Purging a gummed up atty

[bruther]

The juices I vape mostly are USA made 50/50 mix, with extra flavor. I drip with an ego, using a mega atty and I find that the attys get gummed up pretty quickly using these juices. It usually doesn't take more than a day for the vapor and th to start dropping off. I got pretty tired of cleaning them, every other day. I happen to like Dekang RY4 and usually have some on hand. I figured that since The Dekang is so much thinner than the other juices and didn't seem to have as much flavoring in it, I might be able to use it to purge the attys.
I put about five drops of Dekang in the atty, let it soak in for a few minutes, then blow it out onto a napkin. I then take a needle and insert it in the air passage at the battery end and blow through the other end wiggling the needle, until the passage way is clear. I then put it all back together and vape Dekang through it for two or three vape cycles. After I do this, I just go back to vaping my regular juice and the atty works like it's just been cleaned.
Doing this saves me a lot of trouble and I've been using the same atty now for about a week.
I don't know if anyone else has this problem, but this is what works for me and I just thought I'd share.

 

[dhewey]

After about a month of use, one of my atomizers suddenly stopped producing vapor and I thought it was time to throw it away, but when I heard it sizzling I realized that the atty was actually still working.

I already knew about soaking and rinsing my attys to keep them in good shape, so I was a bit mystified at why the atty would sizzle as if it were working properly but produce no vapor.

Well, I found that blowing out the atty STRONGLY seems to be the secret. I used the same can of compressed air that I use to clean my electronics and shot the air stream through the atty -- which I thought was already perfectly dry -- only to find that it was blocked and actually held some fluid.

Once the block and excess fluid were removed with the compressed air (there could be other methods of unblocking), the atty went back to producing clouds of vapor as normal.

So, my recommendation would be not only to soak and rinse one's attys, but also to make sure that any blockages in the tiny air holes are completely removed.

 

[Red Hot]

One question about the compressed air:
Isn't that stuff toxic cuz it has chemicals in it in order to compress the air? I know there's some sort of toxins in the can, cuz they say inhaling it isn't recommended. With that said, wouldn't it be a bad idea to use such a device to clean attys quickly?

 

[Red Hot]

One question about the compressed air:
Isn't that stuff toxic cuz it has chemicals in it in order to compress the air? I know there's some sort of toxins in the can, cuz they say inhaling it isn't recommended. With that said, wouldn't it be a bad idea to use such a device to clean attys quickly?