I'm no expert, in fact far from it ref clearo cleaning..

[theferret]

I only been Vaping since Oct 23rd 2014, but had a basic starter kit with CE4 clearo on which I thought was ready t bin but as I was very bored today took it apart for a clean..

I unscrewed the top drip tip then removed the inner silicone nipple from top of the coil tube which had a small metal collet inside and washed them out and dryed with kitchen paper, then I drained the tiny amount of remaining fluid and rinsed out the tank with just warm water for a good while under the running tap then shook out the excess water until just tiny beads remained on the clear plastic inside then rolled a piece of tissue like a rats tail and slid down the gap to dry the last few specs of water which worked quite well.

I then dry burned the coil which crackled at first with some smoke but after a few mins of pulsing soon cleared and coil glowed lovely and deep orange but the heat it had generated did condensate the inside again slightly so set a hair dryer on medium heat and about mid speed and blew it through the top from about 6 inches away whilst giving a few more pulses then carried on for another 2 mins with the hair dryer until it looked like the wicks had pretty much completely dried out and the inside was spotless and clean and very see through like new.

I left to cool for another few mins as the drier had warmed it up a bit then I set the metal collet back into the silicone nipple and twisted back through the top and when it came to rest on the top of the coil tube I pressed it home a flush with a paper clip, then refilled with some Jungle juice screwed on top drip tip and let stand for several minutes.


I then screwed on the battery and gave a few puffs not inhaling to get it going then first initial puffs where OK but after a few minutes it had full flavour back in fact better than before dare I say it and it sends out plumes of vapour...It probably won't last much longer but I enjoyed messing with it and giving it a new lease of life even if its only a short one, I just love taking things apart then reassembling making it look new again it makes you feel good inside  and at least whilst I had it apart I had my new Aspire K1 to use to help me through it lol.... 

[chykensa]

A nice accidental tutorial on how to clean a CE4 clearomiser there theferret!! Absolutely the correct procedure, even down to the hairdryer to dry things out inside.
Now if I was doing the same, I would follow your method up to the point where you dry burned the coil. At that point I would have simply filled it again, let it rest for 10 minutes, and then vaped the water left in the wicks out and waited for the flavour to come on down.
It really doesn't matter if the inside of the clearo is dry, it's soon going to get wet again, and if it was only water used to rinse it out, and no detergent, then the last section was, personally speaking you understand, unnecessary.
At least you should get another few days from the clearo before it is destined for the bin! Well done

[theferret]

Thanks Chykensa, I also cleaned out my Aspire K1 tank out twice since I got it as they seem to get really horrible and misty looking inside after some good use, all I did was clean it with warm running water shook out excess then left it to dry overnight but by morning though it had dried out fully and had no minute water beads left inside it did have a few lime scale residue spots as we are in a very hard water area.

This I didn't like but once filled with juice all is good again and the spots all disappear but wondered if there is a way to stop this?

Some say use spirits like Gin / Vodka instead of water but surely this would affect the juice flavour ? and some say use straight away after rinse no need to dry inside just shake out excess water and good to go whilst others say never fill after a rinse out always leave to dry fully overnight or longer but I couldn't wait that long too impatient lol..