Cleaning my cartomizers

[flipflop]

Hi all,
Does anyone know the best way to clean out my over used cartomizers, I've seen a few videos on you tube about boiling them, but I'm a little unsure about this.
There was also a video on pressure steaming them. Have you more experienced members got a best way of cleaning them.
Thanks in advance.

[DiscoDes]

Both the above will work, I use the milk steamer nozzle on my Espresso machine for the steam.
Or you dould put the cartos in a cup with warm water after rinsing through add a denture cleaning tablet and leave overnight. Then rinse and spin the water out using a little pouch on the end of a lanyard (or Griz Whizz). Refill and vape away! Denture cleaning tablets are 50p for 30 from Tesco's.

However I have found at only a couple of quid I just bin them now. I get between 3 - 7 days out of a carto before it needs cleaning or binning. So a couple of quid is not too bad. My £12 a week vaping budget includes juice and 2 new cartos.

[Karma]

Probably only worthwhile keeping some old ones to clean out as spares just incase you get caught short as you can't just buy them at the corner shop

[maccafan]

The syringe method works best for me when I clean 'em:

[Gordy]

i've never found they work that well after cleaning ...could be just me tho

[flipflop]

Thanks guys.
Like the video maccafan.
I think the syringe way is the one I will try out first.
cheers

[Perpetua]

Feb 27, 2012 15:22:27 GMT Gordy said:

i've never found they work that well after cleaning ...could be just me tho

I've found the same, so don't even bother trying now Gordy.

But, I reckon we all had a go, at one time or another.

[Karma]

I still think it's worth keeping a few, just in case!!!

[Gordy]

i do keep my old cartos in a box... im such a hoarder LOL but you never know if i run out at least i can delve into them

[maccafan]

Before syringing I take a pair of fine tweezers and rub two sides of the coil with the striations with a gentle up and down motion..Gets rid of a lot of gunk when syringing with hot water and they're as good as new..

[Karma]

striations????

[maccafan]

Yeah striations, like you find on a older type nail file..Used to enhance gripping in tweezers

Edit Image added:

A bit like this only finer and straight.

[Gordy]

Feb 27, 2012 18:41:31 GMT maccafan said:

Before syringing I take a pair of fine tweezers and rub two sides of the coil with the striations with a gentle up and down motion..Gets rid of a lot of gunk when syringing with hot water and they're as good as new..

you cant do this with cartomisers... clearomisers or attys maybe ?

[maccafan]

I can do it with carts..

Maybe because I only have 808 carts and their coil goes right across about 2/3 rds of the way up..

The one CE3 clearo I kept, I just dismantle the head and clean..I have modified it with wadding inside the tube and it works ok..I just use it to sample juices.

Add edit: You can do it with echomisers too..

[Gordy]

do you have a pic of what you are using... i can hardly see the coils in a carto let along able to 'file' them