Hi all,
So I've been a vaporer for a whole day now. Absolutely loving friggin life with the RoughStack mod. Today I decided to try cleaning my atomizer (I know, so soon but I probably have OCD LOL). At my work, I have 99.9% Isopropyl alcohol and an ultrasonic cleaner, so I decided to try that.
I first blew out all excess juice onto a paper towel. Got some out. Then I dropped the atty into a beaker of 99% iso alcohol. I let it sit for a couple mins swishing it around. I decided to take it out, blow it again with a dry nitrogen gun that I have in the lab. What I noticed was that tons more e-juice came out. It was all over the place, but was not "dissolving" per say. I suppose some e-juice isnt alcohol soluble. So I blew out the atty again, stuck it back in the 99% IPA. Again, blew it out with dry nitrogen and still more ejuice came out, untouched by 99%!! So I then rinsed it very thoroughly in water. That got all the ejuice out, dissolving it seemingly! Following that, I put it back in the 99% IPA, and let it sit for a few mins and ran it in the ultrasonic (like a jewelry cleaner but this step is not necessary in my opinion) for 5 seconds. I then blew it out once more, with nitrogen.
I then pushed the fire button for a couple secs and let go (dry burn to remove any other moisture). Did that a couple times but didnt hold the fire button too long so I wouldnt pop the delicate atty filament - be careful if you try this). I then dropped some new ejuice onto the bridge. I took some tokes and boy oh boy...this atty has NEVER worked so well!!! Huge clean plumes of vapor, massive flavor clean burns!
Just thought Id share my first cleaning experience. My take away was that some ejuice is probably not alcohol soluble, rather water soluble so you may need to use water first to break the ejuice down (Id suggest distilled to minimize contaminants which could cause corrosion to your delicate atty filament). This also leads me to believe that using 70% or 90% would work better since the remaining 30% and 10% respectively, is water. Then hit it with the alcohol which will clear out most remaining moisture. If possible, use some sort of air compressor source to gently blow it out. In my mind, I feel blowing it out by mouth to dry it will add moisture inside the atty. To test that theory, blow down a straw a few times and look through it. Typically you will see condensation inside the straw from your warm, moist breath. But this probably doesnt really matter because most blow by mouth. Btw, this is probably already well known info and posted all over the place here at ECF
Oh and This RoughStack mod is absolutely delightful. Just nothing to complain about. The battery has been banging hard since yesterday afternoon!! The plumes of vapor are two to three times denser than smoke from an analog. 3 drops of ejuice vapes for TONS of hits I havent counted but lasts way longer than an analog would.
ice
So I've been a vaporer for a whole day now. Absolutely loving friggin life with the RoughStack mod. Today I decided to try cleaning my atomizer (I know, so soon but I probably have OCD LOL). At my work, I have 99.9% Isopropyl alcohol and an ultrasonic cleaner, so I decided to try that.
I first blew out all excess juice onto a paper towel. Got some out. Then I dropped the atty into a beaker of 99% iso alcohol. I let it sit for a couple mins swishing it around. I decided to take it out, blow it again with a dry nitrogen gun that I have in the lab. What I noticed was that tons more e-juice came out. It was all over the place, but was not "dissolving" per say. I suppose some e-juice isnt alcohol soluble. So I blew out the atty again, stuck it back in the 99% IPA. Again, blew it out with dry nitrogen and still more ejuice came out, untouched by 99%!! So I then rinsed it very thoroughly in water. That got all the ejuice out, dissolving it seemingly! Following that, I put it back in the 99% IPA, and let it sit for a few mins and ran it in the ultrasonic (like a jewelry cleaner but this step is not necessary in my opinion) for 5 seconds. I then blew it out once more, with nitrogen.
I then pushed the fire button for a couple secs and let go (dry burn to remove any other moisture). Did that a couple times but didnt hold the fire button too long so I wouldnt pop the delicate atty filament - be careful if you try this). I then dropped some new ejuice onto the bridge. I took some tokes and boy oh boy...this atty has NEVER worked so well!!! Huge clean plumes of vapor, massive flavor clean burns!
Just thought Id share my first cleaning experience. My take away was that some ejuice is probably not alcohol soluble, rather water soluble so you may need to use water first to break the ejuice down (Id suggest distilled to minimize contaminants which could cause corrosion to your delicate atty filament). This also leads me to believe that using 70% or 90% would work better since the remaining 30% and 10% respectively, is water. Then hit it with the alcohol which will clear out most remaining moisture. If possible, use some sort of air compressor source to gently blow it out. In my mind, I feel blowing it out by mouth to dry it will add moisture inside the atty. To test that theory, blow down a straw a few times and look through it. Typically you will see condensation inside the straw from your warm, moist breath. But this probably doesnt really matter because most blow by mouth. Btw, this is probably already well known info and posted all over the place here at ECF
Oh and This RoughStack mod is absolutely delightful. Just nothing to complain about. The battery has been banging hard since yesterday afternoon!! The plumes of vapor are two to three times denser than smoke from an analog. 3 drops of ejuice vapes for TONS of hits I havent counted but lasts way longer than an analog would.
ice
