What tondo with a flooded carto?

[BernieVideo]

How do you deal with a flooded carto?
I have tried pulling it off my battery and blowing through it, swabbing or using a tissue to sop up whatever I could from the threaded end. It helped a little.

Any tips?


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[State O' Flux]

If it's got several days on it already... throw it in the trash, it's done. If on the other hand you've got a day on it, what you've already been doing is about it. Some folks will toss them in a glass of cheap vodka or Everclear.

Scroll down to part 3 of this guide by MKvapor - "cleaning".

I've use compressed air to "save" a flooded carto. If you don't have a compressor, that canned air you use to blow off electronics works OK... and you don't collapse a lung. ;-)

 

[Baditude]

As Flux said, if you already have a few days on it, toss it.

If relatively new, try this.

• Remove from the battery device. Turn it upside down, with drip tip facing the floor. Be sure the wick holes of the carto are in the air space of the tank. With a paper towel on the connector end, blow relatively forcefully through the drip tip. If you get some decent air flow, that's a good sign. If not, the carto is probably unrepairable.

• Next put the cartotank back onto the battery device. Turn your voltage up to around 5.5 volts (if you have a regulated PV). Do some short pulse dry burns of a couple seconds in length. No more than a few. Then attempt a gentle draw with power on.

If these two methods don't work to salvage the carto, nothing else will that I am aware of.

 

[john333]

I take it off the tank when this happens. Put it back on your device. Start taking slowing long draws and try not to let it gurgle. Before too long it should start vaping correctly. You might want to try liquids with a little higher VG. I vape 60/40 PG/VG. Another trick I use is if I have two hole carts you can take a flat toothpick (I don't thave the round ones but they make work just as well) and twist it in one of the holes 3 or 4 turns then break it off. Next take some nail clippers and clip it flush. It also helps with flooding issues. To be honest I had flooding issues when I vaped 70/30 and have very little issues with 60/40. I never cared for the methods that caused me to lose good juice. Good luck