Old Cartomizer Brought Back To Life

[Shaky2Hands]

I've always heard that once a cartomizer stops working, toss it. Just wanted to say B.S. I bought a 5 pack of dual coil 1.5 ohm cartos from clouds of vapor to use in my tank. The first one used lasted about 2 weeks before it started getting hard to pull, so i swapped with a new one. I took the first one and put it in a Ziploc container with about 1/2 pint of Everclear grain alcohol and let it soak. So long story short, i pulled the first cartomizer out of the everclear about 3 weeks later, let it dry overnight, then through it back in the tank and started vaping. It acts like its new out of the package. It hits and pulls just like new. Just a little trick i thought i would share. At this rate my 5 pack of cartomizers should last about 20+ weeks. Not too bad for $10. Anyone else have tricks to make cartomizers last?

 

[TheJack]

I pull my dual coils apart and wash them with hot water. i put the coils threw a few heat cycles to burn off the gunk / put them together then good as new.

 

[Renzuli]

I use a higer voltage on mine , when they start getting clogged . They seem to work just fine at the lower voltage , after I use them for awhile at the higher voltage . But I also clean mine as well , using a syringe and vodka .

 

[Shaky2Hands]

how do you pull them apart without ruining them?

 

[Balthezar]

Not sure where, but there is a youtube video that shows you how, Just google cleaning cartomizers. Very good video.

 

[lunabella]

Doctor Vapor always has a million great tips and tricks in his videos on VapeTV. Awhile ago I watched his vid about removing the gunked up filling from cartos and using the empty carto with a drip tip to drip into. Great idea! After all, a cartomizer is just an atomizer with filling in it. Haven't tried it yet, but I've been saving all of my gunked up cartos ever since watching that vid!

VapeTV | Doctor Vapor - check out his vid about 'spent cartomizers'.

 

[rolo007]

i just heat water in microwave and swish them around for a few then let them dry

 

[miselfi]

just bath them in vodka for an hour or so...

 

[monkeytube138]

Anybody know if iso works for cleaning?

 

[Vapoor eyes er]

I use an oral med dispenser to clean and dry mine but I'll have to try the soaking in alcohol. A's for isopropyl I read that it's not completely without chemical whereas others say it's ok. I know it's great for cleaning DVDs.
Thanks for the idea, Vapoor.

 

[Shaky2Hands]

I would never use ISO-propyl alcohol. The label itself says will cause gastric disturbances if swallowed. I know their talking about a good amount, however if its not intended to be ingested, i wouldn't use it.

 

[TheJack]

how do you pull them apart without ruining them?

screw in the carto and wiggle it apart just like a ce2.