Would this work to get old attys opened up again?

[VaporWebHQ]

I hate how I buy an atty and in a week it will be harder to hit and will not produce nearly the same amount of vapor it did as new and it also heats the battery up more from having to run it so long to get a hit.

I have read about people soaking there atty's in water, alcohol or trying to burn out the atty.

and I was wondering why bother drying the atty off all the way before you power up it up.

Why not soak it in water and just dry the outside off a bit ya know but leave the inside of the atty wet and do some burn ins while the atty is wet with water instead of dry.

Would heating up the atty and doing a burn in with it wet help loosen the gunk build up or would it make the problem worse?

And by burn in I might holding the e-cig on for a few seconds longer then you would use to take a hit and doing this a few times. People mostly do it with a dry atmoizer to burn off the gunk kinda of like how a self cleaning oven cleans itself.

I've never tried to do this either way but im on my last new atty is now gunked up and not hitting well and I need to do something because I have a whole $2.00 in the bank and atty's cost more then that lol.

 

[santo19586]

every time i was my atty's out with water then blow them out , then put on battery to burn out gunk, they stopped working,,,, dead, dead., dead

 

[santo19586]

i dont do that anymore, just let stand upside down on paper towel overnight, and good to go, vape ,vape, vape

 

[jtpjc]

I don't feel qualified enough to answer your question with certainty, but I know it exists and it's called dry burning. Saw a video about it some time ago, but I can't find that specific one again. I'm sure someone will show up here and tell you all about it.

 

[WomanOfHeart]

I only do dry burns when I don't want to wait for the atty to dry overnight or when it's still gunked up even after it's been cleaned. I normally soak them in 91% Isopropyl Alcohol for about 15 minutes once a week or so. If I'm in a hurry or just being lazy, I'll run hot water through them in the sink and then do a dry burn. It usually gets most of the gunk out and helps bring the performance back to normal.

 

[Automaton]

Yup, count me in for the isopropyl alcohol soaks, twice a week. 15 minutes, then set to dry overnight. The reason being that vaping isopropyl alcohol is not a good idea - but it evaporates completely, and cleanly. So once it's dry, there's no alcohol left in it.

You just have to make sure you prime it well, since it's bone-dry - I start with 5-7 drops on my LR's before I even fire them. And they usually need another drop or two after that.

I've been doing it from the get-go, and I just lost my first atomizer in 6 months. It still vapes, but the resistance shot through the roof. There's no fixing that, that I'm aware of. And here's the good part: it was an atomizer I forgot to clean for a few weeks.

The fact that the only atomizer I've ever lost was also the only atomizer I didn't clean regularly is all the proof I need that isopropyl alcohol works.

I dry burn occasionally, if I really want to get rid of a flavor, or in the case of the atty I lost, as a last-ditch effort to save it. But in general, I see no need.

My atties vary in age from a week to 5 months, and they all still vape great, apart from the one I didn't clean. A lot of my regular atties have found new homes, after I switched to LR's. Some of them are 6 months old, and still working great for the people I've given them to (who also clean them with iso alcohol).

 

[WomanOfHeart]

I learned it from you, MN. I still have 5 of the 6 original attys I purchased with my Riva last September. The one I lost doesn't count, though. It was the victim of my first de-bridging attempt.

 

[icemanx3]

I've done it both ways. Sometimes if I feel lazy, I will rinse an atty with water from both ends. Blow it out a bunch while rinsing during and after, then pop it back on and literally run dry burns (along with cigar like puffing) untill the hissing completely stops. At that point, I can look down in the hole of the atty and see the coil glow from beneath the bridge. The whole process is 5-10 mins and the atty works like new after.

When I'm not feeling lazy, I follow the water with a quick alchohol rinse and let dry.

I've yet to lose an atty. Know that your bridge mesh and filler wick will be "bone" dry as mentioned. You will need to drip a few drops, cigar puff, add more drops, cigar puff...until you are back in vapor cloud city.

GL

ice

 

[DC2]

and I was wondering why bother drying the atty off all the way before you power up it up.

If it is still wet, it won't function.

Why not soak it in water and just dry the outside off a bit ya know but leave the inside of the atty wet and do some burn ins while the atty is wet with water instead of dry.

Okay, yeah, that is actually the way to do it right there.
A dry burn will burn the water off first, and when that's gone it will start burning off the baked on gunk.

Would heating up the atty and doing a burn in with it wet help loosen the gunk build up or would it make the problem worse?

Having it wet won't help loosen the gunk.
You have to get by the water before the dry burn starts working.

Check out this thread for a proven method to do dry burns properly...
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/tips-tricks/69834-my-atty-resurrection-method.html

Note that hot water rinses are a crucial component of the above method.
Although I am sure alcohol would work just as good, if not better.

 

[Raynen]

I don't use water or alcohol. I just dry burn (*I have a 510 with stock battery and atty, so know this before trying*) I blow out all excess juice, then I dry burn in small spurts until the coil on the inside is orange. I let the atty cool down and I blow into it just to get out excess dry burn smoke, then they're ready to go! I have month old attys still hitting like champs! 0_0; *knocks on wood*

 

[DC2]

I don't use water or alcohol. I just dry burn (*I have a 510 with stock battery and atty, so know this before trying*) I blow out all excess juice, then I dry burn in small spurts until the coil on the inside is orange. I let the atty cool down and I blow into it just to get out excess dry burn smoke, then they're ready to go! I have month old attys still hitting like champs! 0_0; *knocks on wood*

You really need to rinse it out really well with very hot water (or alcohol if you prefer) before doing dry burns.

If you don't, you will possibly start baking on the leftover juice that still sits in the mesh surrounding the atomizer coil.
And then you may just get a burnt taste you can't get out.

Rinsing it out with hot water gets that leftover juice out and paves the way for a good solid dry burn.

 

[Raynen]

You really need to rinse it out really well with very hot water (or alcohol if you prefer) before doing dry burns.

If you don't, you will possibly start baking on the leftover juice that still sits in the mesh surrounding the atomizer coil.
And then you may just get a burnt taste you can't get out.

Rinsing it out with hot water gets that leftover juice out and paves the way for a good solid dry burn.

Strange 0_0 I've never had a burnt taste unless the atty just goes dry while I'm vaping, haha. Everytime I've used alcohol it just sticks for a while, not sure why. How long should I soak, and how long do they take to dry? Also, I've tried water and killed an atty when I dry burned. It never tasted right after. Maybe I have weird dry-burn luck? 0_0;

 

[DC2]

If you've never got a burned taste then you are probably blowing it out REAL well.
Or maybe you are doing dry burns often enough that you don't have dried out juice caught up in the mesh.
Or maybe you aren't burning it hot enough to bake any leftover dried up juice.

I can't say, because I haven't watched what you do.


I don't really know that soaking helps or not, but holding it under really hot tap water does the trick.
The hot running water will definitely soften the old juice, even if it has dried up a bit, and rinse it out.

And don't bother drying them, the dry burn will boil off any remaining water and then the dry burns will start doing their thing.
Just check out the thread I linked in my post up further in the thread, it explains the entire thing.

 

[Raynen]

If you've never got a burned taste then you are probably blowing it out REAL well.
Or maybe you are doing dry burns often enough that you don't have dried out juice caught up in the mesh.
Or maybe you aren't burning it hot enough to bake any leftover dried up juice.

I can't say, because I haven't watched what you do.


I don't really know that soaking helps or not, but holding it under really hot tap water does the trick.
The hot running water will definitely soften the old juice, even if it has dried up a bit, and rinse it out.

And don't bother drying them, the dry burn will boil off any remaining water and then the dry burns will start doing their thing.
Just check out the thread I linked in my post up further in the thread, it explains the entire thing.

I practically give myself an aneurysm when I blow out the juice out of the attys. But, I blow them out everytime I change a flavor. I have attys dedicated to flavor "groups" (fruits, baked goods, mint/menthol,wines... ) I don't really flood my attys much so I guess they dry-burn really easily. I'll get excess smoke, but I don't dry-burn so much that it smells like burning socks Maybe it's how often I do it, but then again I don't change my flavors too much. Whatever works I guess? I'm always afraid of trying new things, and the dry burn was a last effort that worked well. I'll definitely check out the thread, I have quite a growing atty collection!

 

[DC2]

I practically give myself an aneurysm when I blow out the juice out of the attys.

Me too.

 

[JohnReagan]

Yup, count me in for the isopropyl alcohol soaks, twice a week. 15 minutes, then set to dry overnight. The reason being that vaping isopropyl alcohol is not a good idea - but it evaporates completely, and cleanly. So once it's dry, there's no alcohol left in it.

You just have to make sure you prime it well, since it's bone-dry - I start with 5-7 drops on my LR's before I even fire them. And they usually need another drop or two after that.

I've been doing it from the get-go, and I just lost my first atomizer in 6 months. It still vapes, but the resistance shot through the roof. There's no fixing that, that I'm aware of. And here's the good part: it was an atomizer I forgot to clean for a few weeks.

The fact that the only atomizer I've ever lost was also the only atomizer I didn't clean regularly is all the proof I need that isopropyl alcohol works.

I dry burn occasionally, if I really want to get rid of a flavor, or in the case of the atty I lost, as a last-ditch effort to save it. But in general, I see no need.

My atties vary in age from a week to 5 months, and they all still vape great, apart from the one I didn't clean. A lot of my regular atties have found new homes, after I switched to LR's. Some of them are 6 months old, and still working great for the people I've given them to (who also clean them with iso alcohol).

I've been doing exactly what you're doing Cassie and it's working very well. Your advice really helped me out way back when I started. I too have never lost an atty yet and I've been doing this since September.

 

[Raynen]

Me too.

Hehehe we need to start a group called "Atty Aneurysms" I try not to blow too hard or I actually get light-headed and sometimes get a headache

 

[Throat hit]

I run the tap gently and let the hot water run into the atty top. Then I rinse my mouth out take a drink and then putting the atty to my lips blow the water through and out the hole in the bottom. Then when my mouth is nearly empty I cover the hole In the bottom and the water jets out the side holes too. After this i blow without water to remove any left inside this takes a couple of goes. The atty is now empty apart from a little water. I dry burn a couple of times not for long just to dry the wick and gauze a bit then prime with about 8 drops of e juice and have a go. The remaining water makes the first hit or to a little weak but aftr that its happy days. DO NOT TRY THIS AFTER A MEAL YOU WILL GET FOOD ITEMS IN THE ATTY FOR SURE. I do not like long dry burns as most attys have a plastic disc in the bottom to keep the coil wire separated and from shorting on the atty body this can melt when over heating on a dry burn not to mention the stress and wear to the coil. I use the washing method above to remove priming solution from my new attys as it is horrible. Hope this helps

 

[Automaton]

I've been doing exactly what you're doing Cassie and it's working very well. Your advice really helped me out way back when I started. I too have never lost an atty yet and I've been doing this since September.

Glad it's been working for you. But it was Cozzicon's idea. He's atty superman, I think.

 

[deback]

The best method of cleaning atomizers I've found is to heat up some water until it starts to boil. Place the atomizers into a little cup (I use a Nyquil measuring cup) and pour the very hot water into the little cup. Let that sit for a while, then rinse quickly at the sink, blow out the excess water, and allow to dry for several hours (or do the Highping dry burn, if you can't wait for them to dry thoroughly).

I've found that soaking in isopropyl alcohol is not a necessary step, unless you want to do that now and then. For normal cleaning every day or two, soaking in very hot, almost boiling (or boiling) water rinses them out very good. I'm still using the same six atomizers that I've had for over four months, and they still work just like new. I've soaked them in iso alcohol before -- but don't plan on doing that again very often. I believe the boiling or almost-boiling water gets out the gunk better than iso alcohol.

But, of course, everyone has their own opinion....