paint coming off battery

[Zealous]

So I have had my eroll for several months now & I really love it. But the paint has started coming off starting where the airhole is on the battery. Basically about 1 inch all around the battery near the airhole has pealed off & also the paint on the ring that secures the atomizer has pealed off.

I need to get the rest of the paint of the battery so it doesn't look all smarmy. Any suggestions on how to remove the rest of the paint since it doesn't come off nearly as easily as the part that just pealed off & I don't want to scratch up the battery or put some chemical on it that will ruin it.

P.S. to any new buyer of this product: I would go with the silver if I could do it all over again.

 

[SupplyDaddy]

Paint seemed to always peel off my egos where e-liquid touched it.. but not when done purposely.. :/

Rubbing alcohol and a rag work wonders. Scratching it a bit here and there with a fingernail also helps.

 

[minitater]

Yeah, this happened to some of mine after a year or so. I took them to the garage and burnished them on my
wire wheel on my bench grinder. This got them back to the silver metal they all are prior to painting. The paint they use might be
powder coating as it is pretty tough. If you don't have a wire wheel you can sit there and cut designs in the paint with a sharp knife like I did until I decided to try the wire wheel.
wt

 

[EricDykstra]

if you don't have a wire wheel, try steel wood. It will remove the paint and leave the body shiny.

 

[patkin]

You can put a wrap on it and then carefully use a pin or paper clip to open an air hole in the wrap. If you're good at it, you can even do the hole before wrapping. You don't have to buy a wrap just for ecigs. You can use the crafters sheeting. Its really inexpensive and sold on amazon/ebay, etc... maybe even locally if you live in a metro area.

 

[LDS714]

Not sure how safe it is unless *thoroughly* cleaned afterward, but I've found brake fluid to be an extremely effective paint remover. Especially the paint near master/slave cylinders on motorcycles.

 

[highdensity]

Fingernail polish remover (acetone) on a paper towel works well.

 

[WillyZee]

the batteries are only $8 each ... I would probably buy a couple of new batteries and throw the paint peeled ones into a backup bin.

 

[four2109]

"Several months" is good for these batts. When mine started looking crappy they also started performing crappy. Sounds like it's time to order.

 

[redbucket]

So I have had my eroll for several months now & I really love it. But the paint has started coming off starting where the airhole is on the battery. Basically about 1 inch all around the battery near the airhole has pealed off & also the paint on the ring that secures the atomizer has pealed off.

I need to get the rest of the paint of the battery so it doesn't look all smarmy. Any suggestions on how to remove the rest of the paint since it doesn't come off nearly as easily as the part that just pealed off & I don't want to scratch up the battery or put some chemical on it that will ruin it.

P.S. to any new buyer of this product: I would go with the silver if I could do it all over again.

Time to buy a new battery. Batteries are what six, seven dollars? Under $10 for sure. You should probably have two or three extra batteries if the eRoll is your only vape system anyway. Your grody battery is now your spare!

 

[chefkeith]

I use my old batteries for dry burning attys during cleaning. I cover the air hole and blow pressure into the charging end of the battery. I'm not sure it's great for the pressure switch in the battery, so I use old ones now!

 

[Steamix]

One argument for staying with the 'stainless steel / silver ' variant. Spares me the ratty look of paint peeling off.. But maybe they'll halp me when panhandling downtown with a cardboard sign around my neck : 'Battery almost dead , donations welcome '