I wanted to share my attempt at cleaning one of my eGo-C atty's. The first atty I took out of the package when I got my kit has seen the most abuse. I have been changing juices and not blowing this one out in between. I have probably tried about 12 or so different juices all 100% VG. This atty has been going strong for about a week.
All was going well until I tried what I call the atty killer juice. This is the Caramel Kicker VG from AVE. It is a nice flavor but the juice is dark! It is completely opaque...almost black. I have ruined several attys and a few cartos with it. So I thought I would throw it at the eGo-C atty and see how it went. I loaded up a tank and started vaping. It was quite yummy for about 25-30 puffs or so and then I got the dreaded burnt flavor! Dang!
I tried blowing out the atty and then switched to another juice. Coffee from Copper Creek. It still had the burnt flavor. Tire fire as Grimm Green calls it. I took the spike head off and here is what it looked like before cleaning.
The wicking material was charred and stuck to the atty coil. The atty was covered in juice gunk. I did a boil, dry burn, rinse, boil, dry burn and final rinse and this it what it looked like after.
It cleaned up fairly well but this atty is not wicking properly now. I may have been a bit impatient and did not let it dry long enough or this one is simply shot. It vapes but it doesn't deliver the flavor or vapor and it started to taste burnt again. I still have two attys left in the package with two others in service and going strong. I think I will toss the Caramel Kicker juice!