How to clean boge cartos

[donnah]

I've just discovered boge cartos! I've always dripped with a reg atty. How do I clean a boge carto? I've heard of people boiling them. I know they are cheap but I'd like to get as much use out of them as I can. Thanks!

 

[fray]

I boil them.

I have also heard of people cleaning them like they would and atomizer in alcohol. Rinse then out and let them dry overnight

 

[hairball]

I've had really good luck with an ultra sonic jewelry cleaner and a food dehydrator.

I boil mine for 15 minutes on top of the stove to start, rinse and sling.

Then here's what I do pertaining to the jewelry cleaner:

Get some water almost to boiling.
Sling out as much water/juice out of the cartomizer that you can get out. Do it into a sink.
Rinse under hot water and sling again. Do this a couple times.
Load cartomizers into the jewelry cleaner and add the hot water.
Cycle the jewelry cleaner 4-5 times (3 minutes each).
Drain off the water and refill.
Cycle 2 more times.
Drain water and carefully remove the cartomizers.
Rinse under hot water and sling them again to get as much water out as possible.
Now put them into a food dehydrator and set on high. My dehydrator has a top fan to circulate the air.
Leave for 12 hours.
Refill and vape.
**If you have long cartomizers or jumbo's, drying time will vary.

 

[wolcen]

I hate to throw something out as much as anyone, and recycling is great, but God I hope that anyone doing this would be cleaning several cartomizers at the same time. Following this process, I'd be running my water heater to replenish the hot water used, running a jewelry cleaner for 18-21 minutes, (nearly) boiling water that I can't use for anything else, and then the food dehydrator and fan. If you did this for an individual carto in CA, it'd probably cost more than the purchase price of the thing. I'm assuming the carto's are being left in the dehydrator for 12 hours, and I think those use a couple hundred watts [probably not continuously, but frequently enough].

At least I could do this myself so I wouldn't have to pay someone for all the labor!

All that aside, if you are doing a bunch at once, I bet this does quite the job on them, so I certainly appreciate your sharing your experience with the routine. I've heard good things about the jewelry cleaners too. As another tip: I've read that cleaners that run around the 44khz range are most effective. No idea how true it is, but there's a detailed thread on that (probably several).

 

[guido61]

I use the steam nozzle of my espresso coffee machine, and let 'em dry overnight.
It takes few minutes and meanwhile you can sip a good cappuccino!
Works like a charm.