New Vaper! and cartomizer cleaning

[AmeliaMelbourne]

Hi there,

Well I have been cigarette free for 6 days now and I'm never looking back. I was a heavily addicted rollie (Aus: roll-your-own tobacco) smoker for 13 years and this is the first time I have ever managed to quit! So many thanks to many of you here for all the info I've been reading up on over the last couple of months (while waiting for my gear to arrive), and hello to everyone.
Oh, a little thing I discovered, I'm using a 510 with carts, and awhile ago ordered some cinnamon and clove dekang. It arrived, I couldn't vape it and successfully make the transition to vaping from smoking, until I ordered some different liquid from the states that wasn't so harsh (at least to a newbie like me). Anyhow, after following some awesome directions about cleaning cartomizers with the syringe (or turkey baster) method, I found that the cinnamon smell really stuck in the cartomizers. Good old plain white vinegar fixes almost every problem, so after cleaning them, I drew straight white vinegar up into the with the syringe (soak them) and let them sit on the windowsill for a day, then re-clean them with syringe method (do it thoroughly, both times). No smell, of anything! I hope this helps someone (perhaps even just 1 person ;-) )...
Kind regards, and looking forward to the journey... I can't believe how great this is!
Amelia

 

[440BB]

Welcome to ECF and congratulations on your vaping success! You'll find many here to share your ideas and questions with, as well as lots of types of equipment. The 510 with cartos worked for me too and is a handy vape indeed. You might want to look up taryn spin to make a simple tool to speed up drying them out after cleaning. If you're in a hurry to get one dry, you can set it threaded side down on top of a 40 watt incandescent bulb and they'll be done in about 15 minutes. Good luck!