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What is the best way to clean your atty? Ive heard run it under water on low and let it sit upside down overnight, also a jewelry cleaner.

Thanks,

Lance

I don't think anyone had a definative "best way". You're going to hear lots of options though... here are some... don't clean it - just use a new one ever 30 days, denture tabs, boiling water, Everclear, water pick. I haven't tried any of the cleaning methods yet... I just put a rolled up piece of paper towel in the end and let it sit a while. You'll just have to figure out what works best for you.

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I agree with Brian--I just twist the corner of a paper towel or kleenex and push into the open end of the atty and let sit for 5-10 min--repeat until the papertowel/kleenex comes out clean.

However--that does not mean it is the best way--but, it has worked for me so far--I have only lost 4 atty's in 7 months.

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The "best" way of doing anything will always bring about a debate. Leaving your atomizer standing on a paper towel overnight so the juice can drain away from the wick is just good daily maintenance. Some like to run some water through, and I know some use a jewelery cleaner using only water. (See HERE and HERE. You can also boil your attys. I've done this and it works very well. I get a pot of water rolling, and then lower the attys in using a sieve. You don't want them to come int direct contact with the bottom of the pan. I leave them in for 10 minutes, let them cool enough so that i cam blow out any standing water, and let them dry for a day. I've also soaked attys in Everclear (190 proof grain alcohol) for anywhere between 5 minutes and overnight. Again, blowing them out and letting them dry for 24 hrs. Both of these methods have worked well for me. Just be sure to drip some juice in and get them good and wet when you start using them again. I like to use straight VG in a newly cleaned atty. Two drops, a couple puffs, two more drops, a few puffs, and then they're good to go.

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I have been using a paper towel but, this mint chocolate chip flavor is stuck in my atty even after doing that overnight :wtf: . Although using a paper towel on my other atty to get the watermelon flavor out worked great!

I think im best off ordering 5 more attys and using one with each type of flavor. Any suggestions as to which drips i should use in the same atty. ie. coffee flavors fruity flavors

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Really strong flavors are hard to get off the atty. Many use separate attys for those flavors. Me--I just drip the atty with the new flavor until the old flavor goes away--works best with compatible flavors.

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Good luck trying to find a juice to match your analog flavor. It's really hard to find since vaping is so much different than smoking. Nothing is actually burning, so you won't get that smokey flavor out of it. I personally like vaping better because you can actually taste the flavors.

As for your question about what flavors to drip together, I'd say go with the same rules as drinks you would drink. If you don't think they'd taste good together as a drink, then don't mix it...unless you want to be experimental of course. You pretty much got the idea. Mix coffee flavors together, or anything that would go with milk I guess. Coffee, chocolate, caramel etc. All the fruit flavors pretty much go together. Then there's some universal ones like menthol. Menthol is really hard to get off your atty if you want to switch flavors, but it actually goes good if mixed with most flavors.

Hope this helps.

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Ill have to try that out thanks for the fast response. Now if i can only find a juice that taste like my old analog flavor Marlboro 54s. (lite menthol tobacco flavor)

After I had quit analogs for about two weeks, we had a snow storm and I lost power for 2 days. After all my batteries died I had to smoke some analogs for a day. Let me tell you - YUCK!!! I'm quite glad none of my juice tastes like my Marlboro lights did. :)

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I'd just like to say I clean my attys out with near boiling distilled water once every 1-2 weeks on average. I'm a big tea drinker so I have one of those electric tea kettles, gets the water to just about boiling and I just rinse it through each atty a few times. I have some really big tweezers I put some electrical tape on for grip (and so they don't mark up my attys) then I just hold them with the open end up and pour the hot distilled water through, about 5-6 flushes seems to do the trick. Blow them dry with compressed air, or leave them sitting upside down on a paper towel for about 24 hours until dry. Be sure to prime them before use and you're good to go. But that's just my method...

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I am really glad you new flavors have arrived. That should keep you going for a bit.

When I first started I used the Marlboro 18mg mixed with just a bit of menthol--still one of my favorites. I actually add a little menthol to all my flavors--really adds a boost.

Once you really start vaping--you won't want real tobacco flavor--vaping tobacco flavors are much, much nicer

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