soaking coils in vodka

[Margie123]

When I soak my coils I vodka should I take the chimney off or leave it on? Thank you.

 

[Dave Bowser]

My question is: Why soak your coils? I torch the wires before winding them, as in getting them RED hot. After wrapping them and before putting wick in, on, or under then I dry fire them to check for hot spots or shorts or to squeeze then together if that is the shape I want. There is no oil left on them. You can rinse them off before use also. There is no reason to soak.

 

[akuser47]

I drop my whole bottom taifun gt into vodka after a hot water rinse first otherwise there i residaul fluids on it that can mess with my flavors. works well. I then dry burn the coiol and reasemble everything after this process.

 

[fraychek]

Yes, take off the chimney. I soak in alcohol and rinse in hot water.

 

[Btsmokincat]

Yes you can, just don't lose the loose wicks that sit on top of the coil. You can roll those little pieces of wick against a paper towel to clean them off pretty good before placing them back in.

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[Blackboar]

For Protank coils, I use to just throw the whole thing, chimney and all, into a small cup of vodka and leave it sitting in it overnight. Next day, I rinse it well with warm water, shake the excess water off, and lay it on a paper towel to dry.

I've used this method when switching strong flavors like a mentholy fruit blend to an Irish Cream eliquid and haven't had a problem before.

Nowadays, I rebuild my PT coils, so I don't even need to do that. I just rinse the coil under warm water and rewick.

 

[rowdyplace]

Try denture tabs... Works great for me and my Kanger T3s's. Just remember to rinse well...

 

[Unforeseen]

Moved to Clearomizers

 

[eyerhere]

Try filling aglass with enough good vodka to cover your entre atty if itwere in there. Before putting your atty in(this is the important part) toss in a bit of ice, swirl, chug and repeat! Obviously your atty wont be any cleaner but I bet you wont care!

 

[StereoDreamer]

I soak the coils/bases for my Terminator TT's in Everclear. I let them soak overnight, and then dry-burn them. I have TT coils that I've been able to keep going for nearly a year this way, not even re-wicking them.

Of course, MD just passed a law making the sale of Everclear illegal after 1 July, so I'll either have to stock up, or drive all the way to NC to get the stuff. IT works WAY better than vodka, because it's almost pure alcohol, and a fantastic solvent. (Wouldn't drink the stuff on a dare, though...)