Might as well introduce myself, I smoked ciggerettes for three years and I started vaping a little over a week ago and I haven't looked back since, sometimes I cough up a bunch of mucus probably due to my lungs healing lol. I have a kanger mt3s and two nights I soaked it in vinegar and water, rinsed it out, let it dry overnight and it tasted great, today I wanted to switch flavors so I rinsed it out and refilled it, I got a couple of dry burns and then the vapor tasted burnt, the burnt taste is going away but I was wondering if I need to let it dry after rinsing? Did I possibly hurt it? And if so how long does it take to air dry?
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I always let mine sit and air dry completely before use. Not sure if that is required or not.
Word of caution though...
One time I took nearly my whole collection of clearos (15 or 20) and thought I would give them a good overnight soak in just plain water to clean out the different residual flavors from the various juices. Kinda like resetting everything. The next morning when I went to retrieve them and dry them off, the water had dissolved the glue holding the plastic to the metal base. had to trash the hole lot of em.
Word of caution though...
One time I took nearly my whole collection of clearos (15 or 20) and thought I would give them a good overnight soak in just plain water to clean out the different residual flavors from the various juices. Kinda like resetting everything. The next morning when I went to retrieve them and dry them off, the water had dissolved the glue holding the plastic to the metal base. had to trash the hole lot of em.
Hi Gorgonof and welcome!
I think that soaking a clearomizer in vinegar is an overkill--I just wash them in hot tap water (and a bit of dish soap if necessary), dry the outside with a clean dish towel, shake excess water out and refill. You may air dry if you're not in a hurry.
Burnt taste comes from a dry coil--it has nothing to do with the clearomizer body. You get burnt taste when not enough eliquid gets to the hot coil on time to cool it--check your wattage (too high will result in dry hits) and airflow. Do not chain vape. Make sure your coil is clean.
Good luck!
I think that soaking a clearomizer in vinegar is an overkill--I just wash them in hot tap water (and a bit of dish soap if necessary), dry the outside with a clean dish towel, shake excess water out and refill. You may air dry if you're not in a hurry.
Burnt taste comes from a dry coil--it has nothing to do with the clearomizer body. You get burnt taste when not enough eliquid gets to the hot coil on time to cool it--check your wattage (too high will result in dry hits) and airflow. Do not chain vape. Make sure your coil is clean.
Good luck!
I let air dry overnight. Sometimes they won't even fire if there is water in them. Should be fine once completely dry.
Odd how water would dissolve the glue. I have heard of people soaking in alcohol, which pretty much guarantees the glue will dissolve and the tanks leak eventually...
Odd how water would dissolve the glue. I have heard of people soaking in alcohol, which pretty much guarantees the glue will dissolve and the tanks leak eventually...
Agreed. Cleaning COILS is a different procedure altogether... I thought the OP was talking about cleaning the clearomizer body.
I soak my coils in PGA for a couple of hours, occasionally; I disassemble and do a quick dry burn and rinse when they begin to taste off. Then I discard them--they are disposable, after all.
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When you dry burn do you just screw the base with the coil to the battery and fire it? High or low voltage? Im not a real big fan of dry burning cause i think its inevitably going to make the coils thinniner, but maybe dry burning it once a month could help a lot. I dont think the vinegar is overkill cause I dilute it with 3 times water and I didn't
notice any wierd taste, whats pga btw?
I always let mine sit and air dry completely before use. Not sure if that is required or not.
Word of caution though...
One time I took nearly my whole collection of clearos (15 or 20) and thought I would give them a good overnight soak in just plain water to clean out the different residual flavors from the various juices. Kinda like resetting everything. The next morning when I went to retrieve them and dry them off, the water had dissolved the glue holding the plastic to the metal base. had to trash the hole lot of em.
That's wierd, where they all by the same brand? Different companies probably use different glues, I soak mine for an hour at most, so hopefully i wont get that problem
Yes, but you have to remove the post covering the coil so you can keep an eye on the process. Voltage depends on the resistance of your coil--I use low/medium voltage, around 3.7v or so. Do several quick, short pulses lest you risk popping the coil. Once it glows orange, let it cool off and rinse to remove any ash. I use Pure Grain Alcohol (PGA
) or cheap vodka. Distilled water is OK too.There is no other way to remove the gunk that accumulates on the coil. You can of course chuck the coil and get a new one. But I do dryburn to prolong its life. Just be careful not to overheat the coil. Once a month? Perhaps... How much do you vape? My coils rarely last much longer than a month. They are disposable. And the wicks do deteriorate also.
I'm just telling you what i do--whatever works for you is fine by me.
Ahh ok I don't drink much these days but ill try it if I ever have some around. One last question does the coil post just thread out or is there a screw or something? I couldnt find anything on Google and I dont feel like taking it apart just to look at it with juice in it. Im still wary of dry burning to often but now that I have a good idea how to do it ill try it when the coil gets funky, thanks for all the information
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You need to coax it out, no thread. It can be a bit tough the first couple of times. I use a wide rubber band and small pliers sometimes, gently! The shouldn't be a lot of liquid, just a soaked wick in the coil and flavor wick (strands) above it. Remove the strands before burning so you are able to see.
Ahh ok I don't drink much these days but ill try it if I ever have some around. One last question does the coil post just thread out or is there a screw or something? I couldnt find anything on Google and I dont feel like taking it apart just to look at it with juice in it. Im still wary of dry burning to often but now that I have a good idea how to do it ill try it when the coil gets funky, thanks for all the information
Check YouTube--plenty of kanger coil cleaning videos. Here's one;
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