My Atty Resurrection Method

[InfinityMax]

This thread should definitely be stickied. Of nearly any thread I've referenced since I started vaping, this has been the most helpful. I was ready to give up on vaping completely. I hadn't cleaned my atomizers... well, ever, and after three weeks, I was getting almost no smoke even though I was heating up my atomizers until they were uncomfortably hot.

I spent about an hour dry-burning both of the atomizers I had, and now they work better than when I started. Thank you so much for sharing this technique.

 

[booker]

Cheers highping. Did your method to 510 SLB and is just like better than new

 

[BiffRocko]

Amazing! I saved an atty that was tainted with a terrible tasting juice that wouldn't go away. It's fresh, clean, and new tasting again. And the done in 5 minutes is no lie! Thanks!

By the way, I was able to easily hit the orange glow with an eGo mega battery on an eGo atty.

 

[Ay Dee Jay]

Amazing! I saved an atty that was tainted with a terrible tasting juice that wouldn't go away. It's fresh, clean, and new tasting again. And the done in 5 minutes is no lie! Thanks!

By the way, I was able to easily hit the orange glow with an eGo mega battery on an eGo atty.

Heh. I just tried this for the first time myself, using a Tornado mega batt and was about to sing praises when I saw your post. Same great results here.

 

[robl45]

anyone tried this with a bartleby? I've burnt out two attys so far trying this on my bartleby. i'm guessing because the button is so hard to press that there is no way to modulate properly during the dry burn.

 

[BanjoMan]

anyone tried this with a bartleby? I've burnt out two attys so far trying this on my bartleby. i'm guessing because the button is so hard to press that there is no way to modulate properly during the dry burn.

I always dry-burn with my Bart (or another 2AA box mod). The only attys I've popped with it are some Joye 510's I got from Heaven-gifts. The LR's I got from Eastmall hold up a lot better - haven't popped one yet even with extended burns. I think it depends more on the atty than anything else.

 

[robl45]

and the atty should get quite hot during the drying process? when drying it off, it sizzles and takes a long time to see orange and the atty becomes quite hot.

 

[BanjoMan]

and the atty should get quite hot during the drying process? when drying it off, it sizzles and takes a long time to see orange and the atty becomes quite hot.

The atty will get quite hot. After blowing out the atty by mouth you should get a sizzle while it finishes drying, then a quiet burn with smoke while it burns off any crud, then eventually an orange glow across the entire coil. I popped more than several standard Joye 510's (and a few 901's) and almost gave up until I got my newer Eastmall LR's. I've TRIED to pop these by leaving them orange for several minutes at a time and so far I haven't lost a single one.

 

[Kilroy]

Just restored 6 pretty much useless atomizers to decent performance. Thanks!

 

[brandon555]

I used to do this, but now I just rinse them with water and let them soak in everclear overnight. I think the alcohol does a good job of getting all the residue off the atty.

Plus alcohol evaporates quickly so no need to wait for them to dry. Even shooting compressed air through the atty will still leave some water behind.

Hell, 190 proof Everclear with strip paint so go figure.

 

[Daedalus]

Finally popped my first atty using this method after about 6 months of no failures. In my defense, it was an LR atty on a freshly charged eGo battery. I don't really know what I was thinking...

Used it right after to bring back to life an old atty from the bin I'd never been able to get the burnt taste out of. I pushed aside the mesh bridge and pulled out the metal bridge, then I pulled all the remaining top mesh off. There was a black spot in the center of the coil that wasn't heating up as fast, something was stuck on it. After several dry burns, alcohol rinses, and gentle tugging with tweezers I freed an extremely burnt piece of wicking material from the heating coil.

Been using this atty for the last week and it's incredible. Maybe it's just because it's the first one I've taken the bridge off, but this is some incredible vapor production for a stock 510 atomizer. And that bad taste is finally gone.

I've been using regular 80 proof vodka instead of boiling water when I got lazy and it works just as well, if not better, than the original method.

 

[Koman]

This worked for me. I don't think it will work for all though :/

 

[mhikl]

I was finding that a working atti didn't work as well after getting wet. Don't know what I was doing wrong.
Then I just tried pushing serviette ends down and blowing got a lot of .... out. I do this over and over until I get a clean response. The 3 atti seems to work better after this so I think I will go this route for now.

 

[BiffRocko]

I'm having my first problems with this method. It's worked for me in the past, but now I've got an atty that has a burnt taste after doing the cleaning. It is still heating, but the vapor production is way down and my juices have no flavor, just a dull burnt taste. I've run the atty through the process twice using 3.7V and still no difference.

What am I doing wrong here?

 

[robertpri]

I have read this thread with interest, and figure that I'll try "the method" sooner or later. But all I have done in the past is let the atty's soak in ordinary rubbing alcohol, and then boil in water for two minutes.

Gently tap, blow through, let dry, and they work great. [so far]

 

[portguy]

I'm having my first problems with this method. It's worked for me in the past, but now I've got an atty that has a burnt taste after doing the cleaning. It is still heating, but the vapor production is way down and my juices have no flavor, just a dull burnt taste. I've run the atty through the process twice using 3.7V and still no difference.

What am I doing wrong here?

Burn at 5 volts if you can. Also try vodka instead of water on that atty. Seems like you are not able to burn all the gunk.

 

[portguy]

I'm having my first problems with this method. It's worked for me in the past, but now I've got an atty that has a burnt taste after doing the cleaning. It is still heating, but the vapor production is way down and my juices have no flavor, just a dull burnt taste. I've run the atty through the process twice using 3.7V and still no difference.

What am I doing wrong here?

Double-post .

 

[pm2006]

I had forgotten about this thread. Until about 20 minutes ago, I had no problem with my atys. I've been rotating them for months and all was good . . .then I pulled a freebie 510 atty out to use it for the first time and NOTHING. Voila, I sat down at the puter and this thread popped up! WORKING. Thanks everyone for posting and bringing this thread to my attention and thanks Highping.

 

[nowhereman]

Nice thread.
I use pure grain to clean the attys but I suppose that's a matter of choice.
If it works, it works.

Do you happen to have any special tips for not popping LR attys ?
I could use them, so far I have killed 2 ! LOL

 

[kj4lxw]

Well I tried it. Was hesitant at first after reading but my atty was going downhill.
It took awhile but it started glowing, had to go through the cycle about 3 times.
I seem to be getting better taste out of it now and little bit better vapor.
Definately glad I tried it and will be doing it again very shortly to se if I get better results.
Thanks for the instructions.