Eliminating the burn.

[gypsyhooker]

Last night I started my weekly cleaning ritual by placing all of my Kanger T2 tanks & heads into a bowl of water with a couple of denture tablets.

Fast forward a few hours & I got distracted by a phone call & dinner & then fell asleep watching TV. When I woke up this morning to rinse everything & proceed with dry burning all the heads (I hate this part), I noticed that they were totally white & absolutely free of any gunk around the coil. Yippee!! *happy fat girl dance*

I'm not sure if how this works with clearos with non removable heads since I don't have any, but it couldn't hurt to try.

 

[spider362]

Interesting... I'll have to give it a try.

I did my first dry burn on my Kanger T3 yesterday after 3 weeks of use and the T3 returned to preforming like new.

I did the dry burn because the T3 had begun to gurgle and I could drain liquid out of the tip by turning the T3 upside down. This hadn't happened when it was new and now after a good 15 hours after the dry burn it hasn't happened again. There was a little bit of gunk on the coils, not enough to bridge across the coils but apparently enough to prevent the liquid from vaporizing completely, or it was too cool, and would condense inside the air tube on its way to the mouth piece (the T3 is a bottom coil clearomizer).

However, now it's nice to know there's an alternate way to clean the coils without possibly deteriorating them doing a dry burn.

 

[damthisisfun]

I bought em denture cleaning tabs at Wally world - and forgot about em - thanks for reminding me - time to try em - in a few years maybe using em for their intended purpose to - lol

 

[gypsyhooker]

I was really surprised at how well they worked. I had used them once before but only let them sit for a couple of hours & ended up still having to dry burn them.

When I rinsed them I put just a little vodka in the water to kill any minty-ness left behind. Rinsed them twice for good measure & voila, good as new.

 

[Woodchuck111]

I just bought a T3 yesterday, played with it for a few hours and decided to clean it as it had a bit of an odd taste. So, I rinsed the head/coil part in hot water, blew it out. Got it as dry as I could and put in on a battery. I couldn't hear or see anything going on and it didn't seem to be heating up. I went ahead and put it back together and it's vaping fine, so I didn't damage it. I've dry burned many times coils for my Vivi-Nova and T2, so not sure what I'm doing wrong with the T3. Also, on the T2 and Vivi-Nova, it's easy to see the coil when it starts glowing, but on the T3, where will you see the coil when it starts burning red? Just looking down the tube? Appreciate any help.

Ken

 

[spider362]

You won't see the coil glow when you look down the tube because there are 2 flavor wicks laying across the top of the coil.

Pull the tube out being careful not to let the 2 flavor wicks go flying then you can see the coil quite easily.

Be sure to put the 2 flavor wicks back on before you put the tube back on.

Some people like to replace the silicone flavor wick with a cotton wick but I've not tried that yet. The original wicks seem to work just fine for me.

 

[Woodchuck111]

You won't see the coil glow when you look down the tube because there are 2 flavor wicks laying across the top of the coil.

Pull the tube out being careful not to let the 2 flavor wicks go flying then you can see the coil quite easily.

Be sure to put the 2 flavor wicks back on before you put the tube back on.

Some people like to replace the silicone flavor wick with a cotton wick but I've not tried that yet. The original wicks seem to work just fine for me.

Thanks for the quick reply! I think I understand. That tube is very hard to remove...is that correct? I can't seem to get it out just by wiggling it and pulling on it with my fingers. Do you use any kind of a tool to pull that out?

Thanks!

Ken

 

[spider362]

I just used my fingers and wiggled it out. Well, I did wrap a paper towel around the tube to keep my fingers from slipping, but no other tool is needed.

Just make sure when you put it back it goes in straight. I use a pair of tweezers with one leg on each side of the tube placing fingers on each side of the tube so I can guide it in straight.

It's actually very easy.

 

[Woodchuck111]

I just used my fingers and wiggled it out. Well, I did wrap a paper towel around the tube to keep my fingers from slipping, but no other tool is needed.

Just make sure when you put it back it goes in straight. I use a pair of tweezers with one leg on each side of the tube placing fingers on each side of the tube so I can guide it in straight.

It's actually very easy.

Alright...that sounds good! I think I'll wait on actually doing this until I really need to. So, I'll get as much use out of this first head as it is and see how long I get out of it before maintenance is really necessary. I'm wondering if soaking in water with dental tablets people are talking about in this thread might do as well as a dry burn? That's the first I've heard of this method of cleaning.

 

[spider362]

Denture tablet cleaning has been mentioned for as long as I've been on this forum but I haven't tried it myself. The last I read said they left it in overnight and it cleaned it great. Still might want to pull the tube off first, though, so the cleaning liquid can get to the coil easily.

 

[Woodchuck111]

Denture tablet cleaning has been mentioned for as long as I've been on this forum but I haven't tried it myself. The last I read said they left it in overnight and it cleaned it great. Still might want to pull the tube off first, though, so the cleaning liquid can get to the coil easily.

This shows how often I'm on the forum. LOL! I get a lot of tips from YouTube and funny I just didn't notice cleaning with Denture Tabs. Makes sense to pull off the tube first. I certainly will give that a try as well as dry burning.

 

[spider362]

Denture tablets would be less destructive on the coil than a dry burn, but since I only have one T3 I don't want to be without it for the 6 - 8 hours I'm guessing that's required for a thorough cleaning.

I'm going to be ordering some more T3s tomorrow so I'll have a spare head to play with. I'll get some Denture tablets then and give it a try.

 

[Woodchuck111]

Denture tablets would be less destructive on the coil than a dry burn, but since I only have one T3 I don't want to be without it for the 6 - 8 hours I'm guessing that's required for a thorough cleaning.

I'm going to be ordering some more T3s tomorrow so I'll have a spare head to play with. I'll get some Denture tablets then and give it a try.

Oh that's great! If you have good results, that's what I'll try before doing a dry burn. I'm really enjoying my T3. I have a 2.4 ohm and a 1.8 ohm head. The 1.8 ohm works awesome even at 3.2 volts on an eGo twist. Between the T3 and a carto tank, I'm having a really good vaping experience. Anyway, thanks much for your feedback!

 

[spider362]

I'll try to remember to post back here with the results, but it'll take about a week to get the T3s and another 2 - 3 weeks of use before it needs that deep cleaning.

I use only a Menthol liquid with no tobacco additives so the coil doesn't get the gunky build-up as quickly as most flavored liquids will, so I don't need to deep clean it as often. I just rinse it out every couple days and that works very well.

 

[Woodchuck111]

I'll try to remember to post back here with the results, but it'll take about a week to get the T3s and another 2 - 3 weeks of use before it needs that deep cleaning.

I use only a Menthol liquid with no tobacco additives so the coil doesn't get the gunky build-up as quickly as most flavored liquids will, so I don't need to deep clean it as often. I just rinse it out every couple days and that works very well.

That's interesting. I'm using only a Menthol liquid too. Maybe that's all I'll need to do. If I can get a couple of weeks out of a head, I might just replace it as the cost is quite minimal as far as that goes. But, yes, please do post the results if you would about the denture tabs. Appreciate it.