Now that cleaner definitely sounds like it has potential....but I bet it's hard to get over here......I shall have a search online in a min.
Excellent possibilty Sun ! Heated sugary gunk, quite similar in nature perhaps. Here's hoping ...
How did you think of that ?
I used to work in a movie theater. The popper hase 4 metal arms on the bottom that moves the kernels around so they don't burn. We used to clean it by sticking one of those green flat scrubby spongelike things under each arm, add some hot water and a little cleaner, and let it clean itself. I'm not sure if we used the same cleaner as what Sun is planning on trying, but it took the popper a good 20 minutes of scrubbing itself before it got clean. I hope just soaking it works. Good luck![]()
I have read A LOT on this forum about cleaning atomizers.... as much as I could and WOW all the different ideas ways people have been trying. So I started thinking, and if this has been already tried/mentioned sorry and disregard this, but what about those denture tablets? I saw a commercial for them last night and thought that might be something to try. It can't be harsh in any way because those dentures go right back in your mouth, but it has to be strong enough to get the crap off them. Just my thoughts.
I know I've read that people won't try CLR because of the chemicals in it, but a lot of people (including us) us it in our drinking glasses, pots, pans, faucet heads so really what's the difference? On wikipedia it says: Its ingredients include water, lactic acid, gluconic acid, glycolic acid, sulfamic acid, citric acid and surfactants. The product also contained phosphoric acid at one time, but it is now phosphate free. The phosphate free formula is more environmentally friendly, but its effectiveness against some stains - such as rust is reduced.
Just trying to understand and getting in a little "late in the game".
I remember reading awhile back about how people said not to heat the coil when it's dry because it would kill the atomizer. I don't really see how that would kill it. Has this theory gone out the window? It's too bad we can pull together some sort of pump to continuously pump a mild abrasive solution through the atomizer, something like toothpaste and water, perhaps. I imagine that eventually the buildup would erode. But yeah, then you have to worry about the toothpaste getting stuck.rinse out well, dry and prime.