How do I clean a 510 atty between flavors?

[johnnycat]

Hi all-
I would post this elsewhere, but I guess I haven't posted enough to be in the regular forums. Hmm.

So I have LOTS of flavors that I use with my Joye 510 and I have about 4 atomizers that I trade out occasionally when switching flavors. I use the drip method, not cartridges... I drip directly onto the atomizer and I have removed the wick on two of the attys because they tasted burnt and it has helped. My problem, though, is that I switch flavors a lot and if I direct drip a new flavor it just mixes with all the others and tastes bad. Should I clean attys between flavors or maybe go back to cartridges? I just don't want to spend tons of time cleaning atomizers... if anyone has an efficient way of deep cleaning that doesn't involve 12 hours of drying, that would help.

 

[modistru]

I do the same, looking for that elusive flavor that I can vape all the time. Burning through flavors I don't like fairly quickly. Pretty much sticking with tobacco and menthol.

Reading up and around here about atty cleaning, I've found a thread on using steam to clean them. So I broke out the rarely used espresso/cappachino machine sitting up in a cabinet. It has a 'steam only' option which shoots high pressure steam out of a tube for foaming milk. I usually clean out my attys 2 or three at a time (1 oz of water steams for like 2 minutes). I hold them with a padded set of pliers as that steam does get quite hot. About 20~30 seconds through the mouthpiece end, then again on the battery connector end. Do that twice. Then I hit it with some canned air (upside down to get a little cold liquid to cool them off), then blow them out well with the canned air and dry off the condensation with a paper towel. This method allows me to re-prime right away with some PG, without letting them sit overnight to dry.

Instant clean, no wait (hardly), no previous flavor (even coffee - YUCK). I've been vaping since January, and still running a couple of original attys (although one only seems to work only OK on 5v now). I'm beginning to believe that a 3 month life is pretty goood for what I've been reading. The steam, for me, hasn't seemed to affected these attys at all, although YMMV.

Good Luck!

 

[MsSki]

Here is a method i use for Cleaning the Atty's that my Hubby vapes on, He Vapes Atomic Cinnacide and It is a HARD flavor scent to get rid of. First blow out all the left over juice, Then I soak it in Hot Pro Crest Mouth wash for about 20-30 minutes( longer if i have time) then i rinse it with hot water, blow out all the water then i Bake it in the oven of 20 minutes at 170 deg. seems to work. Dont know if that is how it is s'pose to be done, but it has been working for now.

Now for my Atty's i just blow em out, do a couple dry burns, flood them with unflavored juice let it sit for a few blow em out and they are good to go.

Tara

 

[Hellen A. Handbasket]

Everclear (Pure Grain Alcohol) also known as PGA. Soak the atty (quick rinse for flavors and soak for 2 hours to over night for removing build up on the coil wire). May remove paint from a scratched atty or one with inferior paint (if it bubbles, let it sit and it will reattach to the outside of the atty).

PGA evaporates, so blow it out well, reprime with your e-liquid and you are good to go. No fussy drying necessary.

For more mild flavors, vaping pure PG can help clear out a flavor without having to clean it. Won't work with Menthol and other strong flavors though.

 

[awegner18]

i like to use compressed air or air in a can.

 

[BlackFlame]

The official Joye cleaning instructions can be found in a sticky in the JOYE 510 model specific instruction forum (sorry can't post a link, apparently haven't posted enough yet).

Though I haven't tried any of these methods so far.

I have tried the boiling method, which is to boil the atty for 10-15 minutes, blow it out onto a paper towel, and then let dry for 24-48 hours. My results here were good for the first few days, then fell off for a while.

Another method is the 'dry burn' method, which is to rinse the atty in the sink, then to dry the atty by heating it up and blowing in it. If you're going to try that method, I'd suggest searching for the thread. Results there were that it worked for a couple days, then stopped working. Also a potentially high danger of burning the atty out.

From my experience so far, what you're looking to clean out is as follows:

a) Juice still in the atomizer. A surprising amount of juice can still be in the atomizer even when it's not vaping, depending on the performance of the heating element.

b) Contacts to the battery-- the more stuff gets on your contacts, the less your battery performs. Though really I haven't really had this problem.

c) Dried out juice in the atomizer. This is the major thing, I think-- basically, juice can dry out on the heating element, which then coats it in a bunch of dried out juice, meaning that fresh juice isn't getting to the heating element, and this coating of dried juice is then insulating the heating element and not burning off (and flavoring anything that is vaping out of the atomizer).

This is why I think I've had problems with my attys needing to be cleaned so much-- I'm vaping flavors that are very thick with flavoring, and hence it dried out on the atomizer thicker and faster. I'm not sure, but I think it might also be because my juice is high in VG, and the VG might dry out faster too.

It seems to help if you remove the cart and batt from the atomizer once it's clean, and then leave it sit over-night (or whenever you sleep) on a paper towel, which will wick leftover juice in the atty out so that it doesn't dry out over night. Also fresh carts are good, as they drip juice at a better rate, and hence flooding of the atty/juice drying on the heating element.

 

[jjujju]

Here is a link about the dry burn method mentioned above...

I have been using this and have gotten out a few stubborn juices with it. It's a pretty quick 5 min process. They do warn there is a chance of popping your atty with it, but it hasn't happened to me yet and I think if you are careful, it's not TOO likely. Good luck!

 

[CaptJay]

I just blow mine out and vape thru the 'interesting mixes' (some are quite nice)

 

[AlexTM]

When just changing flavours, I'd not do something like a dry burn which will shorten an atty's lifespan. Just a hot shower, in hard cases a hot bath, does the trick perfeclty sufficiently for me. OK, if I'd have to remove clove, make that two hot baths and a bit of alcohol or PG in between, but usually, hot water does the trick perfectly well.

Flush with hot water a few times, blow out thoroughly, flush again, blow out again, let dry a bit, drop 3-5 more drops into the atty than usual, happy vaping. First few vapes may be a bit watery, nothing more.