Salvaging Ejuice

[InTheCity]

I have counted roughly 80 used (Vision) clearomizers (from the last 6-8 months) that are all practically full to the top with Ry4 ejuice (don't ask me why I use so many, I have no idea).

That to me seems to be more than a bottle of juice (or more) gone to waste.

Would you bother trying to salvage that juice? Or would you consider that it was better off being thrown out?

 

[barefootntx]

that would be a waste,i would save all that perfectly steeped juice.

 

[Susan W.]

I'd save it. Or don't fill another clearo until you use up the 80 filled clearos you already have.

 

[darkstorm]

Misunderstood. Yeah, salvage that stuff! When a clearo gives up the ghost I always pour the juice from it into the new one.

 

[Orobas]

I've become proficient at changing the head in a vivi nova without having to dump the juice.

We're thrifty.

 

[darkstorm]

80 Clearos in 8 months is 8 a month, 2 per week. Something is not right about that unless there are a few people vaping.

 

[Rat2chat2]

There is no way I could just throw it out. How come you don't finish one, clean it and grab another till there gone? Then start over.

 

[Kopfstimmen]

You have 80 full ones? As in, none have leaked everything out? Who's your vendor??

 

[InTheCity]

80 Clearos in 8 months is 8 a month, 2 per week. Something is not right about that unless there are a few people vaping.

Tell me about it. Truth be told, it's more. I'm on my third this week. Using Ego-Twist, brand new batteries, not over vaping, voltage is adequate. Juice is a PG/VG mix. Doesn't matter what I do, they burn out within a few days.

 

[InTheCity]

You have 80 full ones? As in, none have leaked everything out? Who's your vendor??

They're clearomizers, they wouldn't usually leak. Short lifespan is the problem I have with them and what I'd like, is all that juice back.

 

[bacc.vap]

They don't burn out, they just need to be cleaned. You could double or triple their life just by rinsing and dry burning.

 

[InTheCity]

Might be I'm picky. I usually put them in the used pile, the second they lose flavor or give even a remote burned taste.

 

[InTheCity]

These can be cleaned? - http://www.smoktek.com/assets/images/vision-808-ego-vgo-clearomizer(v20)_wm.jpg
Not with some alcohol method I hope, I don't like to go down that route.

 

[bacc.vap]

These can be cleaned? - http://www.smoktek.com/assets/images/vision-808-ego-vgo-clearomizer(v20)_wm.jpg
Not with some alcohol method I hope, I don't like to go down that route.

I don't use them myself, but sure why not. You can remove the coil head , but that brings up the question of why you have'nt been replacing the heads instead of buying new ones. All you have to do is remove the head, take it apart, rinse it, dry burn it and put it back together, It'll be almost as good as new.

 

[InTheCity]

I read a lot of bad info about cleaning with certain kinds of poisonous alcohol, none of that b.s and dangerous experimentation is for me.
Ironically though, the V2 has a wobbly coil head and moving it around a little seems to free up some of the juice and I've just given life back to a couple of recently put away carts. I'll give some of the older ones a quick water rinse tomorrow and see if they can work again .

Back on topic though, the juice I extracted so far is not exactly the kind of stuff you want to vape, it's almost brown.

 

[lamarrk]

Hot water is all you need to clean them. Then dry burn them to get the gunk off the coil heads.
If you want to get them really clean, use some PGA/Everclear. Not rubbing alcohol.

 

[bacc.vap]

As far as the juice goes you just have to try it, if it taste good suck it out of the cartos with a syringe. I don't think turning color necessarily means the juice is bad, it turns color for a number of reasons, nicotine darkens, particulates settle, might get some backwash from the coil possibly. I would'nt leave dark juice stop me from using it unless it tasted bad, jmo.

I use about one ce2 a month, with a bunch of rinses and dry burns. If I had eighty cartos I'd be good for six and a half years, and that's without buying any new coil heads. It's certainly your choice, but you can save a lot of money by cleaning them.

 

[Paul Maul]

Sounds like you need to convert to tanks stat. Or at least to rebuildable clearos. To mimic and improve on the clearo experience I recommend Mini Vivi Novas. Skinny like clearos but in general a better vape and much easier to clean.

 

[vang0gh]

And I thought I was over the top with my 12 evods. With my evods, I just pour any left over juice back into the bottle to be reused. Then I set the dirty coil/tank aside to be cleaned on the weekend. For cleaning, I rinse everything under warm water, soak them in cheap vodka for a few hours, re-rinse, and set them aside to air dry.

 

[MsComptrtchr]

Question:

I know rubbing alcohol is bad. Cheap vodka is getting pricey and I don't like it in the house because of my history. Hot water is hard to come by in my house and when I get it, it's not enough to really get rid of juice smells, etc. Can I use 91% isopropyl alcohol??? There are 3 types of alcohol at my drugstore - "Rubbing Alcohol", 60% Isopropyl, and 91% Isopropyl.

EDIT: I'm talking about cleaning my EVODs.