Dry Burning Questions

[NotoriousJDP]

How come everyone but me has great success dry burning their coils clean. I use silica wicks in my devices I rebuild and the stock wicks in my others (I'm pretty sure this is silica too).

I try to use the dry burning method to clean my coils but about half the time it seems like all I do is burn the wick in half...Anyone know what the deal is? Y'all have any suggestions on what I might be doing wrong?

 

[The Ocelot]

I don't do it, but to each their own.

 

[brock957]

I soak in vodka.

 

[yellowxboy]

how long are you burning the wick for? I usually do the 5 second bursts with a 5 second pause.
also, what volt are you using for the dry burning?

 

[LT Smok]

I dry burn my wicks about every other day or so and I usually do 3 bursts of about 5 seconds each and that seems to clean them nicely... I dont know if it will work for you but its worth a shot

 

[bacc.vap]

Seems odd your wicks are burning through, if that's what's happening. Silica wick will degrade over time and after a while pull apart, but for me that's usually after a month or so of use, with dry burns every three days or so. Could be the wick you're using is substandard, at what voltage do you dry burn? I usually do it somewhere between 3.3 and 3.7 volts, depending.

 

[NotoriousJDP]

I use a low voltage. 3.3-3.7 volts also. I do the pulse method. I guess maybe it's because they see a lot of use. IDK

 

[DC2]

The material that makes up the silica wicks is not supposed to burn, so something is wrong.

 

[E_DeCastro]

I have a lot of wire left from my 100ft roll which cost all of about 9 bucks. so instead of dry burning, i just replace the coil.

 

[SpinDr480]

I know this may not be popular belief,but I see very little benefit in dry burning. I just take apart my clearo's and soak the parts in vodka for at least an hour (usually overnight) and then go back to vaping in the morning. I use a few EVODs and ProTanks, so if I'm washing more than one at the same time so the wicks can go in any of the devices. I don't notice any left over taste from the other juice. I do try and keep my tobacco flavors in two of my EVODs.

I noticed when dryburining, I would get a nasty taste for a few hits after so it seemed to do more harm than help.

 

[SeaTownLassy]

I too soak my coils in vodka, or sometimes soaking them in very hot distilled water (changing out the water once or twice to keep the water hot), a bit of gentle q-tip wiping on the coil and I'm good to go. I dry burned a few times, but like SpinDr I got a funky taste, so soaking it my cleaning of choice.

 

[DC2]

I'm not familiar with EVODs so I have no idea if this is applicable, but...

When dry burning an atomizer you should always rinse it out with hot water BEFORE doing a dry burn.
And you should also rinse it out very well AFTER doing a dry burn.

The dry burn turns gunk that is baked onto the coil into ash, which you will then be vaping if you don't rinse it out afterwards.

 

[317Vapers]

I have several videos on my channel fulling detailing how to dry burn & cleaning different units. if you are pulsing for more then 3-5 seconds at a time you WILL pop the coil eventually. Watch a couple of them and you shouldnt burn anything! The silica shouldnt burn. Now not saying it can't but shouldn't. But you can pop the coil

 

[DC2]

I have several videos on my channel fulling detailing how to dry burn & cleaning different units. if you arnt pulsing for more then 3-5 seconds at a time you WILL burn the wick eventually.

Silica fiber wicks?

 

[Butters78]

I thought silica can't burn.

 

[Glen Snyder]

My method for maintaining the coils of my Kanger inventory: Remove shaft, dump the flavor wicks, rinse in hot running water, remove excess gunk with small brush from a beard and mustache kit I had laying around, dab coil head with paper towel, dry burn on a fixed voltage eGo stick batt in 2 - 3 second bursts until wick is pure whie and coil glows bright orange right away. Replace flavor wicks (2 pieces of 1 mm silica).

I'm getting a month or more out of my Evod, PT & T3S coils by performing the maintenance every 2 or 3 fills OR if I get any kind of burnt hits. The ones that have 'gone bad' were shorts or coils that just wouldn't heat evenly even after adjusting with a pick. They go into the rebuild pile. The kicker is that I've found the heads perform better than new after doing the maintenance.

EDIT: I never had much luck dry burning CE non rebuildable top coil clearos. Probably the biggest thing that drove me to try the bcc's.

 

[klynnn]

I always dryburn mine when the wick is slightly damp after cleaning. Continue to pulse in 5sec bursts until coils glow red. I always rinse the heads after dryburning. I do this at least every 2 tanks and have never popped a coil. My heads last about 6 wks or longer- the silica usually degrades before the coil.

 

[Ryedan]

I used to dry burn coils all the time. Vivi Nova's, CE4's and eGo-C atties. The eGo-C are different, but the VN and CE4 are ordinary silica wicks. I have dry burned some at least 30 times. I am very aggressive with it, aiming to be just under the heat required to 'pop' (actually it's really melt) the coil. Takes me about 5 minutes to do one from start to finish. I start the dry burn with a wet wick (water and juice after a quick rinse) and don't bother to rinse again after.

I have occasionally bought clearos in which the wick would not take this treatment, so I know from experience this is possible. I never bought those again. I don't know for sure, but I'm pretty sure those were not using silica.

I never tried the Vodca soak as this works so well for me and it's way faster. Now I'm mostly into RBA's and that's a totally different ballgame.

 

[Jackstraw]

Don't feel bad, I cannot get the dry burn thing to work either. I just toss the old coil, and load a new one.

 

[317Vapers]

I edited my post you can pop coil from firing to long but the silica shouldnt burn but i have noticed difference if i dry burn to long so it's doing something to the wicks

PV in one hand Galaxy Note 2 in the other, so there will likely be typos!