tip for plugged cartos

[tsbrewers]

hey all, I am guessing many do this already, but I have been using this tip lately and it seems to work well.

I have been using the dual coil tanks and normally the cartos last about 5 days before they get too plugged up to use. I started using a pin to keep the carto open and usable. Normally when I notice the draw getting tight, I take the needle and carefully slide it in and out of the carto from the battery end. I do this a few times spin it, then kinda drag the tip against the inside to knock some baked on crust off. Then I sometimes blow from the tip into a towel and you can see the black chunks of dried juice come out. My current carto is in it's third week and still working fine.

I don't think there is any real "right way" to do it, just be a little careful you don't pull/push the guts out. Beyond that, just use what ever you have, my wife had been using a regular needle and feeding it all the way through a few times to clean it.

I have been using a t-pin like the pic, takes about 10 seconds to clean them out.

 

[Vchick]

Good job on getting 3 weeks out of a carto, I never have that kind of luck!

Someone had also mentioned using a sewing needle with some dental floss attached and slowly pulling through to help clear & remove excess build up.

 

[tsbrewers]

Yup, wife uses a needle without the floss. I have been trying to find a tiny brush like is used to clean guns or spray guns to run through there, but no luck yet.

 

[DaveP]

I don't often have to clear the air tube since I started using 100% PG juices with my Boge 2.0 cartos. High VG juice seems to swell the filler and restrict the air tube for some reason.

I use a jumbo paper clip with a leg straightened at a right angle. The remainder of the clip gives you a handle to hold it with. I insert and rotate gently.

 

[Vchick]

You can also use a dental pick/brush from the drug store, I like the ones with a cap and keep one with my daily gear, these are also good;

Butler Gum Soft Picks

 

[tsbrewers]

thanks, I will check them out.


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[Flying W]

I use everclear and a papertowel.

 

[apuck]

I straighten a paperclip (leave a bit jagged), and gently run it through, and wipe on paper towel until clean. Also I found some tiny pipe cleaners at a craft store, I haven't tried them yet, but imagine they should work just fine. I too get 3-4 weeks out of mine, I could probably get more, but toss them because I start feeling like a big cheap-o.

 

[mostlyclassics]

I've been using the straightened paperclip trick for quite a while on Boge 3.0 ohm cartos. I seem to get off much more crud if I do it after I've steeped the dirty cartos for a few days in 91% isopropyl alcohol. The isopropyl alcohol loosens up the gradoo.

 

[sandybeach]

Don't you guys think that once there is black stuff on it, that no matter what you do, it still tastes burned? I use a large darning needle to get the black stuff off, but it doesn't really ever taste the same once it gets black.

 

[tsbrewers]

I don't notice a burnt taste, but I usually vape cinnamon flavored, which might overpower everything. But I also feel like the burnt taste comes from burnt filler in the carto, and not the coil itself. So if you have one that gets to that point (tastes burnt) there really is nothing you can do IMHO. and this way of "cleaning" it doesn't do much besides open up the airway a little, doesn't do much to really clean the coils.