What reviving techniques have you used? How did they work out?

[cyberwolfrob]

Lookin to see what methods people have tried to bring their atty's back to life. What have you tried? how did you do it? and what was the end result for you? I have quite a few atty's that are sittin around in their grave and would like to make some attempts while I wait for my new ones to arrive.

 

[cyberwolfrob]

I have tried the boiling method...FAIL

 

[martha1014]

IMO once they compleley quit working there is no reviving.

 

[cyberwolfrob]

Anyone else?

 

[tito]

my 1st atty just went out. Only used it 5 days.
Any suggestions would be helpful

 

[cyberwolfrob]

my 1st atty just went out. Only used it 5 days.
Any suggestions would be helpful

yes it sure would be.

Try boiling them for 2-3 min at a rolling boil. This didnt work for me but you may have some luck. I have heard it does for many others.

 

[voltaire]

Check out this thread:
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/polls/56499-510-atomizer-resurrection-mod.html

There's another similar thread somewhere, but I can't find it.

 

[voltaire]

P.S. I linked to the video in a post in ^that^ thread, but here's the whole thread that contains the video.
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/tips-tricks/58303-removing-wick.html

You can probably skip removing the bridge/mesh and just try removing the wick. In the video it's a new atty, so doing it with an old gunked up atty might be a bit more difficult or even impossible without pulling apart the coil. But hey, if it's a dead atty anyways, no worries...

 

[VictoryNotVengence]

heat n kleen -fail $22 wasted

 

[Wildsky]

I used the mouthwash method and did actually get a few to revive! I haven't tried all of the ones I cleaned yet.

 

[phee]

thanks for linking me voltaire! removing the wick will revive a die'n atty but will not certainly bring one back from the dead, i still recommend it highly if you're a dripper =]

 

[lkjetjoc]

I put 3 older, lazy DSE901 attys in an ultrasonic cleaner with distilled water. Ran them through a couple 5 minute cycles then let them dry for a day. Drip a couple drops of liquid in them, puff a few times, drip a couple more and they work pretty darned good.
I tried the ultrasonic cleaner on other attys but with alcohol. It didn't work as well.
I don't know if the ultrasonic is the answer or I just got lucky. Going to try a couple 801 attys today.
By the way, the ultrasonic cleaner came from Sharper Image. I believe they're out of business now. My wife uses it to clean jewelery and watches. Pretty slick little device.

 

[Clem68W]

I removed the bridge on a couple of dead atties (they were my first two, so I didn't know about the wick yet) and sure enough, a clump of wicking material had cocooned the coil on both of them. Wicks are evil, mmmkay. Thanks Phee, taking the wick and bridge off has improved my experience a ton.