I do not suggest a PG soak for painted atomizers
We had a family party that night and I get nervous around people. So, I honestly do not know if I blew the atomizer out or not.
I delayed in posting because I have been running many tests and trying to keep track of what I am doing. I also started using a control atomizer (no cleaning just keeping moist and upside down at night.)
First,
I would not suggest the PG for black painted atomizers. I believe it alligators the paint, which will cause the paint to flake off. Remember, there could be lead in the paint. Lead is an inexpensive additive for rapidly drying paint. (I oil paint as a hobby and it is still allowed in some of the oil paints. It is a great additive to speed drying times.)
Second, I had been looking for a way to safely remove the PG from the atomizer. I am now using a hot water soak (the water is boiling hot, but not actively boiling. I nuke mine in the microwave and just take the cup out and plop the addy's in), alcohol soak in the highest grain alcohol available (this will mess-up black paint on the atomizers... some of mine survived, some the paint comes off on the 1st soak. Prior to discovering a PG soak, I used to do the grain alcohol soak followed by the hot water baths.), and a final hot water bath in an ultrasonic cleaning machine. The link to the machine I use is:
Amazon.com: Professional Ultrasonic Jewelry and Eyeglass Cleaner Cleaning Machine: Electronics . Credit to:
olderthandirt for posting the link in a different thread.
Further, the above atomizer had been used with PG and VG, so I wanted to find out which was being removed or if both were being removed. So far, I only have results on the PG. And, I have not only manually blown out the atomizers but I have used several shots of compressed air when blowing them out. So much so that I killed an atomizer with compressed air.
The results on a PG atomizer:
1. The PG turns uniformly a very pale amber. (I do not think a picture will show the slight amber very well)
2. The atomizer worked better than when it was new. It went right back up to what I would consider 100% vapor production.
I will be trying a VG atomizer, but I never use 100% VG. I always have just 1 drop of Trog's fluid, so the results might be skewed a bit.
(BTW. A friend of mine told me that PG was good for cleaning the porcelin in your bathroom... I've yet to try it, but I have one spot in one of our bathrooms that always drives me nuts... so, it's on the list.)
