In my experience, drying overnight is not long enough.
If you're in a hurry, put it in the oven for 20 minutes at 150 degrees.
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If you're in a hurry, put it in the oven for 20 minutes at 150 degrees.
Of the two dead attys I tried this on, one came back to life. The other I didn't have much hope for, it was old and had been pretty abused. I haven't really tried using the revived one extensively, just saw I could draw vapor after dripping on it. First time anything has worked for me reviving a dead atty, so kudos!
I want to mention that dead atty was cold previously. When I vaped at it, it not only didn't make vapor, it did not warm up at all. So this is all kind of mysterious to me.
I want to mention that dead atty was cold previously. When I vaped at it, it not only didn't make vapor, it did not warm up at all. So this is all kind of mysterious to me.
One important item is to check the resistance of the atomizers. It should be around 3 ohms. If it is considerably higher than that it is already a lost cause. For one thing you will not get enough voltage to heat the atomizer because of the voltage drop across the part causing the resistance.
If you really want to test the electrical properties of an atomizer just hook it up to a 5 volt or 6 volt power source. If it has too much resistance the higher voltage will kill it dead.
Kevin
A couple comments:
If you have ever carried the atomizer loose in a pocket or layed it on the sofa, etc, the 'chunks' could be dirt, etc. I carried one in my shirt pocket while at work one afternoon.... got home and went to clean, saw chunks, looked with magnifier glass like small leaves/dirt/tobacco..... turns out most I think was left over tobacco that was in the bottom of my shirt pocket.
Drying, I have read about the dry overnight, use hair dryer, oven etc. I have cleaned mine at least once a week without ever more than rinsing with real hot water and blowing them out, then prime and vape right away. Maybe the firsts puff or two seemed weak, but after that all was normal.
If you have ever carried the atomizer loose in a pocket or layed it on the sofa, etc, the 'chunks' could be dirt, etc. I carried one in my shirt pocket while at work one afternoon.... got home and went to clean, saw chunks, looked with magnifier glass like small leaves/dirt/tobacco..... turns out most I think was left over tobacco that was in the bottom of my shirt pocket.
Drying, I have read about the dry overnight, use hair dryer, oven etc. I have cleaned mine at least once a week without ever more than rinsing with real hot water and blowing them out, then prime and vape right away. Maybe the firsts puff or two seemed weak, but after that all was normal.
Ohms depend on the atomizer at hand. I use SLB801's. When new, they are at 4.2 ohms.
That is why I like the 801, it is a "work horse" vaping at 5 volts.
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Normally as an atomizer begins to start failing the resistance will go up. If the resistance starts going down it is moving towards a short circuit. That would be hard on your battery. So far all of my failed atomizers have a resistance of 100k ohms or higher. All of my experience has been with the 510.
Kevin
I'm one of the people that constantly talks about drying for longer periods of time.
And I agree with you that if you prime and vape, prime and vape, you can get it working again.
But too many people clean their atomizers and think they killed them.
And the culprit, probably most of these times, is not letting it dry enough.
I don't know, I just don't want anyone throwing away good atomizers because they didn't dry long enough after they were cleaned. Maybe some cleaning methods DO kill atomizers, but I do the Coke Soak every week on my atomizers and I still haven't lost one single atomizer yet after four months of vaping.
I do rotate them however, each week during my cleaning process, and so they have 7 days to dry.
Just 'cus it sounded interesting - I thought I'd try it too...
Soaked for 20 minutes in the Crest, (I'm not too good at following directions...)
Rinsed in sink and hot water for a couple of hours (Hey, it was Halloween! I really didn't worry too much about any of the timing or what have you...)
Pulled out of the sink and let dry.
Yeah, t hat's it - no results yet - they are still drying!
Soaked for 20 minutes in the Crest, (I'm not too good at following directions...)
Rinsed in sink and hot water for a couple of hours (Hey, it was Halloween! I really didn't worry too much about any of the timing or what have you...)
Pulled out of the sink and let dry.
Yeah, t hat's it - no results yet - they are still drying!
Wouldn't it work better to rinse them in grain alcohol instead of water after the mouthwash soak ? The GA evaporates much faster than water and would therefore seem to require much less "sitting to dry". I'd also think it would clean out the mouthwash taste better.
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this is the correct answer, plus not everybody wants a bottle of everclear sitting around...there is the cost factor too, the proh is already killing us, it does seem to work out fine if you cut the proh with 50% water but your juice may vare, you may need full strength to clean it up. Please don't rinse your mouth out with proh and then SAVE it for use on your atty's later eeeewwww! 8-o
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This actually helped. My first atty produces very little vapor. Got a big bottle and a 99 cent travel bottle of the crest recommended. Popped the atty into the travel size bottle and put the cap on. placed the bottle on its side shook lightly several times for 15 min. Rinsed with hot water and blew out several times. Placed in the toaster oven for 20 min at 150 degrees. Primed the atty while still pretty warm and attached a full cart and let sit a couple min.
When that worked for my old atty I also tried it on my current atty which was producing a pretty awful burnt taste. Also worked for me.
I know some people said they could taste the crest but I dont think I noticed it. I also dont think my taste buds are very sensitive.
By the way......dont warm up the travel bottle too long or it will melt. 20 sec in the microwave is too long. This happened on the second atty. Think I did 15 sec the first time. Keep an eye on it.
When that worked for my old atty I also tried it on my current atty which was producing a pretty awful burnt taste. Also worked for me.
I know some people said they could taste the crest but I dont think I noticed it. I also dont think my taste buds are very sensitive.
By the way......dont warm up the travel bottle too long or it will melt. 20 sec in the microwave is too long. This happened on the second atty. Think I did 15 sec the first time. Keep an eye on it.
I hate to see you guys going through so much trouble trying to clean your atomizers. Then you have to flush out the mouth wash and go through an extended drying time. It's a lot of wasted motion.
Pure grain alcohol will do a much better job. It won't put anything into your atomizer that requires flushing or purging. In fact you really don't have to anything but blow it out, drip some juice on the bridge, install a full cart and begin vaping. This hasn't been proven yet but some suspect that adding some PGA to your nic juice may extend it's life a little longer. I am trying to determine that right now but it will be hard to prove.
One thing is sure, your atomizer is going to fail. So far no one has a cure for the eventual demise of an atomizer. All this cleaning is just a temporary relief of a chronic build up of carbon deposits.
Kevin
Pure grain alcohol will do a much better job. It won't put anything into your atomizer that requires flushing or purging. In fact you really don't have to anything but blow it out, drip some juice on the bridge, install a full cart and begin vaping. This hasn't been proven yet but some suspect that adding some PGA to your nic juice may extend it's life a little longer. I am trying to determine that right now but it will be hard to prove.
One thing is sure, your atomizer is going to fail. So far no one has a cure for the eventual demise of an atomizer. All this cleaning is just a temporary relief of a chronic build up of carbon deposits.
Kevin
Has anyone tried an ultrasonic cleaner on atomizers? I have with varying results.
I've tried a weak dilute of simplegreen as well.
Any thoughts or insights into ultrasonic cleaning?
I've tried a weak dilute of simplegreen as well.
Any thoughts or insights into ultrasonic cleaning?
I think that there is nothing that hasn't been tried. Some work and some don't. There is a search feature in the forum that you can use to see all the many times all of this has been tried.
The PGA is pure drinkable alcohol. Some use everclear some use vodka.
Kevin
This is exactly what I do. I've been rotating the same 4 attys for about 140 days? (or whatever it says in my sig line) The GA cleans well, dries ASAP and leaves no nasty aftertaste.
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