Help!! Atomizers gone crazy

[Pedro]

Hey!

I just started vaping 4 or 5 days ago (mini starter kit, e-smokey treats).

Loved it, and realized (maybe mistakenly, pls tell me the other side) that cartridges sucked.

Ordered some e-liquid right away from LiteCigs - here in PA- and been dripping directly on atomizer for 2 days and everything was awesome. Strawberry and Virginia Blend.

Today, my liquid order from e-smokey treats arrived.
Before trying it, I did the quick-draining method of twisting toilet paper, inserting it in the atomizer, and giving a few minutes for paper to absorb the stuff. I saw this on some video here.

Then I dripped 2 drops of my new marlboro 36 mg, directly on the atomizer. I couldn't wait, very excited. Put the mouthpiece on, puffed, ? ... ?! .. lil vapor .... something wrong.......

Grabbed 2nd atomizer. Same procedure, 2 drops. Directly. And same thing happenedd!!!!! HEEELP!

Both atomizers are very weird now.
Oh man.

 

[Pedro]

Anybody??? Please! Help!
I'm gonna grab an analog in 5 minutes!!!

 

[strayling]

Don't panic. You've either flooded it or dried it out too much (hard to tell which). Either way, once you get the atomiser settled down again it should start working. Try blowing it out from the battery side, adding a couple of drops to the mesh and vaping like a maniac.

I'm assuming here that the atomiser still gets warm when you take a drag - that means it's trying to work.

 

[Pedro]

I was Panic-ing!

Good to hear! Yeah, I guess it's flooded.Yes, the atomizer does warm up, I hear the liquid and all.

Thank you!

 

[Sun Vaporer]

Hey!

I just started vaping 4 or 5 days ago (mini starter kit, e-smokey treats).

Loved it, and realized (maybe mistakenly, pls tell me the other side) that cartridges sucked.

Ordered some e-liquid right away from LiteCigs - here in PA- and been dripping directly on atomizer for 2 days and everything was awesome. Strawberry and Virginia Blend.

Today, my liquid order from e-smokey treats arrived.
Before trying it, I did the quick-draining method of twisting toilet paper, inserting it in the atomizer, and giving a few minutes for paper to absorb the stuff. I saw this on some video here.

Then I dripped 2 drops of my new marlboro 36 mg, directly on the atomizer. I couldn't wait, very excited. Put the mouthpiece on, puffed, ? ... ?! .. lil vapor .... something wrong.......

Grabbed 2nd atomizer. Same procedure, 2 drops. Directly. And same thing happenedd!!!!! HEEELP!

Both atomizers are very weird now.
Oh man.

Pedro--never go near that bridge with papertowels--you do not want to knock off the mesh from it or bend it. Flood the atomizer again with e-liquid and then blow it out and fire them up with short quick draws using a freshly charged battery----Sun

 

[Pedro]

thanks.

Things are still bad. It goes for a little bit but then dies out.
I know it has liquid. Battery is good.

, Oh,should i do the hot water thing and then dry in the oven?

Thanks again

 

[strayling]

I'd say stick with it a while before you get into radical steps like baking and boiling. Atomisers are notoriously finicky and can take quite a while to settle down when they've been disturbed, at least that's been my experience.

 

[Sun Vaporer]

thanks.

Things are still bad. It goes for a little bit but then dies out.
I know it has liquid. Battery is good.

, Oh,should i do the hot water thing and then dry in the oven?

Thanks again

Pedro--I would as you have not much to loose and boil for 5 minutes--oven at 150 degrees for 15 minutes---Sun

 

[strayling]

I'll defer to Sun - he's been at this longer than me.

 

[Pedro]

Okay. I'll tell you the result.
But I should BOIL the atomizers? like, in a pan? boil it? I was going to just run very hot water through them.

Thanks

 

[Sun Vaporer]

Okay. I'll tell you the result.
But I should BOIL the atomizers? like, in a pan? boil it? I was going to just run very hot water through them.

Thanks

Pedro--stand it upright in the pan cartridge side down with water just almost the top. At 220 degrees, no harm at all will come to the atomizer or its contact points--dry in oven and then reprime with plenty of e-liquid--6 drops--let stand so it absorbs in the wire mesh in the atomizer--with a fresh filled cartridge in there for 30 minutes. --then fire up with fresh battery using short hits--It may take 10 minutes of hitting to get it to fire if it is going to-----Sun

 

[Houdini]

Strange that it should need to be boiled clean after only 4 days.

 

[Pedro]

They're working!

I boiled them well, dried, flooded, etc. Working good. I noticed it was important to let the dry atomiser abosorb the moisture again.

Thank you, Sun. And thanks everyone else too.

Did going through this whole procedure, affect my atomisers in a bad way? I feel really bad about it, and of course, paranoid that it's not the same...

Also, do I have to use cartridges? (the foam)
It just feels so much less clogged without it.

Thanks

 

[Sun Vaporer]

They're working!

I boiled them well, dried, flooded, etc. Working good. I noticed it was important to let the dry atomiser abosorb the moisture again.

Thank you, Sun. And thanks everyone else too.

Did going through this whole procedure, affect my atomisers in a bad way? I feel really bad about it, and of course, paranoid that it's not the same...

Also, do I have to use cartridges? (the foam)
It just feels so much less clogged without it.

Thanks

Pedro--glad to here you are up and running again!! You can drip smoke with juice--many do--but it really kills an atomizer quick so be sure to get ready to burn through them if you do that--otherwise stick with the cartridges!!--Happy Vaping--Sun

 

[That Guy]

What i'm confused

 

[Sun Vaporer]

Strange that it should need to be boiled clean after only 4 days.

Houdini--this is a good case of the difference between a residue problem and a flooding problem--In Pedro's case, his atomizers were backside flooded, that is flooded behind the ceramic cup that hold the coil and the boiling and drying cleared it out. I would not have worked if the issues was residue build up on the coil---Sun

 

[Mikki]

Very glad your up and running again, great news!

 

[LuckySevens4U]

Sun is way too smart.

 

[Pedro]

Hi Phil,

Please please please help me.


e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/new-members-forum/12074-help-atomizers-gone-crazy.html

Now, today, they are tasting very bad (2 atomizers). I boiled one of them again, and its trying to fire-up.

I just purchased my first e-cig - mini starter kit from you 1 week ago. And after i got them, I ordered from you 3 bottles of liquid which arrived yesterday. I also got another order for 1 juice, 1 battery, and 1 atomizer from litecigs.

Please help. they are both un-vapable (i do have the 3rd atomizer that i dont wanna even mess with. and it's one of yours. the 2 to which this is going on are 1 yours and 1 from litecig).

Thank you.
Pedro Campos

any help apreciated

 

[Pedro]

Sorry for not explaining.
I sent the email above to Phil from e-smokey treats. But I need help asap =p

thankssss