I think I killed them...
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Well, none of the cartos I washed seem to be vaping very well. Sigh...
They all draw hard, and won't seem to dry. I have a feeling I will be making an order tonight...
Have to re-think the strategy I used.
Oh No !!! Did ya reverse spin da water out ? I so sorry Bogey dat makes me wanna...
I haven't quite gotten the washing thing down either. I don't know if I didn't dry them enough or what but it almost turned me off of ecigs entirely. I've shelved that project for over a month now.
Are the cartos screwing all the way down onto the battery connector or is there a small gap? The heat may have pulled the posts up on the cartos as the metal expanded and contracted. (guessing)
If you draw in and out on the washed carto alone is the air free flowing?
Take a thick paper clip or finish nail and pull the post on one the Cartos up high....blow it out to check for water...then see if it vapes better. Don't crank it on the battery, just screw it tight enough to make a connection...so there should be a gap.
If you draw in and out on the washed carto alone is the air free flowing?
Take a thick paper clip or finish nail and pull the post on one the Cartos up high....blow it out to check for water...then see if it vapes better. Don't crank it on the battery, just screw it tight enough to make a connection...so there should be a gap.
Thats odd. I let mine dry for 2 days before refilling. I have never had an issue. I actually notice I get MORE vapor once the cart gets used a bit! Break in period lol.
Hope you figure it out. That sounds odd.
Hope you figure it out. That sounds odd.
I washed mine for the first time, I find some are not as good as before but some are ok good as new. Boiled em for 15 min rinsed and boiled em for 15 more. Blew the excess out and took 2 days to dry. I blew em out a little on the second day.
I boiled em in a stainless pot sitting on the bottom (which I heard might be too hot) but it worked for me mostly. Like I said some were not as good as before.
I opened a not so good one and found it burnt from me vaping it too much.
Hope you have better luck.
I boiled em in a stainless pot sitting on the bottom (which I heard might be too hot) but it worked for me mostly. Like I said some were not as good as before.
I opened a not so good one and found it burnt from me vaping it too much.
Hope you have better luck.
No, you are basically vaping water all the time, it's in the juice.
Thanks eveyone! I think I figured out about 80% of them thanks to SnowDragon! I think the dead ones were a few of my very first ones that I welll... lets just chalk it up to newbie cartocide? You all are awsome! Have a good night!
I don't understand boiling them. That makes one lousy soup! I just hold mine under hot running rater. Then I blow out and shake them like a thermometer. I almost always leave them over night to dry.
What about using some type of alcohol to wash them out? It should evaporate pretty quickly which would result in much faster drying time.
I'm not a big fan of refilling carts, but I do it occasionally. Boil them for 15 minutes, remove, blow out excess H2O, put on baking sheet in oven at 175 degrees for about 20 minutes. Got this method from this forum, a long, long, time ago, but it works great. That way I don't have to wait over nite, or for a few days, for the carts to be completely dry, and I can use them right away (of course, that is after they have cooled down ;-)
I don't understand boiling them either. They have not been filled with something germ laden that needs to be sanitized. A vodka soak (kills germs if that is what is needed) and hot water flush cleans them well, and gets rid of previous flavor. I think "boiling them" is something a man came up with. Someone who has not been involved enough with cleaning to understand the semantics involved. Talk about overkill!
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