I just bought cartos local that were preflavored with a horrible tasting tobacco flavor. Can I boil them or something to remove the flavor and just end up with an empty carto.
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You could try to clean them. If you hate the juice it's worth a shot. The hardest part of cleaning cartos is drying them. They have to be bone dry or else they're soggy.
I wouldn't boil them since juice isn't really gunked on them. Just try rinsing them with really hot water. Or get a syringe and push water in and out of it. Some people use PGA or vodka to try drying them faster. It'll take a few days for them to air dry.
I wouldn't boil them since juice isn't really gunked on them. Just try rinsing them with really hot water. Or get a syringe and push water in and out of it. Some people use PGA or vodka to try drying them faster. It'll take a few days for them to air dry.
First you could do the reverse taryn spin to get most of the juice out of it.
Reverse Taryn Spin - YouTube
After I wash them, I've put them in a pill bottle with a tissue or cotton in the end and did the reverse taryn spin to try to get as much water out of them as I can.
Reverse Taryn Spin - YouTube
After I wash them, I've put them in a pill bottle with a tissue or cotton in the end and did the reverse taryn spin to try to get as much water out of them as I can.
From what I heard the answer is yes. I got V2s horrendous juices in my starter kit and I just did exactly that to them.
They are drying now and Ill tell ya if it works.
They are drying now and Ill tell ya if it works.
Accually the best way i have found to clean out carts is goto walmart in the baby care section... Look for a blue nose sucker (don't remember the actual name but can get them for about 1-3 dollars) but its just a blue bulb with a clear plastic insert that you can throw away..... Remove the cap off the cart and the place the open end into the bulb... Fill your sink with HOT water, squeeze the bulb and place the end into the water and let the water flow in and out a few times ( about 10 usually works for me to remove all flavor). Take the cart out and shake the bulb out best you can... replace the cart turn the bulb upside down(with cart facing upward) and squeeze about 50-100 times till nothing is coming out of the cart then fill and you are good to go. takes about 3 minutes and you can practically vape right away.
Ok thanks I was vaping to empty them and filling with different flavor as I went and I gueuss I overfilled it and it leaked down into resevoir for lavatube and I think I burnt the carto cause it was raunchy smelling
Orions suggestion works. Thank you, I tried the nose sucker method and it worked to clean out the carto and I was able to fill it right away and use it immediately.
If they were prefilleds, I wouldn't even bother washing them out. If you just do a reverse Taryn spin, and then refill them with a juice you like, the taste of the old juice that you didn't like will be negligible after a few puffs.
I accidentally ran one through my front loader washing machine. I let it sit and dry for a few days, I'm vaping on it right now.
I'm not sure if the filler in those prefilled cartos would survive the abuse.
I'm not sure if the filler in those prefilled cartos would survive the abuse.
I haven't used it personally, and I am not advocating any particular reseller, but I noticed this kit that discusses filling and/or cleaning cartos:
The Plunger Kit - MyFreedomSmokes.com
Obviously not as cheap as the Taryn spin method, but if you're not too mechanically inclined, it may be what you need.
The Plunger Kit - MyFreedomSmokes.com
Obviously not as cheap as the Taryn spin method, but if you're not too mechanically inclined, it may be what you need.
yeah same concept.... i was just cheap and the blue nose sucker worked great....
here's a great thread discussing a method using an oral syringe found in the baby supply section at drug store. I highly recommend it.http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/e-cigarette-maintenance/152267-cartomizer-cleaning.html
this is the same concept:Cartomizer/Atomizer Cleaning Kit - With 10ml Control Syringe, Luer-lock compatible w/cleaning tubes and instructions
the instructions on the Smoktek page are perfect. I follow that method using the kit I found at Wal Mart
this is the same concept:Cartomizer/Atomizer Cleaning Kit - With 10ml Control Syringe, Luer-lock compatible w/cleaning tubes and instructions
the instructions on the Smoktek page are perfect. I follow that method using the kit I found at Wal Mart
Cartos are cheap. Cleaning them is a PIA and usually results in an unusable carto that you just filled with perfectly good juice to find out the cartos wasted.
Just pitch the damn thing and fill up a freshie!
Just pitch the damn thing and fill up a freshie!
I just bought an oral syringe at Walgreens. It has a bottle adapter with it that a cartomizer fits in perfectly. Cost me all of $2.49
http://www.walgreens.com/store/c/wa...ct?V=G&ext=frgl_Google_Medicines_&_Treatments
http://www.walgreens.com/store/c/wa...ct?V=G&ext=frgl_Google_Medicines_&_Treatments
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That's the one! Takes the PITA right out of cleaning cartomizers. Easier to wash my cartomizers now than my dishes.
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