Ruined atomizers after cleaning?

[TheBigBentley]

So after reading all the post on the forum about cleaning atomizers I tried to give it a go. I own 3 super mini's. I poured some white vinegar and water in a cup and let them soak for about 30 min. Then took them out and let them dry over a paper towel. The next day none of them where producing decent vapor. Then I picked up a can of air and blew them out real good. Now one works great but the other 2 are still performing extremely poorly. I gave the the other two another day to dry and still no luck. What am I doing wrong? Did I kill 2 atomizer by cleaning them?

 

[icemanmaz]

its best to give them a good dry out with a hair dryer after cleaning. This also stops any oxidisation.
In the morning you also need to a few drops of e-liquid in the atomizer and leave it to soak in for a while.
after you have cleaned them I usually find they take a few good puffs to get them going again and after the vinegar wash you will also find a bad taste for 1/2 hour of normal use as it gets the flavour of the carts back in it.

 

[Brian S]

So after reading all the post on the forum about cleaning atomizers I tried to give it a go. I own 3 super mini's. I poured some white vinegar and water in a cup and let them soak for about 30 min. Then took them out and let them dry over a paper towel. The next day none of them where producing decent vapor. Then I picked up a can of air and blew them out real good. Now one works great but the other 2 are still performing extremely poorly. I gave the the other two another day to dry and still no luck. What am I doing wrong? Did I kill 2 atomizer by cleaning them?

You likely have some of the cleaning solution caught in the atomizer. A couple of drops of smoke juce will displace most of it. If you dont have any, squeeze a cartridge to put a couple of drops in it. They still may not work quite right for a bit until the cleaning solution is gone from the atomizer.

Brian

Brian

 

[TheBigBentley]

Thanks for the tips! Im off to give it a try!

 

[BigBuxNoWhammy]

Smoke a bunch of small puffs with a fresh cart, usually after a cleaning I dont get proper vapour again until I smoke it for a bit.

 

[TheBigBentley]

I'm really thinking this all goes back to my jc juice. I ran out of carts and have been refilling using the jc juice since. Should I be getting more or less vapor out of jc juice versus original carts? I know there has been a lot of talk around the forums about there performance.

 

[icemanmaz]

You should be getting the same if not more vapour.
What carts are you using

 

[TheBigBentley]

honestly, they where just the generic carts that came with my super mini's. Im not sure whats to blame. If its all 3 atomizers or the JC juice I got. Basically I ran out of carts, so I ordered some JC juice. Tried some and the vapor and throat hit was awful. Also seemed like they where really hard to inhale. Thats when I cleaned the atomizers. After that things went even more down hill. I do have two DSE901s comming from Puresmoker hopefully tuesday or wednsday but, in the meantime ive had to switch back to real cigarettes and im not too happy I had to do that.

 

[convert]

I was told that blowing trough the atomiser would remove all debris. i tried this and the damn thing stopped working. I left it for a couple of days but it still didn't work so I threw it away. I'm now petrified of touch the atomiser in case it packs up on me.

 

[Kit]

I was told that blowing trough the atomiser would remove all debris. i tried this and the damn thing stopped working. I left it for a couple of days but it still didn't work so I threw it away. I'm now petrified of touch the atomiser in case it packs up on me.

Blowing through the battery end does usual damage the atomiser,I think all this cleaning malarkey is a waste of time treat it as disposable because thats how there made!

 

[TheBigBentley]

Blowing through the battery end does usual damage the atomiser,I think all this cleaning malarkey is a waste of time treat it as disposable because thats how there made!

How long should one last though i think is the question to be asked. If im gonna throw mine away a week after i buy it then I dont really see too much of an advantage of smoking e-cigs at 12 bucks per atomizer and 5 bucks for a pack of 5 carts that usually only get me through a couple of days it seems kinda expensive.

 

[convert]

How long should one last though i think is the question to be asked. If im gonna throw mine away a week after i buy it then I dont really see too much of an advantage of smoking e-cigs at 12 bucks per atomizer and 5 bucks for a pack of 5 carts that usually only get me through a couple of days it seems kinda expensive.

Move to the UK 50 carts cost 34 bucks (approx - depends on this hours exchange rate)

I've been using my current atomizer for a couple of weeeks and it's still going strong.

I am concerned about quality control in the carts though. This latest batch has had 2 duds for 4 good ones.

 

[lukewells]

Blowing through the battery end does usual damage the atomiser,I think all this cleaning malarkey is a waste of time treat it as disposable because thats how there made!

I've blown water through the cart end and air through the battery end of both my classic atomisers with no ill effect (so far)