Newbie Question - When is the carto spent?

[serenity21899]

I am sure the information is here somewhere, but I cannot find it.

I have just started to refill my cartos (510 on a Blu Premium 100s battery). My question is simple - when is it time to replace the carto with a fresh one?

Thanks.

 

[zapped]

When it develops an "off' taste or stops giving you the draw and flavor you prefer. You can clean cartos by boiling them in distilled water with high proof vodka and let them dry for at least 24 hours instead of just throwing them in the trash.

 

[Ken62]

What zapped said.

I find you can refill a carto 2-5 times before it needs to be cleaned. I personally use a carto once per day and on average it will last me for about 2 weeks. YMMV

 

[serenity21899]

Thank you.

Another question. I am assuming it is the acholol that is the key factor, but me and vodka just don't play well together. Is there another way? I realize the alcohol is being burned away in the boiling process, but I really do not want it in my house.

 

[gearjunky]

hello. i just cleaned my first set of cartridges...i had five to clean and i just put them in a small pot of boiling WATER (nothing else added to the water) i let them medium boil for about 15 minutes...removed them and rinsed them in cool water and then repeated the whole process again about four more times. i watched also on each boiling session to see how murcky the water was, and the water became cleaner looking after each boil. they look good as new, but i have NOT yet re-filled them with juice and vaped from them yet. simple water boiling cleaning...nothing special to do...you can also look on youtube and see many videos on how other folks clean their cartos for re-use.

 

[serenity21899]

I did end up cleaning them with just plain water with fairly good results. I had used all VG for a few days to sort out some issues I was having so they got kinda gunked up.