Flavours mixing upon flavour swapping! ICK! And ?? on Draining Atomizers

[ChaoticMoira]

Okay so I have a few flavours now. I like all three, BUT when I switch, the juice from the first flavour is still in the atomizer and when I start tasting the new flavour the two are mixed. This sometimes is very icky!

I was curious if anyone else is bothered by this, and more importantly, if anyone seems to have a method of avoidance for flavour swapping ick.

I took off the cart and tried to "smoke out" some of the first flavour before inserting the new one. But I don't want to let the atomizer get too dry, so that doesn't seem to help much. I thought of using different atomizers for different flavours, but then that seemed excessive. Plus I didn't know if an unused atomizer sitting around could go bad or something. Perhaps from getting dry? was my thought.

I was considering only switching flavours at the beginning of a day so I could try draining the atomizer over night like I have read some people here do. Does anyone drain their atomizer in between switching flavours? If so, does it make the switch easier?

My concern is that a dry atomizer just sounds like a bad idea. It seems like a light film would be left behind to dry in all the little holes eventually creating blockage. Can anyone who regularly drains their atomizer say how long their atomizers have been lasting?

Thanks everyone.

 

[leaford]

I know what you mean. My most hated mix is mint and any fruit flavor.

What I do is either use a buffer flavor, like tobacco or chocolate, or blow out the excess liquid before loading the new liquid. Just remove the battery and cartridge, then blow through the battery end. Some people stuff a small wad of tissue in the cartridge end, I just hold a tissue over it. Blow until no more liquid comes out, then put a drop of the new liquid in the atomizer before inserting the new cartridge.

I don't drain mine out nightly. I clean it out as described above a couple times a week if I havent already done it to change flavors. My minis are fairly lightly used, so it's hard to judge how long one should last. Trog blows through them in a couple weeks. Mine usually last a month at least before something goes wrong.

 

[SmokingInTexas]

Three suggestions:

First, try draining the atomizer. Drip a few drops of the NEW flavor into the atomizer after draining. There still however may be some juice left "wicked" in the atomizer coil.

Second, using hot tap water, rinse the atomizer thoroughly. Blow the atomizer out to remove as much water as possible (by mouth). Drip about 4 drops of the NEW flavor into the atomizer. Puff away. (I suspect this would be all that is required to clean out all the old juice. You might do a manual "auto clean" once the atomizer starts producing vapor. I have done this to help dry out the inside of the atomizer, but be careful not to burn it completely dry, better to flood it than dry it.)

Third, If you are still getting the old flavor, you could boil the atomizer for about 5 minutes. Then follow the rest of step 2.


I have pretty much been using the second approach to clear out my juice mixing experiments with no problems (so far). I normally only result to boiling if the atomizer holes get gunked up and make the draw too hard.


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[leaford]

That's a very thorough disclaimer, Tex!

 

[SmokingInTexas]

You should see the OTHER side of that post.