water in atty?

[captainbrianbeard]

so i started a new job at a place which sells industrial ultrasonic parts cleaners for auto shops and stuff, i kept thinking to myself i can not wait to clean an atty in this beast and today i got my chance. My atty wasnt that dirty and is relativly new but i wanted to try it out. Its a 510 2.0 ohm atty which no longer has any paint on it haha. after a few minutes in the ultrasound i rinsed it with water and set it in my truck to dry. after a few hours i stick it on my batt and am getting orange glow pretty quick so i assumed it was dry. even gave it a good 30 sec burn to help dry it. but when i started vaping it i noticed the performance has dropped dramatically! could it have not been dry enough? will water in my atty make it not vape very well? The ultrasounds use only soapy water and run at 160 deg F which i dont think can harm my atty. any ideas?

 

[hairball]

Does it taste soapy? Good possibility that the soap left residue that has clogged it. Can you clean it without the soap?

 

[mwa102464]

Ideas ? Don't wash em, just use em till they die !

 

[captainbrianbeard]

doesnt taste soapy. i rinsed with tap water throughly afterwards to get rid of any soad residue. haha i know at 7 bucks an atty its almost worth it. im not the kind of guy to use an atty forever but one or two cleans to squeak a little more life out of them makes it work for me

 

[candy_93454]

Did you wash the soap out before you left it to dry?? you have to make sure you blow all the water out general rule is most people leave them to dry out for 24 hr or use a blow dryer to speed up the process. id rinse it really well and try again. Ive seen lots of people post that they have had good out comes with ultra sonic cleaning but it was just in water or a mixture of water and PGA.. good luck

 

[Energon]

It could be that the ultrasonic cleaner was too powerful. There's a big thread around here somewhere about that, and it said that anything more than a "puny" $25 jewelry cleaning machine could basically destroy an atty...

 

[KeithB]

I think it's probably still wet. I rinse my mega tybe b attys and they hold a lot of water. I blow them out, flick them out, then tailpipe 'em til I stop getting a wet vape. Then they're almost dry. It doesn't take as long with a regular 510 tho.

 

[asidrave]

I used to clean my atomizers when i first started vaping. After awhile it just wasnt worth the effort. It is definetly a hit or miss with cleaning them. Just remember a few things:

Use the same atomizer for the same or similar juice....if you use an atomizer to test every flavor of juice..it has a better chance of failing. Thicker, darker, sweeter juices kill an atomizer faster. Dry burning an atomizer will help revive it....but there is also a chance it will pop.

 

[Bozzlite]

A few hours of drying time is probably not enough. I always let mine dry over night, at least 24 hours.