Magnets turning black

[Bakseated1]

I have a stingray clone from fasttech with the magnetic firing switch. How do you clean the black crap that builds up on the magnets?

I tried soapy water and alcohol. Nothing seems to get it off. I assume that it hurts conductivity and needs to be removed just can't figure out how to do it.

Thanks!


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[Necrotic]

Sounds like you just need to clean the whole thing... Try soaking the mod in a solution of 91% alcohol. Seems to me that current is going through the magnets causing them to blacken. Not 100% sure about that but that's only thing I can think of. Have had a stingray for months and magnets are still silver.

 

[Bakseated1]

I have cleaned the whole thing with alcohol a bunch and even used a toothbrush to get in all the threads and small areas. Never really seems all that dirty. Except those magnets.


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[duc916]

Polish it. Am I the only one in this forum who knows that alcohol doesn't remove oxidation?

Mothers mag polish. Pep Boys. $5

 

[exnihilo]

Yes.

Tapa-shutup

 

[Bakseated1]

So I am polishing the entire mod and that will stop the magnets from turning black or I am polishing the magnet to get the black off?


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[duc916]

Just polish the threads and all places where metal meets metal, especially in the top cap and the switch assy. That keeps the mod working correctly.
The magnets aren't part of the electrical circuit and will work the same whether you polish them or not. If the look of them bothers you, polish them too.
Be sure to wipe it all down with isopropyl when you're done. Good luck.

 

[Bakseated1]

Well then. I guess I misunderstood the switch. I thought when the magnets touched each other the circuit was completed. So what completing the circuit when I hit the button?


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[duc916]

I'm not familiar with the Stingray switch but it's usually the button itself, which has a post screwed into it, that post extends to the bottom of the battery, completing the circuit.

 

[Bakseated1]

One magnet is screwed into a delrin piece that screws into the switch. In the middle of the switch there is a post that the other magnet screws into. When assembled the magnets are reverse polarity extending the throw of the switch. When you press the button I'm pretty sure the two magnets then touch (one touching the bottom of the battery the other the switch) completing the circuit.


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[duc916]

In that case, you should most definitely polish them. You should notice the difference in your vapes after polishing them if they are part of the circuit.