Have you ever done dry burns to clean your atomizers?

[DC2]

Just curious...

 

[fugazig]

now i need to go find out what a dry burn is

 

[DC2]

now i need to go find out what a dry burn is

Check out this thread...
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/tips-tricks/69834-my-atty-resurrection-method.html

 

[nubee]

I've tried them on/off again for my 801's and overall feel that my attys died sooner than if I just blew them out every night and avoided the really dark/thick juices.

 

[Scottbee]

All the dayum time....

 

[DC2]

If you voted that you used to do dry burns but found something better, please explain what that is and why it is better.

Thanks!
DC2

 

[GregH]

I've not yet found a better way of cleaning atties. But I save the dry burns as a last resort since I'm running about even with those I've resurrected vs. those I've popped doing it.

 

[7thCabal]

I used to... every once in a while-- now I just toss them when they start going downhill. My Joye510LR atties on average last about 2 months, I think that's a fair amount of use for a $5 expenditure-- hell I used to spend $15-$16 a day for smokes!

 

[Raynen]

I have a 510 JOYE with atty/cart system.

I've found that if I blow as much juice as possible out of my atty when I'm changing a flavor and then dry burn the rest, it pretty much resolves the problem of atty build-up. I literally dry burn for about two-three seconds and puff out the excess smoke, and it usually stops smoking fairly quickly. Or if I vape one flavor all day, for a few days, I'll dry burn once or twice during the 3-4 one flavor time range, and the dry-burn is only for a few seconds.

 

[johnny bobcat]

Ive only ever popped one atty doing a dry burn, but that was at 7.4 volts, figured it might clean more effectively that way, but alas it did not. lesson learned

 

[Bozzlite]

Never. Just blow 'em out once in a while.

 

[uba egar320]

Never. Just blow 'em out once in a while.

Same here after I killed a couple atty's doing the dry burn. It did work somewhat, but the atty was on it's last leg anyways.

 

[DC2]

I was just thinking I might bump this a little bit...

 

[Caddyman]

i do dry burns after i clean to make them extra clean. pga bath, dry burn, supa clean

 

[ckgjt]

I was really nervous doing the dry burn for the first time. I had read so many horror stories about "popping" an atty or it being "dead". I would hold down the button and count "one, two" let go. I would do that over and over until the popping and crackling stopped then I would hold down the button and count "one, two, three" let go, until I began seeing the coil turn orange. I continued that until the coil was orange all the way across and then I only do it a couple more times after that. I only do each dry burn once. I don't rinse and repeat. Seems to be working so far.

 

[Ande]

Just did my first series of dry burns. Heck yes, I'm doing this again.

Was beginning to think that my atties were gonzo- even with regular cleaning (Either boiling or alcohol rinsing) they were slowly giving less and less. I tried to dry burn them last week, couldn't do it- they were too gunked up, and the cutoff on my batteries wouldn't get them hot enough to burn the gunk off.

Tried it again tonight with my new USB passthrough- took forever, and I was scared I was going to pop them, but they took it pretty well. A few minutes of heat a little, let go, heat a little, let go...and eventually they burned clean.

It's like having new atties- so much vapor!!!!!!!!


Ande

 

[Trbobitch]

Polident works FANTASTICALLY... specially for ego-t attys.

 

[Cuss]

I only do long full dry burns when all else fails. I tend to try other methods first.

 

[throatkick]

Yes. While dry burns alone haven't been the magic bullet, if combined with other methods, an atty can be cleaned quite successfully.

 

[nansc]

I tried it,watched all the videos but it just never worked for me I just blow them out every nite and that works pretty well for me.