Hey gang,
I was doing some experamenting with cleaning my atomizer and think I found a safe way that is effective and may even make the life increased on them.
I read here about what people do to clean them. Everything from blowing out the old e-juice to boiling in nothing more than sulfuric acid. I decided to take a more conservative approach on the deal, since I killed my SmokingEverywhere atomizer using the cleaning tecniques I read in here.
So looking for a solution (as I'm such a tight wad, I managed to fix a $1,000 transmission problem on my car with a $1.59 heater hose clamp so I want to get maximum out of my addys with as little money as possible), I desided to find a safer alternative for my atomizer.
So looking around my desk, I found a solution. A $5.99 desk fan. A small fan that you can get at any Walgreens made by Lakewood.
What I started to do a month ago with my atomizer I got from VaporOptions for the Sophomore kit was to blow out the remaining e-juice from the battery end, keeping a clean paper towel on the mesh end of the atomizer. Then, I put them on my desk, battery end side down, under the small fan, and run it all night, with the fan blowing directly on top of them, letting the gentle airflow dry out the atomizer, mesh, and other electronic circuits inside.
That was a month ago. I'm still using the same atomizer I got with the kit. It still works so well I nicknamed it "Ol' Sparky". The remaining 4 spares I bought are still in the bubble wrap if and when they are needed.
And the amazing thing is I drip heavily, which usually kills atomizers, yet this atomizer is still working a month later using this method of cleaning and drying them.
I also find that after the atomizer is totally drained and dried, even my favorite Menthol flavored e-juice does not interfere with other flavors if I use a recently drained and air dried addy.
Maybe something to try. If i can fix a $1,000 transmission problem for $1.50, I think I can figure out a way of squeezing 2-3 months service from an atomizer.
After this, and with the experiance I had with a premature dead SE atomizer, I'm beginning to think that dropping them in ANY liquids may not be such a good idea.
I was doing some experamenting with cleaning my atomizer and think I found a safe way that is effective and may even make the life increased on them.
I read here about what people do to clean them. Everything from blowing out the old e-juice to boiling in nothing more than sulfuric acid. I decided to take a more conservative approach on the deal, since I killed my SmokingEverywhere atomizer using the cleaning tecniques I read in here.
So looking for a solution (as I'm such a tight wad, I managed to fix a $1,000 transmission problem on my car with a $1.59 heater hose clamp so I want to get maximum out of my addys with as little money as possible), I desided to find a safer alternative for my atomizer.
So looking around my desk, I found a solution. A $5.99 desk fan. A small fan that you can get at any Walgreens made by Lakewood.
What I started to do a month ago with my atomizer I got from VaporOptions for the Sophomore kit was to blow out the remaining e-juice from the battery end, keeping a clean paper towel on the mesh end of the atomizer. Then, I put them on my desk, battery end side down, under the small fan, and run it all night, with the fan blowing directly on top of them, letting the gentle airflow dry out the atomizer, mesh, and other electronic circuits inside.
That was a month ago. I'm still using the same atomizer I got with the kit. It still works so well I nicknamed it "Ol' Sparky". The remaining 4 spares I bought are still in the bubble wrap if and when they are needed.
And the amazing thing is I drip heavily, which usually kills atomizers, yet this atomizer is still working a month later using this method of cleaning and drying them.
I also find that after the atomizer is totally drained and dried, even my favorite Menthol flavored e-juice does not interfere with other flavors if I use a recently drained and air dried addy.
Maybe something to try. If i can fix a $1,000 transmission problem for $1.50, I think I can figure out a way of squeezing 2-3 months service from an atomizer.
After this, and with the experiance I had with a premature dead SE atomizer, I'm beginning to think that dropping them in ANY liquids may not be such a good idea.
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