material burns if it is not soaked in e-liquid.

I beg to differ- I searched for this exact thing when I first got some coils, and many sources (e.g. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boY0UuTggVc), and indeed Aspire themselves note that the filler is actually a ceramic material designed to withstand high temps- I've been dry burning my coils after giving them a good soak since I got them with no issues, if you google it you'll see that quite a few people have been unsure of this, but after about 10 drags on a 'dry-burned' coil the flavour goes back to as it should be :)
 

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I beg to differ- I searched for this exact thing when I first got some coils, and many sources (e.g. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boY0UuTggVc), and indeed Aspire themselves note that the filler is actually a ceramic material designed to withstand high temps- I've been dry burning my coils after giving them a good soak since I got them with no issues, if you google it you'll see that quite a few people have been unsure of this, but after about 10 drags on a 'dry-burned' coil the flavour goes back to as it should be :)

I really dislike linking to Wikipedia, but I wanted to find a condensed overview: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceramic
Ceramic materials - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Saying something is "Ceramic," isn't specific.
 

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It's interesting if they could be dry-burned and then have the filler material thoroughly rinsed -- I'm dubious based on past experience. I've boiled cartomizers and such with some success, and it makes sense that it could help with these, and I'd be interested to hear about baking soda in general.

However, I was under the impression that the bvc heads were called called ceramic fibers (which exist) were actually a fiberglass paper, which has quite a few people nervous at the idea of bits of it somehow getting inhaled as when people have taken them apart they've seen the material crumble up in their hands. Theoretically if its full of liquid, applying intense heat would help it not to degrade or further turn into dust mites in your lungs, but I dunno, I would seriously avoid dry burning that material as we know it getting into your lungs is no beuno. I'm definitely interested in being educated more if things have changed since these conversations.
 

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I beg to differ- I searched for this exact thing when I first got some coils, and many sources (e.g. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boY0UuTggVc), and indeed Aspire themselves note that the filler is actually a ceramic material designed to withstand high temps- I've been dry burning my coils after giving them a good soak since I got them with no issues, if you google it you'll see that quite a few people have been unsure of this, but after about 10 drags on a 'dry-burned' coil the flavour goes back to as it should be :)

Take a look at what the fiber does when it's dry burned. (It starts about 14 minutes in.)

 
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I beg to differ- I searched for this exact thing when I first got some coils, and many sources (e.g. Aspire Nautilus BVC head breakdown - hi def slideshow - YouTube), and indeed Aspire themselves note that the filler is actually a ceramic material designed to withstand high temps- I've been dry burning my coils after giving them a good soak since I got them with no issues, if you google it you'll see that quite a few people have been unsure of this, but after about 10 drags on a 'dry-burned' coil the flavour goes back to as it should be :)

We don't know what that material is exactly, but per their lab report, now deleted from the website, it's fiberglass. Aspire doesn't claim anything anymore wrt to the material they use.

http://forum.aspirecig.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=77

The filler crumbles and burns and it's wrapped around the heating coil. Please don't dry burn it.

And here's part 2 of the video you linked:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xU9PlSfNWSs
 
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I nominate Ocelot as King of the thread, with Katya as duchess until his avatar eats hers.

I linked to a copy of their report in my post, but yeah, don't dry-burn this stuff. It isn't for me, and I don't think I could recommend them right now in good conscience; but I probably wouldn't lose sleep over it if well saturated. There's a reason why people working with sand and fiberglass particulates wear masks as there are very serious known risks.
 

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We don't know what that material is exactly, but per their lab report, now deleted from the website, it's fiberglass. Aspire doesn't claim anything anymore wrt to the material they use.

Aspire Support: •View topic - bvc wicking material

The filler crumbles and burns and it's wrapped around the heating coil. Please don't dry burn it.

And here's part 2 of the video you linked:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xU9PlSfNWSs

If you recall, I found one of her later-deleted responses in a cache, (Post #177) but it's not very enlightening.

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...as-chromed-brass-chimney-18.html#post14672199
 

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I nominate Ocelot as King of the thread, with Katya as duchess until his avatar eats hers.

I linked to a copy of their report in my post, but yeah, don't dry-burn this stuff. It isn't for me, and I don't think I could recommend them right now in good conscience; but I probably wouldn't lose sleep over it if well saturated. There's a reason why people working with sand and fiberglass particulates wear masks as there are very serious known risks.

Awww, i haz a touched.
 
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