How do I get rid of stubborn juice flavors?

[Sewknitty]

I gotta hold of a tobacco juice that tastes EXACTLY how I imagine a urine soaked tree must on a hot, rainy day.

I've put the atty (801 shorty ) in hot (boiling) water baths and dry burned it more than once and STILL that dreadful taste and odor are there. The Mom left some Polident her last visit...I'm not throwing this atty away.

This stuff is just evil.

 

[mwa102464]

USE SOME MOUTHWASH, give it a good soak in some blue mouthwash, soak it for a few hours or overnight, then a good hot water rinse, blow it out really good, take the hair dryer to it for a while make sure its nice and dry, don't burn it with the Hair dryer keep it a ways back from the Atty, once its dry put about 8 drops of pg or VG in it and let it sit for a day with the VG/PG in it with a condom on the Threaded end. the following day give it a shot of whatever flavor you want to run, should be much better. If you want rinse first, then maybe a bit of PGA then the mouht wash soak, then after the mouthwash soak do the same PGA then hot water rinse again, then the VG/PG and let it sit

 

[Sewknitty]

MWA, that I have a'plenty, thank you! I've been plunging hot water through it with a syringe and blowing the excess out but this juice is possessed, I tell you! I also decided to get some caramel and coffee out of some other attys - love coffee but not that coffee - and they're in...peroxide. I swear I looked at the mouthwash and went with more hot water and then the peroxide before I decided to check here.

Off I go to douse this puppy with blue liquid! I've got juice and drip tips coming tomorrow (we hope!).

 

[dspin]

You can try this that I did for awhile, can leave that crest taste though if not followed exactlyhttp://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/experiments-equipment/35917-sattecs-atty-cleaning-test-thread.html

Now I use Kleenite denture cleaner w/blue color timer, it is the only one that also takes care of retainers, mouth guards and partials. It is excellent for attys. Mix it in hot water and add the attys.

I gotta hold of a tobacco juice that tastes EXACTLY how I imagine a urine soaked tree must on a hot, rainy day.

I've put the atty (801 shorty ) in hot (boiling) water baths and dry burned it more than once and STILL that dreadful taste and odor are there. The Mom left some Polident her last visit...I'm not throwing this atty away.

This stuff is just evil.

 

[Sewknitty]

Now I use Kleenite denture cleaner w/blue color timer, it is the only one that also takes care of retainers, mouth guards and partials. It is excellent for attys. Mix it in hot water and add the attys.

Thanks, dspin. I'll pick some of that up today. Glad I didn't leave the attys in peroxide too long (after reading that) but the smell in them that was gone yesterday is back today anyway. There were no particles or balls of black gunk in the water so I guess it didn't do a helluva more than cover them in liquid.

And, the atty that had the bad funk in it is finally smelling like mouthwash. I checked it after 3 hours and the bad juice smell was there - took a full overnight soak for that to go away. The coffee atty only took about 1/2 hour of soaking and last night it smelled just clean...now i smells like, well, mouthwash.

Do I dry burn the minty freshness away once the attys are completely dry?

 

[doots]

I use alcohol soak for a few minutes. Does it for me.

 

[Sewknitty]

Thanks, doots. Will give that a try next time.

 

[VaporMadness]

I'm surprised a super-hot water bath didn't clear it out... must be some nasty stuff!

 

[Iken]

Haha Oh man Sewn,
I think I may know what your using.
Becareful on how much cleaning you do on it. The internals can get heavily damaged.
I used to swear by this method, before I learned that atty maintenance should be used as a complete last resort as it does degrade the quality tremendously .
I don't know if it's legal in your area but Everclear grain alcohol will definitely do the trick, it said that Vodka can be used, but plain and high proof is recommended as flavors have sweeteners and we know how sugar burns.

Soak for a max of 60 minutes. During the 30 minute interval agitate the container gently for a few seconds, then dump out, blow out through the battery end. Let sit for 10 minutes for all the alcohol to dry, reprime with liquid. Roughly 5-7 drops, sit for a few moreminutes then add 3-5 more. Vape and add as needed. You don't want to activate when bone dry.

 

[Sewknitty]

Atty Genius, thank you! I've never heard of Everclear before. What's that on the bottle..corn? Is this moonshine? I'll go looking for it because I ordered some new juices and one of them could be yucktastic.

Since the evil came I've been paranoid about juices that aren't clear or close to it in my attys. I put the dark vapes like coffee and s'mores in cartos but cartos aren't 801s. I've got all these attys but still am not too clear on how to try all kinds of flavors without resorting to atty baths.

What I've been trying to do is have attys dedicated to similar flavors...like, an atty each for chocolate, fruit, coffee, bakery, menthol, candy/gum, etc. Then some flavor like chai or Kretek pops up and needs their own atty...oh and then some flavors taste different at different voltage or ohms so there goes a 3.5 to, say, waffle...and another to cigar and there ya go....a buncha attys but not one free and clear for a brand new juice test. How do you do it, Isaac?

P.S. I like that wall tile!

 

[Switched]

I had dedicated atties in the past as well for my different liquids. I still do. My testers are now 306s, why? They are the quickest I have known to be able to change liquids with. This no longer a major problem for me since I pretty much stick to 8-10 flavours these days.

Things that will prevail in an atty for a long time and not go away are cinnamon, clove and to some degree menthol.

Washing a 306

Leave the drip tip on and flood the atty with alcohol, allow to free drip out the bottom. Once the atty is leaking in a stream vice dripping, and the liquid is no longer discoloured, your are done. Blow it out, run one more dropper of alcohol through it, blow it out once more and set aside until the next day.

If you are testing similar flavours, start with the mildest first and work towards the stongest. The 306 permits changing liquids on the fly and seems to render full flavour within 5-6 drags and totally 100% within 2-3 drip sessions. All bets are off when using essential oils as cinnamon or clove.

 

[Sewknitty]

I had dedicated atties in the past as well for my different liquids. I still do. My testers are now 306s, why? They are the quickest I have known to be able to change liquids with. This no longer a major problem for me since I pretty much stick to 8-10 flavours these days.
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All bets are off when using essential oils as cinnamon or clove.

Switched, thanks! Easier than I thought. Makes sense too and your cleaning directions couldn't be more straightforward. I have two unused 306s (a 2.0 and a 1.5 ohm) I'll just keep separate. I do love clove and the occasional tote of big red gum...once they're in an atty they're there to stay! :

 

[dspin]

PGA is pure grain alchol, not legal in Ohio where I live and I doubt it in NY - they are even worse for not letting people have things. Tried some moonshine on some attys and the guy had put a little flav in it. It is not coming out w/anything. Nasty I say

Atty Genius, thank you! I've never heard of Everclear before. What's that on the bottle..corn? Is this moonshine? I'll go looking for it because I ordered some new juices and one of them could be yucktastic.

Since the evil came I've been paranoid about juices that aren't clear or close to it in my attys. I put the dark vapes like coffee and s'mores in cartos but cartos aren't 801s. I've got all these attys but still am not too clear on how to try all kinds of flavors without resorting to atty baths.

What I've been trying to do is have attys dedicated to similar flavors...like, an atty each for chocolate, fruit, coffee, bakery, menthol, candy/gum, etc. Then some flavor like chai or Kretek pops up and needs their own atty...oh and then some flavors taste different at different voltage or ohms so there goes a 3.5 to, say, waffle...and another to cigar and there ya go....a buncha attys but not one free and clear for a brand new juice test. How do you do it, Isaac?

P.S. I like that wall tile!

 

[aprioristic]

I've not had good success with baths in alcohol or Crest Pro Health in a couple trials. Wyatt Earp is just an evil juice.

I seem to burn 306 wicks easily, so I've gotten the hang of dripping in de-wicked 306's now pretty much. If you can handle this, the ability to change flavors is even faster. I've been testing fruit flavors and using a mild honeysuckle-champagne juice as a transition to sort of cleanse (the atty's) palate. About 1-2 drip cycles toward a new juice and you can start to get full flavor. There's similar things you could probably come up with if you are trying other coffee/tobacco flavors too.

 

[5vz]

I have used white vinegar and water to get bad juice taste out. Soak for about half an hour, stir, drain, more water & stir, rinse again, dry. It hasn't messed up anything yet and got that "hiney" tobacco taste out. (Also, fixed the hiney tobacco flavor by adding some banana nut bread juice, wintergreen juice, couple drops of menthol liquid. Now it is sweet, nutting and minty, hiney flavor gone!)

 

[Vaporologist]

I've been testing fruit flavors and using a mild honeysuckle-champagne juice as a transition to sort of cleanse (the atty's) palate.

Thanks for that tip, sounds great! Btw, is that a DIY liquid?

 

[VaporMadness]

Since i stick to tobacco vapes, I don't run into the need to eliminate one flavor when transitioning to another. Actually I think that's one of the reasons that i stick to bacco vapes, just makes things a little simpler when they're all kind of compatible.

(i'm having vague memories of how horrible butter rum + camel is)

 

[aprioristic]

Thanks for that tip, sounds great! Btw, is that a DIY liquid?

Yeah it is DIY with Flavor Apprentice flavorings. Honeysuckle is quite good on its own and an accurate flavor. Normally, I would go with like 10% HS and 5% champagne or even a little higher of both. Right now what I am using I kind of just threw in a 30ml bottle and it probably has more champagne. Champagne alone might be even better for this task, but the honeysuckle isn't an obtrusive flavor.

I also mix these with Green Tea and Honey (from TFA) and Liquid Amber (from FA). Honey will kind of stick in (wicked) atties, but this is just a recipe to go along with the two flavors above.

 

[Vaporologist]

Thanks for the detailed explanation. I'm all about fruity flavors lately and this sounds great.

 

[Sewknitty]

I'll give vinegar a shot if I ever get stuck like that again.

I'm not too sure about dewicking but I love the idea of transition juices (like a sherbet course for attys!), aprioristic. Looks like I may have to dabble in a little DIY.

5vz, that combination for the fix, specifically the banana nut bread, menthol and wintergreen, reads like it'd be as bad as hiney juice. Are you positive its better...or is hiney juice so bad that concoction is great in comparison?