Dry Burning Help

[DCR3005]

I read a post about dry burning the other night, suggesting it is best to dry burn every couple of tanks full to keep the coil in good condition and to help with vapour production. (Maybe off VaperCaper)

Since I got my mini protank 2 it has had 6+ tanks full and I have began to notice at 9.5W it is struggling to produce as much vapour as before.

Earlier when I went to fill up my tank again, I took off my atomiser, ran it under the tap, patted dry, then placed it back on my battery and pulsed it until it was glowing orange, blowing down the stem to blow off any ash.

After refilling with juice and waiting to soak it now tastes burnt which I have never experienced before.

I will admit that I didn't know I could pull off the stem and pull out the flavour wicks so I may have either burnt these or maybe the wicks are not soaked up yet?

What is the process of dry burning as I have since read different ways.
Some seem to dry burn then rinse and dry whereas others rinse dry burn then vape.
I guess I should have left it to dry fully overnight before trying to vape.

Sorry for the essay!

 

[MASTERZULU]

Dry burning will help for a while bit eventually you will need to replace the coil.
With the protank coils remove the rubber seal and the chimney, take out the flavour wicks and pump your mod up as high as it will go. Get the coils glowing orange and your good to go.
The silica flavour wicks can be refreshed by putting a flame on them, the have a crazy high melting point so don't be worried to get them glowing also.

As I said before this will take you so far, after that its new coils or a coil rebuild.

The bad flavour is probably residue left inside the coil housing or on the wicks. When I rebuild protank coils I take a cotton bud to the inside and scrape off all the residue from the inside.

 

[VaperCaper]

Dry burning guide I wrote is here

 

[VaperCaper]

Earlier when I went to fill up my tank again, I took off my atomiser, ran it under the tap, patted dry, then placed it back on my battery and pulsed it until it was glowing orange, blowing down the stem to blow off any ash.

After refilling with juice and waiting to soak it now tastes burnt which I have never experienced before.

Basically you've extra super burnt the juice inside the head, which is how to dry burn, but you've blown the ash all over the insides of the head. then when you've refilled the tank cos the ash had nowhere to go it's stayed inside and then mixed with your juice, hence the burnt taste.

You've probably killed that tank full.

When you dry burn you need to take the head to bits first so you can see the exposed coil. On an evod replacing the flavour wicks is tricky cos they fray super easily and are hard to replace. It's lots easier to cut new flavour wick and put fresh on top. A metre of 1mm or 2mm silica will cost you a couple of pounds and you'll get more than 50 new flavour wicks out of it.

 

[DCR3005]

VaperCaper Thanks, I was thinking at the time that just blowing down the stem would not get the ash out but I did not realise that the stem was just press fitted in.

It tastes ok now after 40ish hours and I only have 2ml left of that flavour so I guess I will just bin the coil and give the tank a good scrub after I'm done with that flavour.


Does the smell fully go from the tank when cleaning or will it stay there?
Should I just bathe it in warm water or pour some vodka in there too?

 

[Tony]

I remove the wick from my coils every few days. Dry burn it and then use a small stiff paint brush to brush the carbon off. Slide the wick back into the coil and it's good for another few days.

 

[VaperCaper]

@VaperCaper Thanks, I was thinking at the time that just blowing down the stem would not get the ash out but I did not realise that the stem was just press fitted in.

It tastes ok now after 40ish hours and I only have 2ml left of that flavour so I guess I will just bin the coil and give the tank a good scrub after I'm done with that flavour.


Does the smell fully go from the tank when cleaning or will it stay there?
Should I just bathe it in warm water or pour some vodka in there too?

You can probably dry burn the head again and blow the ash off properly this time and it'll be OK.

How well to flush the tank out depends on what juice you used and what juice you're planning to use. If it's the same juice don't worry about rinsing the tank out, if it's very different rinse well in warm water. If the old juice was a really strong flavour, an aniseedy or a menthol type for example, then give it a really good clean.

You can break out the vodka. That's a waste of a perfectly good drink though Milton sterilising solution is really good at cleaning out tanks. soak tank in milton water (see bottle for directions) for 15 mins or so and then rinse *really* well and you're good to go again.