Trick for cleaning air holes on atty's

[ScooterGirl]

If you're having problems with juice clogging up your air holes use some stranded wire to clean them out. I strip about 1/2" from some 18 gauge wire and then pull 3 strands to the side and twist them up. The goal is to get a pik that is stiff enough to go through the hole but not so stiff that it won't bend really easy when it hits a part of the inner workings like the coil. Then I just stick the pik in the air hole until I meet a little resistance, swirl it around a bit and voila! Unclogged air hole. Remove, straighten and repeat with the opposite hole. Unlike using a fine needle, the wire is so pliable that it reduces the chance of damaging the coil while still doing the job.

 

[wazzup592]

Nice this is like the guitar string method but wayy easier to find the wire than a string lol. Definately was looking for an alternative to going out and buying a pack of string.

 

[Pamdane]

I use one of those little brushes for cleaning between teeth. So nice to be able to clean between firing pin and thread wall....

 

[LibertariaNate]

... guitar string method ...

Wow... I wonder who looked at a guitar string and thought, "This would be perfect for cleaning an atomizer!"

 

[ScooterGirl]

Nice this is like the guitar string method but wayy easier to find the wire than a string lol. Definately was looking for an alternative to going out and buying a pack of string.

Hmm, never thought of a guitar string. I went the stranded wire route because I always have stranded wire on hand. I mean, doesn't everyone? ;-) Oh, new idea. Burn the paper off of a twist tie! That wire is pretty flexible. Now if I could just find one of my old cigarette lighters...