Dryburning a DID type Coil

[Frogster (The Alchemist)]

I think I promised to post a few pics next time I had to do a dry burn of the coil on one of my DID’s.


All juice will eventually junk up a coil, reducing flavour and vapour production.


NEWSFLASH ! You don’t need to build a new wick or a coil, simply follow the pictorial guide below:-


This is a pretty gunked up coil (allowed to get this bad for demonstration purposes)…





Step 1
Gently remove the wick with a slight twisting motion, trying very hard not to disturb the coil…



Step 2
This will leave you with the gunked up coil in place, like so…



Step 3
Next, gently and in short bursts, fire up the device, until you obtain an even orange glow over the length of the coil, burning off gunked up deposits…



Step 4
This will leave you with a relatively clean and functional coil, almost as good as the day you wrapped it… I fired it a few more times after this pic, just to clean it a tad more...



Step 5
Now slide the wick, very gently, back into the coil, with a twisting motion, again without disturbing the coil.

If, you do squash a wrap, you can open it back up again with a toothpick etc.

Note the arrow on the pic below, this is where the wire terminates on the centre post, there is still a little junk on the last little bit of wire, don’t try and get it all… I find that this helps insulate that last little bit of wire, this is a notorious hot spot and it eliminates it… Bonus!



Hope that helps some of you….

[Sandra (aka Chillax)]

Thats an excellent post/layout Frogster #icon_bravo# #icon_bravo#

[Skwoddy]

Outstanding Frogster, you could have saved me a burnt finger this morning re wrapping mine, altho that developed a hotspot after a few days i couldnt shift

[blakey]

Deliberately let it get that bad
lol
Nice little tutorial

[dave]

Good tutorial frogster. The only thing I would add is that it might be worth giving the wick a quick blast with the blowtorch before putting it back.

[johnboy]

Thanks for putting that up being as i lost the Bliddy nut off the top ,The DID only arrived this morning, ( Bliddy Fridays.)

[Skwoddy]

Sept 21, 2012 14:40:06 GMT johnboy said:

Thanks for putting that up being as i lost the Bliddy nut off the top ,The DID only arrived this morning, ( Bliddy Fridays.)

All of a sudden, your avatar seems very apt.

[Skwoddy]

Sept 21, 2012 14:40:06 GMT johnboy said:

Thanks for putting that up being as i lost the Bliddy nut off the top ,The DID only arrived this morning, ( Bliddy Fridays.)

Just a thought, you have any electrician/mechanic friends? I'm willing to bet they would have a nut to fit, failing that nip into b&q. You could use it at the bottom of your centre post which only prevents the post from going back into the tank section, I'll bet it's a standard euro thread

[johnboy]

Sept 21, 2012 14:51:29 GMT Skwoddy said:

Sept 21, 2012 14:40:06 GMT johnboy said:

Thanks for putting that up being as i lost the Bliddy nut off the top ,The DID only arrived this morning, ( Bliddy Fridays.)

Just a thought, you have any electrician/mechanic friends? I'm willing to bet they would have a nut to fit, failing that nip into b&q. You could use it at the bottom of your centre post which only prevents the post from going back into the tank section, I'll bet it's a standard euro thread

Skwoddy will do if i am unable to find it in the Chair, it is a shame but i will have to cut off the lining material on the bottom of it But having said that you don't know what i may find.

The more i look at that bliddy Avatar the more it has to go.

[Skwoddy]

Sept 21, 2012 15:10:26 GMT johnboy said:

Sept 21, 2012 14:51:29 GMT Skwoddy said:

Just a thought, you have any electrician/mechanic friends? I'm willing to bet they would have a nut to fit, failing that nip into b&q. You could use it at the bottom of your centre post which only prevents the post from going back into the tank section, I'll bet it's a standard euro thread

Skwoddy will do if i am unable to find it in the Chair, it is a shame but i will have to cut off the lining material on the bottom of it But having said that you don't know what i may find.

The more i look at that bliddy Avatar the more it has to go.

Ok mate upto you, seems a bit harsh to cut furniture up for a nut, I would find a replacement personally, modders do it daily

Don't wanna ruffle the mrs's feathers

[DiscoDes]

Sept 21, 2012 15:10:26 GMT johnboy said:

Sept 21, 2012 14:51:29 GMT Skwoddy said:

Just a thought, you have any electrician/mechanic friends? I'm willing to bet they would have a nut to fit, failing that nip into b&q. You could use it at the bottom of your centre post which only prevents the post from going back into the tank section, I'll bet it's a standard euro thread

Skwoddy will do if i am unable to find it in the Chair, it is a shame but i will have to cut off the lining material on the bottom of it But having said that you don't know what i may find.

The more i look at that bliddy Avatar the more it has to go.

You may find enough coinage to buy a little vaping treat!

Get a strong magnet and sweep that around if you can't immediately find it, and a torch.

[Skwoddy]

Sept 21, 2012 15:14:32 GMT DiscoDes said:

Sept 21, 2012 15:10:26 GMT johnboy said:

Skwoddy will do if i am unable to find it in the Chair, it is a shame but i will have to cut off the lining material on the bottom of it But having said that you don't know what i may find.

The more i look at that bliddy Avatar the more it has to go.

You may find enough coinage to buy a little vaping treat!

Get a strong magnet and sweep that around if you can't immediately find it, and a torch.



Brass is magnetic??? School was a long time ago for me, I may be wrong

[jayjay]

Nice tutorial thanks. And there was me thinking an old toothbrush would work.

[Gordy]

Sept 21, 2012 22:07:05 GMT jayjay said:

Nice tutorial thanks. And there was me thinking an old toothbrush would work.

if you do use a tooth brush dont go at it too hard or you may remove the oxidised layer on the wick

[jayjay]

Sept 21, 2012 22:16:06 GMT Gordy said:

Sept 21, 2012 22:07:05 GMT jayjay said:

Nice tutorial thanks. And there was me thinking an old toothbrush would work.

if you do use a tooth brush dont go at it too hard or you may remove the oxidised layer on the wick

To be honest I didnt find the toothbrush thing worked. You can't get round the back. I started to think a recoil was in order. But will defo give this method a go.