I got my fizz back....but will it last?

[Tara]

I've been using a standard tank atty for 2 months now and on average it sees at least 1ml through it a day;it's been boiled twice successfully but yesterday's attempt made almost no difference; so I pulled the spike off, stuck the wick in a gas flame until it was almost white and dry burnt the very noticeable gunk off and it's working like new. Fizzy vapoury goodness.

But I'm sure I've read somewhere that it's now likely to go pop without warning; I just wondered how long/many mls other people have put through atty's they've treated in a similar way before sudden death?

[ceekay27]

Hi Tara

I dont think burning your wick to clean it will make the atty go pop,
its when you dry burn the coil that it could go pop, while your actually doing it.
When you dry burn the coil, you're doing it without liquid on it, so although
this works to clean your coil, because its dry, if you do it for too long, its not good!

Im sure someone else could explain the whys and wherefores! lol...

I burned the wick, plus dry burned the coil around 9 days ago, and my atty is
still going strong
Just wanted to add that I put 2ml a day through my tank attys

[Tara]

Thanks, lol yes I popped one last week dry burning the coil, which is what I did today as well as cleaning the wick in the gas flame. But I've been told by at least one friend that after the dry burn process of cleaning their atty's have gone pop some days later whilst vaping; I was sort of assuming the dry burn was weakening the coil. So I was interested in the subsequent lifespan

Lol and it's only 1ml through that atty I've normally got 3 or 4 on the go now adays

[ceekay27]

Ahhh ok, yeah I guess it would weaken the coil with the dry burn,
but I think if you just give it quick bursts while you're dry burning,
it might only cause minimal damage (fingers crossed hey!) lol

Like I said mine has had approx 18mls through it since i cleaned it, so
maybe its doing good?
but I guess every atty is different

[D4u2s0t]

I have taken apart, cleaned, etc. fairly often to keep my attys vaping like new, and I still have the 2 originals that came with my kit about 2 months ago.

With the dry burn, i've found out that you can hold the button pretty long, as long as it is gunked up and not glowing red...  Once it starts to glow red, you don't want to hold the button for more than a second or 2, just enough to get it glowing.  Wait for it to cool, do it again.

[tez77]

I've been using a standard tank atty for 2 months now and on average it sees at least 1ml through it a day;

I hope mine lasts that long. It started seeing 1ml a day but is now easily seeing 4-5.

it's been boiled twice successfully but yesterday's attempt made almost no difference;

How long into the attys life before you had to start boiling it out of interest?

so I pulled the spike off, stuck the wick in a gas flame until it was almost white and dry burnt the very noticeable gunk off and it's working like new. Fizzy vapoury goodness.

How do you do this? Do you take the wick right out to do it, how do you see the coil when you're dry burning?

But I'm sure I've read somewhere that it's now likely to go pop without warning; I just wondered how long/many mls other people have put through atty's they've treated in a similar way before sudden death?

I really will be happy if I can get 2 months out of my atty. One of my big concerns with vaping is how much im likely to spend on attys as they are quite expensive for something that may only last a week. Thats why I've been trying cheaper alternatives to the tank attys but nothing compares so far, at 2 months though its not a big concern

[Tara]

This atty is also one from my original kit, the other is also still going strong 2 months later and that one has never been boiled just blown through; I also have 2 LR attys which have been going 6 weeks, those too have only been blown through, but I had a 3rd until last week when I killed it over doing the dry burn. That one had also been boiled twice, I have theory that the reason these ones have needed more tlc is because I used cherry pie in them when I first got it and I experimented with standard & low resistance attys before deciding I liked it best in a clearo.

That stuff is soooo dark!

Oh and neither of those two needed to be boiled for a month, I hope that helps tez, I too am going through maybe 3 or 4mls a day but I have multiple flavours loaded in different attys and at least 1 clearo with cherrypie in it, and chop and change throughout the day depending upon what I fancy.

[tez77]

Thanks Tara. Can you give some more info on burning the wick?

[Tara]

I took the spike plate out using a flat blade screw driver, held the spike with some long nosed pliers and stuck the lot in the gas flame on my cooker hob, I think some people use those little kitchen blow torches too; all the black sticky gunk burns off, at first you think it's actually the wick burning but it isn't. After a few passes in the flame the wick will become a greyish white, let it cool then pop the spike into the hole on an empty cart and push it back into place, it's an interference fit so it will need a little pressure.

Remember though all this invalidates the warranty so I wouldn't do it unless your well past the 28 days and you've nothing to lose

[Tara]

Oh and I forgot to mention, whilst the spike/wick assembly is cooling attach the rest of the atty to a battery and dry burn the coil, just press the battery for a second or two, I blow on it too, a) because a lot of smoke comes off and b) because I think it might help it not over heat, I think astreks mentions it somewhere, once you can see the coil go red then stop immediately, this can kill your atty completely if the coil blows so do this only if you have nothing to lose and a spare back up atty, same warranty disclaimer applies

[tez77]

Thanks Tara, my atty is doing fine at the moment but once it starts to show signs of needing some TLC I shall do the same as you.

I wonder if dripping alcohol onto the coil whilst sending power to it would be a little healthier than dry burning though.