My wife & I have been vaping for about 2 months, and our equipment is fairly simple: Unique 901t e-cigs with 901t atomizers & .9ml tanks. For cleaning I'm currently using W2V's Atomizer Refresher, which smells vaguely of denatured alcohol and might have a little VG or PG in it, not sure. Works very good but with two heavy vapers in the house it's getting pricey buying it online. What do you guys use or recommend for keeping your attys clean?
What do you clean your atomizers with?
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I've tried to use water but prefer PG. Bought by the gallon it's not expensive and is perfect for mixing your own liquids of course also. I'd recommend EssentialDepot if you decide to buy by the gallon, as I'm guessing would most here.
If you have a flavor that will not come out after you washed it with soap and water. Soak it in vodka or everclear overnight.
I use vodka or water, or both. Soak in vodka a bit, the flush with water. Suck water through the atty, shake dry. Either leave all night to air dry, or dry burn to dry. If dry burning, be careful not to pop the coil. That's my personal method for throw away attys. If a rebuildable, I just take apart and soak components in water to get juice out of the threads and all.
Vodka, been meaning to buy a jug of vodka. Cheaper still than PG and perhaps more effective.
These use everclear at the vape store. I don't keep that though because I'm in recovery and don't want that around
Think once a week is enough? I go up there every week and try flavors at the bar and clean my tank (that sounded bad) and buy wicks.
Think once a week is enough? I go up there every week and try flavors at the bar and clean my tank (that sounded bad) and buy wicks.
i use a double boiler. pot of water with a smaller pot inside it both have water but the outer pot will boil and the inner pot will simmer. I use needle nose pliers and swirl the carto's/ attys around in the boiling water to clean them up. takes about 5 mins then i shut off the heat and leave the atty/ carto in the hot water until it cools. leave to dry and they are like new.
When I clean my tanks or clearomisers, I rinse them with warm water and then put them into a cheap jewelry ultrasonic with warm water for about 30 minutes. Then I tap them out on a towel and leave them in a window to dry off.
Vodka. Cheap vodka works just as well as pricey stuff, ime. Same general method with new clearos, flavor change, or gunk. Fill, shake, dump, repeat, dry burn. Only thing that changes is if I let it stay in the carto a while, and how long I dry burn (longer on both for gunk).
Well, I wouldn't do this every time I wanted to clear out a flavor, but to clean out the built up gunk this is the best way...
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...-my-atty-resurrection-method-post1032570.html
It's how I've been cleaning my atomizers for well over three years now.
After they have been cleaned they are basically like new again.
Hot tap water followed by a final rinse in cold water from my Pur water filter. Nothing worse than tap-water taste leftover in silica wick or in my genny tanks.
For carts/510 style atties I use a plunger kit. Soak overnight in Everclear, then do the plunge first with hot water, then again with filtered cold. Let em dry overnight.
Link:
Plunger Fitting (Patent Pending) - MyFreedomSmokes.com
For carts/510 style atties I use a plunger kit. Soak overnight in Everclear, then do the plunge first with hot water, then again with filtered cold. Let em dry overnight.
Link:
Plunger Fitting (Patent Pending) - MyFreedomSmokes.com
Vodka soaks and occasional dry burns.
A couple of things to say:
Forgetting just about any painted (black) atty in the vodka overnight will often result in the paint coming off. The paint can end up in the atty and tastes pretty bad... so if the paint comes off, remember to rinse well with vodka or just plain water.
Dry burns... I used to dry burn often and maybe even more often than necessary. I wanted to clear the coil and try to get as much life out of each atty as possible. That is the way to do it. Dry burning is the best way to get the gunk off a coil. -- These days, I dry burn occasionally. I just don't care that much any more. When the performance of any atty I might be using starts to drop off, I'm just as likely to throw it away as I am to try to rescue it.
A couple of things to say:
Forgetting just about any painted (black) atty in the vodka overnight will often result in the paint coming off. The paint can end up in the atty and tastes pretty bad... so if the paint comes off, remember to rinse well with vodka or just plain water.
Dry burns... I used to dry burn often and maybe even more often than necessary. I wanted to clear the coil and try to get as much life out of each atty as possible. That is the way to do it. Dry burning is the best way to get the gunk off a coil. -- These days, I dry burn occasionally. I just don't care that much any more. When the performance of any atty I might be using starts to drop off, I'm just as likely to throw it away as I am to try to rescue it.
I like to boil them some times but most of the time I'll soak them overnight in vodka. I prefer the vodka method because I'll take a sip while I have the bottle out.
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