Tired of waiting for heads to dry after cleaning?

[Jazzman]

I have no patience when it comes to waiting for boiled/cleaned heads to dry from my clearos, cartos, or whatever I'm cleaning. I got tired of waiting a day or 2 for heads with polyfil and/or wicks to dry. So I got one of these:http://www.harborfreight.com/1500-watt-dual-temperature-heat-gun-572-1112-96289.html

Now I pull a head out of the boiling water, shake the excess water out, let it cool for 2 minutes so I can touch it and use the heat gun (while holding the head with pliers) for around 4 minutes and I'm ready to reuse the head or dry burn right then. Works great and even though the gun pushes out some pretty hot air (it has 2 settings for heat) it doesn't hurt the polyfil, silica, ekowool, or whatever wick your using. I wouldn't use it on plastic, but works a treat on heads and cartos. Takes me 20 minutes to boil a head (or 5) and 4 minutes to dry with a few minutes between for cooling after boiling. Beats waiting for days for air drying and works much faster for me than oven drying. And only $15.00. It's now a must have in my toolkit.

Hobby stores and Home Depot/Lowes carry these also, but a bit pricier.

 

[Ryedan]

I hear ya Jazzman, but you know we've got a heater built right into those heads. It's called a coil. Works for me and I've been doing it for a while now

 

[Jazzman]

I haven't been able to dry a head and all the polyfil with just the coil in a half hour of trying though. The heads are still full of water after thoroughly firing the coil. The coil maybe dry, but the silica running through it keeps wicking water from the outside polyfil. Might just be me, but the coil has never truly dried the head for me.

 

[hazarada]

if you got enough time on your hands to clean cartos you might as well ditch the inferior factory built crap and get a rba SS mesh takes about 30 seconds to dry

 

[Jazzman]

if you got enough time on your hands to clean cartos you might as well ditch the inferior factory built crap and get a rba SS mesh takes about 30 seconds to dry

I have more than a couple RDA's, and they have their place. But for out and about I greatly prefer Nautilus tanks and I do rebuild the heads. And when the heads gunk from my dark nasty juices I clean and dry burn and they're like new. The heat gun just makes my life a lot easier. And I love the vape from my Nautilus tanks, so there it is I guess.

 

[Susan W.]

I don't reuse cartos. No way am I boiling them three times and then wait until they dry. On heads, I just rebuild them after rinsing them with soapy water. I don't dry burn anymore, don't like the taste after.

 

[shawnphase]

you can use a hair dryer, thats what i use to dry my mpt2's. besides. theres water happening there anyway. its vaping. ahaha.

 

[nostinkies]

Look at this! No need to wait for it to dry. No reason to spend money on premade coils.

 

[Nikkel]

Found a great gizmo for drying my cartos -- a laptop computer. Mine runs Linux. Windows or Mac would probably work too. Put cartos near the warm exhaust fan and they dry in an hour or two. Buying a laptop just for drying cartos might be a bit pricey, but it can be used for other purposes too.

 

[Mailablemage]

Found a great gizmo for drying my cartos -- a laptop computer. Mine runs Linux. Windows or Mac would probably work too. Put cartos near the warm exhaust fan and they dry in an hour or two. Buying a laptop just for drying cartos might be a bit pricey, but it can be used for other purposes too.

Glorious linux master race!

Ehm ehm... Sorry about that

Anyways after my trip to the vape shop i now have 12 heads total, the plan is to cycle them, use one, clean it while using a new one etc.

 

[Rickajho]

Heat gun might be a bit much. I have a hair dryer with one of those diffuser attachments on it - makes a handy cup of sorts to hold attys or coils etc. that need to be dried out. Set in on the counter pointing up, low speed, low heat - done in about two minutes.

 

[solarisjedi]

I use a plumbers torch, of course this is with silica wick.
My process is pretty quick (under 5 minutes) and has always worked great for me. Disassemble head from tank and rinse under hot water, torch the wicks until clean and dry, dry burn the coil until the crystallized juice turns to ash, rinse again in hot water, torch the wicks and a quick dry burn, reassemble and vape.

 

[Bunnykiller]

Look at this! No need to wait for it to dry. No reason to spend money on premade coils.

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definately the way to go.... that with a 30ga coil and cotton ...

 

[hippiebrian]

I currently use Iclear 30s and here's how I clean them:

They quit working so well, i trash the coil assembly and put in a new one.

They dry real fast that way!

 

[jersey_emt]

I clean my clearomizer coils using Everclear (190 proof grain alcohol). It works better than water and dries very quick, even without any heat.

Vodka will also work, but it won't dry quite as fast as Everclear. It will still dry quicker than water though.