Cleaning Nicolite cartomisers

After a couple of refills of the cartomsers the atomiser in the cartomisers become dirty and the amount of vapour produced can be reduced greatly. cleaning the cartomisers can help restore the atomiser to a useable state. I have had some success with this and it is simple and cheap to do.

The first thing to note with cleaning nicolite cartomisers is to make sure that you dont remove the wadding, the way the nicolite cartomisers are made means that if you remove it it is practically impossible to replace it in the correct position. when you refill and refit the cartomiser and take a puff you will get an awfull taste of burning wadding. In the middle of the wadding is some heat sleeving which protects the wadding from the atomizer I have not worked out a way of refitting this inside the cartomiser. If anyone else has I would be interested to know how.

The first time I clean a cartomiser I remove the cap of the cartomiser and keep it safe. Then I run the tap at quite an high pressure into cartomiser and wadding to give it a little pre-wash. I then boil the kettle, pour the boiling water into a container, drop the cartomisers into the boiling water and give them a stir. I then stir every minute or so for around 15 minutes or untill I get sufficianty bored and decide to remove then from the water. To do this I pour the water with the cartomiser in gently through a siv then leave them to cool for a few minutes. When they have cooled I give them a good blow out to remove the excess water. I then stand them on some tissue paper and leave them for a couple of days or untill they are completly dried out. putting them on a radiator or somewhere warm may reduce the drying time but I have small children in the house and prefer to keep them well out of reach.

If you feel that this is not working then boiling the cartomisers is another option. I would advise doing this in a pan because its never a good idea to put metal items into a microwave. this process is the same as above except that instead of pouring the boiling water on and stiring. you wrap the atomisers individually in a hankey chief (or something similar) tie the top and boil for 10-15 minutes. To be honest I dont know the reason for wraping up the cartomisers in a hanky, It may absorb some of the dirt cleaned from the atomiser but I think more likely that it protects the wadding from getting battered and becoming dislodged or coming out completely. I might try boiling some with no hanky and see what happens, I will let you know.

Again make sure that the cartomisers are fully dried out before you refill them with e-juice. If you have any other ways or more tips please leave a comment.

Thanks' for reading.