hmmm...why wouldnt this work?

[kidbeaster]

I've seen quite a few methods on how to clean cartos and atomizers. And they all say let them sit out and dry overnight. Well I tore a carto apart the next day and it was still very wet. I think for it to dry out it would probably take a week.
So I was thinking what if you hooked up say an air pump to circulate the air inside the carto? Something like a fish tank air pump. Or a vacuum type system? Anyone ever try this? I would think it would dry in a short amount of time. Like 10 min? hour? don't know. What do you think?

 

[SteelJan]

Seems like it would work. I've fast-dried cartos with a hair dryer but I typically do the sit them out in the hot sun, but it's hot and dry where I live. I've also used the long ago talked about method of putting them inside a clean sock and spinning them dry with centrifugal force....oh, come to think of it, some guy has a gizmo he sells that spins cartos dry inside something that looks like a food processor.

But I stopped cleaning cartos when I got more picky about which eliquids I use. Heavily colored, sweetened, or flavored, or ones made with real extracted tobaccos gunk up the coils really fast. When I switched to clear of lightly colored, flavored or sweetened e-liquids, I started getting several weeks out of a carto, so feel I've gotten my money's worth at that point and don't bother cleaning them anymore.

Or, I go inside, pull out the wicking and replace it. Bingo, new cartomizer. But it's a fiddly process for sure.

 

[YKruss]

The toaster- oven will work at 250 F for about an 1 - 1.5 hours.

 

[donnah]

I've dried them in the oven before.. low for a hour or two works. I too quit cleaning cartos when I switched to diying my own juice.

 

[kidbeaster]

I haven't cleaned my cartos for a while now. I just seen a video on cleaning them and they said all you have to do is leave them sit out overnite. Not a chance!!
I did see the blender looking contraption and it looks like it would work good. I just had an idea that popped in my head that I thought I would share.

 

[wyetterp]

You can put them in a sock & through them in the dryer. Easiest way I found.

 

[kidbeaster]

You can put them in a sock & through them in the dryer. Easiest way I found.

It might make my feet smell better.

 

[Northernshrink]

A little trick that seems to work for me take a piece of papertowel roll it up or fold it to fit in the end of the carto dont mash it in to far but it seems to wick the excess moisture out pretty quick...

 

[zoiDman]

I wedge Cartos into the Fan Guard of a Fan I have.

 

[washvap]

It really does take a VERY long time for a carto to air dry. I've also heard of people using hand held steamers as well.