Severely Reduced Performance after boiling out cartos?

[Adrenalynn]

I rinse them a couple times in the sink under hot water, reverse-spin, and toss 'em in the sun in front of a fan to dry. If they don't work well in a day or two or three or whenever I remember I tossed 'em out there, then I use the other method mentioned here:


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[Adrenalynn]

A salad spinner is only going to work if you can keep them on their side while spinning them. If you turn them upright in the spinner, then it's going to force the water into the wall of the cartomizer and then right back into the batting. That's like the stupid "I roll it in my hands because I've convinced myself there's some magical unicorn-driven force at work there" method that makes me want to punch someone in the throat with a "physics for dummies" book.

 

[mmcall12]

I will do the same just going to refilled the pre-filled I order then toss them

 

[Adrenalynn]

Thanks, I didn't know that. I have a paper towel in my tupperware that help dry them alittle faster.

Humidity today in Indianapolis, IN : 70-75%
Humidity today inside a sealed tupperware full of wet cartomizers: 100%
Windspeed today in Indianapolis, IN: 3-11mph
Windspeed today inside a sealed tupperware full of wet cartomizers: 0mph

Absorbency of paper towel: a constant with equally diminishing returns plotted over a given saturation

 

[Gravity]

Humidity today inside a sealed tupperware full of wet cartomizers: 100%

Show me where you see the word "sealed" anywhere other than your post.

Just because they're in a tupperware, doesn't mean that the lid is on and secured.

 

[mmcall12]

oh my, didn't expect that,,never said they was sealed, they are in a open tupperware, and was talking about the rice part. sorry. I'm not in Indianapolis, just in Indiana, I guess I will just not post. didn't mean anything by the tupperware. Sorry

 

[Gravity]

ANYWAY... I just tried another carto out of the batch we boiled the other day... and this one seems to be working fine. Filled it up with some Cowboy Menthol juice, gave it a 'Taryn spin', a few more drops to top it off and it's working like a charm.

Perhaps the first two I grabbed happened to be duds. I'm sure some will fail sooner or later, that's not a surprise to me, as some of you are suggesting it may be.

Thanks to those of you who were helpful... the rest, meh.

 

[GrannyM]

Just a cautionary note to those of you using rice to absorb the moisture:

About a month or so ago, there was a post in the general forum where someone had put their cartos in a bag with rice to speed up the drying. IIRC, they left them in there a few days too long & the rice started to form mold.

 

[mmcall12]

Just a cautionary note to those of you using rice to absorb the moisture:

About a month or so ago, there was a post in the general forum where someone had put their cartos in a bag with rice to speed up the drying. IIRC, they left them in there a few days too long & the rice started to form mold.

Thanks, for the note on that GrannyM. I', just going to stick to refilling the pre-filled ones. Once done with them, going to throw them away.

 

[pm2006]

I put them in 'hot water' for a few minutes. Drain. Hot water again. Drain. (sometimes I give them 100 proof vodka soak to get rid of the flavors). Swish a couple of times while soaking. I only redo the soak if I see the water change color. Then I blast them with clean water and a turkey baster with the syringe removed. The little inner cap from the 808 fits perfectly on the end of the baster and helps hold a seal for the 'blast. I fill the syringe with clean water and then keep pumping until I don't see any more water. They seem to dry overnight.

 

[Xenite]

I don't recommend the rice method, seen more then a few people complain about mold growth now and that's just asking for a respiratory infection.

I boil mine and have never had an issue. Boil for 15 minutes, dump, add clean water and bring back to a boil for 15 minutes again. Blow out, set wide end up on paper towels and air dry for 8 hours. Blow out once more then let air dry again over night then next day bundle them together with a rubber band and air dry with blow dryer on heat setting for 5 minutes. They are bone dry and ready to go every time.

I have less then a 10% fail rate using this method.

 

[GtrSoloist]

I have a method that is a really a combination of two popular ones:

First I heat tap water as hot as possible and fill a cup with it. I use a pediatric syringe to pull the hot water up into the carto (after removing the plastic bits) and then force it back out. I then give it a few more forceful pumps of just air which really gets out the old juice lingering in the filler.

Then I boil for 15 minutes. Repeat the above process and boil again. Finally, I use the syringe again giving it 40 or so pumps of just air to quickly dry it.

Presto chango, a denastified (I made a new word, I will file right next to my other original word, "automagically.") carto ready for juice.

(@Adrenalynn: Please feel free to rip apart my post, your snarky comments crack me up!)

Okay, so you are probably saying to yourself, "Self, that is a lot of work." Well you're right and really you shouldn't be talking to yourself in the first place.

The bottom line for me is that if I try X juice and discover I want to puke after 2 puffs, I don't really like the idea of trashing a brand new cartomizer, I'd rather just clean it and move on to another juice that hopefully isn't quite so bad.

 

[Adrenalynn]

(@Adrenalynn: Please feel free to rip apart my post, your snarky comments crack me up!)

Granted.

and really you shouldn't be talking to yourself in the first place.

Sometimes it seems like the only way to find intelligent conversation...

[Ok - it was a reach, but when invoked like that, you just gotta say something, right?]

 

[GtrSoloist]

You just made my night.

 

[MX5]

Thanks ALynn, you were so helpful with the Salad Spin Question I guess you already tried it and it doesn't work. How about anyone else that tried it, it didn't work for you either?

I did ask if anyone has TRIED it???


Why smoke when You Can VAPE!!

 

[GiMante]

oh my, didn't expect that,,never said they was sealed, they are in a open tupperware, and was talking about the rice part. sorry. I'm not in Indianapolis, just in Indiana, I guess I will just not post. didn't mean anything by the tupperware. Sorry

You don't have to stop posting MMCall, that was just a person being mean. Ignore it!

 

[mmcall12]

Thanks, I will post on other things just not on that subject.

 

[Desertfremen]

I hardly ever wash my cartos anymore. I used to wash them after every use but no longer. I found a refill method that works great for me and allows the draw to stay consistent.

However, when I did wash cartos, I never boiled them. I just used a turkey baster and hot water. If I was changing out flavours I'd soak the cartos in some cheap vodka for a few hours, then rinse again with the turkey baster with a few dry pumps at the end to clear out most of the excess water. I've never had a problem with this method deteriorating the carto's performance. Once I even left the cartos to soak in the vodka for I think like 2 weeks? (or maybe it was only 1?) Still no issues except the edges of the labels became unglued. Then I'd let dry for about 2 weeks. I just let them air dry. The rice method just never sat right with me and I built up enough carto stash so there wasn't any reason to rush it.

 

[lonercom]

I have tried almost all of the methods here and it's just too much work but I can't throw away something that might still be useful.

Since January I have bought about 1500 cartos and have tossed about 100. Currently, I have about 900 used cartos collected and am planning to try this method:

Soak in hot water 15 minutes, rinse and resoak.
Soak in PGA if I can find some, rinse and resoak in water.
Boil to get rid of any remaining alcohol
Place battery end up on paper towels and leave them there for a week.
Take a drag off of the dried ones and if they are difficult to drag off, toss them, otherwise save for the next refill session.

I probably won't do this too soon because I like fresh cartos and hate dripping. I'm a little on the lazy side and it's easier to go to the 7-11 and buy a pack of cigarettes if I get that desperate.

 

[Adrenalynn]

You just made my night.

Oh good! But you do see what I mean?