Old school- anyone still wash out Cartos?

[bnrkwest]

i remember way back in time when many of us washed out Cartos to keep them going longer. They actually made good DIY juice testers. Anyone contemplating that ? I was just looking at some used Cartos thinking hmmm, maybe I should wash them and keep them on hand just incase since they are hard to come by especially after 8-8-16 and I still enjoy a Carto from time to time.

 

[salemgold]

I haven't done that in a long time but, back in the day I cleaned my fair share. Used a catheter tipped syringe and hot water to clean. Word of caution though. Be certain that you get them dried out very quickly. I found out the hard way that they will get specs of mold in them if they are left damp for any length of time.

Drying them in the oven on a very low temp may be a good idea

 

[bnrkwest]

I was thinking maybe using vodka or plain PG this time so they don't get wet with water. They do take long to dry using hot water.

 

[salemgold]

Heck, maybe you could figure a way to replace the cotton without too much trouble. If you use light flavors like I do, a quick rinse with vodka may just do the trick though.

 

[sawlight]

As I recall, there was a guy that converted a salad spinner, the kind with the push down handle. to dry carto's out back in the day. Don't remember all the details, not sure I care to, but I guess it worked?
I always washed them, blew them out and let them sit over night before filling again.

 

[salemgold]

After I had the batch that molded, I would put my oven on the lowest setting. Place a batch of cartos on a cookie sheet and leave them in there with the oven on for about an hour. Turn the oven off and leave the cartos in the warm oven over night. Never had another problem.

 

[salemgold]

I will add that I don't ever see myself going back to doing this. I am not a fan of making my own coils but, there are so many premade options out there now. I have tanks that use RBA decks that are super simple to attach the coil to.

I am stocked on extra decks for these tanks as well. Unless they all fail and I am not able to get more, I will not be washing cartos again. Ever.

 

[sawlight]

I will add that I don't ever see myself going back to doing this. I am not a fan of making my own coils but, there are so many premade options out there now. I have tanks that use RBA decks that are super simple to attach the coil to.

I am stocked on extra decks for these tanks as well. Unless they all fail and I am not able to get more, I will not be washing cartos again. Ever.

Oddly enough, I've moved to pretty much all RDA's of some sort myself, but 'Smilin (You know who I'm talking about) hit me up a week ago and wants to send me a kit! Gotta love the man for trying!

 

[crxess]

My problem is heavy calcium in the water. May return to cleaning now that I have a Ultrasonic Cleaner, with Distilled water.

Of course, I have so much now, I may never find the need.

 

[K_Tech]

Not any more, to be honest. Although I still pick up some of my older gear from time to time, I haven't vaped on a carto in months, and I've got several boxes of cartos just sitting in a drawer right now, waiting to be vaped with.

 

[Rule62]

I still have a couple unopened boxes of the much beloved (back in the day) V2 original menthol.
Anyone remember doing the 'Taryn spin'?

 

[tj99959]

Mine always seemed to taste like crap after I washed them. Figure I get about a months worth of use out of them anyway, and I've only got a dozen bricks of them stashed away.
Being as I'm 75 now, a 50 year supply ought to get me by just fine.

 

[Rule62]

Early on, I tried washing cartos, with varying degrees of success. Someone on a forum I used to go to said one time: "It's like washing a pillow".
Shortly after that, I moved on to the next step in my vaping progress; the infamous CE2.

 

[r77r7r]

I actually have,lol. Only because I was trying a new to Me type (RBN) and they tasted weird.

 

[440BB]

I still have a modfied top from a dead ego battery and the shoelace I threaded through it just in case I need to do another taryn spin. In the early days I just used a carto condom and have the dents in my basement walls and ceiling to show for it lol!

 

[Robert Cromwell]

I always cleaned my cartos with rubbing alc and a syringe. Left to dry for a day or so.

 

[Rule62]

I still have a modfied top from a dead ego battery and the shoelace I threaded through it just in case I need to do another taryn spin. In the early days I just used a carto condom and have the dents in my basement walls and ceiling to show for it lol!

My spinner consisted of a piece of surgical tubing, which the cartos slid into very tightly, and a piece of string.
Boy! Those things really took off if they came out of the tubing.

 

[r77r7r]

I was never in a hurry, so I dried mine by sitting them on the vent of an air cleaner.

 

[oplholik]

I still have a couple unopened boxes of the much beloved (back in the day) V2 original menthol.
Anyone remember doing the 'Taryn spin'?

Yep, still use the spin for 3 of my mods with cartos.

 

[Down-Time]

Shoelaces, string, Surgical tubing...You'll need to post pics.