Emptying a cartomizer without vaping it?

[Prater]

So with my new kit I got the Smokeless image freedom flavor cartos and some samples of other flavors... The Freedom Flavor sucks, but I do have a whole bottle of juice I like. So is there any way I can empty the cartomizers with the nasty stuff in them and refill them with the flavor I do like?

 

[Vapoor eyes er]

Try the Taryn Spin with a condon in the bottom.

 

[mariposa224]

Reverse Taryn Spin - YouTube

 

[CCC]

You can take the mouth piece off with a paperclip, remove the rubber seal from inside, take out the filler with tweezers, wash the old flavour off, dry the filler, reinsert it and fill it up with your new flavour. Or throw them away and just buy a pack of blanks.

 

[bigtiime]

There is much documentation and many videos that cover carto cleaning. However, depending on the strength of the juice, you may never be able to get them clean enough to completely rid the carto of what was in it. They are fairly inexpensive so it would benefit you to have empty cartos handy.

 

[swedishfish]

You can take the mouth piece off with a paperclip, remove the rubber seal from inside, take out the filler with tweezers, wash the old flavour off, dry the filler, reinsert it and fill it up with your new flavour. Or throw them away and just buy a pack of blanks.

You can do that with the echo-e cartos I know, but I don't think you can do this with the Kr808's or boge cartos.

 

[NickDymond]

I made the mistake of trying to use Loran's Wintergreen flavor for a DIY (my first DIY session gone mostly terribly) and nothing I do can remove that AWEFUL taste from the carto.

 

[tmcase]

The reverse Taryn Spin is a good way to get the juice out if you want to save it but you said that it was nasty so you'll still have some of that nasty juice in there. I just rinse under hot water, blowing the water out and rinsing again. I keep doing that until there is no color when I blow the water out on a paper towel. Then I run a little vodka through it and rinse and blow again and then let dry for a couple days. You can speed the drying process by putting them in a corning dish or pan and put them in your oven set at 175 degrees for 1 hr. Then they are ready to refill. DO NOT put plastic cartos in the oven needless to say.

 

[tmcase]

I made the mistake of trying to use Loran's Wintergreen flavor for a DIY (my first DIY session gone mostly terribly) and nothing I do can remove that AWEFUL taste from the carto.

Rinse under hot water, then rinse again with PGA and if you still smell wintergreen try soaking in lemon juice for an hour or so. That should get rid of the smell. Not always. Some wintergreen is stronger then others. And, don't use wintergreen in any plastic cartos or tanks. It will eat or fog the plastic.

 

[NickDymond]

The reverse Taryn Spin is a good way to get the juice out if you want to save it but you said that it was nasty so you'll still have some of that nasty juice in there. I just rinse under hot water, blowing the water out and rinsing again. I keep doing that until there is no color when I blow the water out on a paper towel. Then I run a little vodka through it and rinse and blow again and then let dry for a couple days. You can speed the drying process by putting them in a corning dish or pan and put them in your oven set at 175 degrees for 1 hr. Then they are ready to refill. DO NOT put plastic cartos in the oven needless to say.

Well I managed to figure something out using a combination of methods. (I do realize that spending so much time trying to revitalize a dumb disposable carto is kind of a giant waste of time, but it was my very first DIY and only had 3 cartos to start with, and shipping seems to take years when you're checking the mailbox daily for new ones to arrive )

I did the spin method using a lanyard thingie meant for a laminated badge. It has a very strong aligator-like clip and I just clipped it to the threads and went to town.

Step 2 was to soak it in vodka for 1 hour.

Then I boiled the carto for 5 mins, ran it under cold water to rinse it and repeated this 4x. (at this point I couldnt let the carto win, so I was fully committed)

My last step was to take my air compressor and blow the heck out of it. This part was rather fun since it makes a crazy satisfying mist that shoots across the garage.

After all of this nonsense, I brought it back in the house and filled it up with some chocolate figuring that even if I could still taste it, it would at least blend properly.

What do you know, it worked... Kinda. There was still a faint hint of the wintergreen but after filling and refilling, it eventually became quite unnoticed.

This was only used for a few more days until my clearomizers arrived.

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