Buying electronic smoke is fine, and using it is all the more good. But what to do when you need to clean it? Cleaning here means only the cartridge or atomizer, as it is the cartridge that contains the e-juice. Other parts like the battery or the cartomizer are disposable or rechargeable. However, the cartridge requires cleaning.

Why do you need to clean Cartridge/Atomizer?

You may feel like changing the flavor of the e-juice or liquid used for your electronic cigarette. In that case, if you had been smoking one of Menthol flavor and want to switch to Tobacco, you need to clean the cartridge so that you can simply pour the liquid into the cartridge and not spend money unnecessarily for buying new ones.

Another reason for cleaning the cartridge can be that deposits have accumulated inside the cartridge, and you need to clear it to get the effect that you used to get when it was a new one.

Methods of Cleaning Cartridges:

Electronic smoke users have gone through trial-and-error methods to find out which is the best possible ways to clean the cartridge. Some have used vodka, some have used vinegar while some have gone ahead and boiled the cartridges!

Let us just have a look at what takes to clean the cartridge.

Method # 1:

One method of cleaning can be to pour hot water inside the cartridge, shake well for a few seconds and then blow dry with hair-dryer. This is a simple method to clean, but may leave the taste of strong flavors even after cleaning.

Method # 2:

Use of vinegar can come to your help. This method requires you to boil the cartridge in water mixed with little vinegar in it. Boil it for 10 minutes. Then clean the cartridge with water all over again and blow dry.

Method # 3:

This method is new and tried, though not completely successful.Here, you soak the cartridge in a glass of cola for over 24hours. Then you take it out and wash it with water – hot or cold – and as usual, blow dry.Now, the flipside of this method is that it takes too long to clean – 24hours – and does not guarantee complete cleaning. Flavors leave their taste even after this cumbersome procedure.

Method # 4:

This method is as radical as it could get! Vodka! Blow dry the cartridge, pour vodka into it, cover the ends with fingers, and shake the thing gently for a little over 2minutes.Rinse the cartridge with hot water and leave it to dry naturally. You need not blow dry, as the smell of vodka needs to wear out with time.This method is said to be effective in elimination of e-juices with strong flavors.

Method # 5:

This method is said to be effective for faint-tasting e-liquids.Keep the cartridge upside down on a paper towel for overnight. The remaining liquid will flow down, and in the morning wash it with water. Then follow the usual procedure of blow drying.

Method # 6:

A simple method is to keep the cartridge under running warm water. Use a little detergent with it and rinse well. then dry the cartridge with blow-dryer.However, keep it unused for a night.

Method # 7:

This last procedure also includes the use of vinegar.Fill the cartridge with vinegar. Shake it well for a few seconds. Pour out the vinegar, and repeat this same process for 3-4 times.Then clean it with hot water by pouring the hot water inside it, and shaking well. Then rinse it with dry cloth and dry it with hair-dryer. Keep it unused for a few hours.