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How to clean and maintain your Vape Mod If your Vape Mod is having trouble firing (if the coils aren't heating up), you probably need to clean it out. This is an easy guide on how to do so. Written By: Jessie Smith How to clean and maintain your Vape Mod Draft: 2017-09-01 Guide ID: 50414 - This document was generated on 2020-11-22 03:04:27 AM (MST). © iFixit — CC BY-NC-SA www.iFixit.com Page 1 of 7

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Page 1: How to clean and maintain your Vape Mod · Step 3 Many Vape Mods are different, you might have to take out your battery in a different way than shown. At the bottom of the tube, unscrew

How to clean and maintain your Vape ModIf your Vape Mod is having trouble firing (if the coils aren't heating up), you probably need to clean

it out. This is an easy guide on how to do so.

Written By: Jessie Smith

How to clean and maintain your Vape Mod Draft: 2017-09-01Guide ID: 50414 -

This document was generated on 2020-11-22 03:04:27 AM (MST).

© iFixit — CC BY-NC-SA www.iFixit.com Page 1 of 7

Page 2: How to clean and maintain your Vape Mod · Step 3 Many Vape Mods are different, you might have to take out your battery in a different way than shown. At the bottom of the tube, unscrew

INTRODUCTION

This guide will teach you how to take apart your Vape Mod completely, analyze which parts need tobe cleaned, and how to correctly clean them.

TOOLS:Paper Towels (1)Hot water (1)

PARTS:Vape Mod (1)

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Step 1 — How to clean and maintain your Vape Mod

Although maintenance for your Vape Mod shouldn't be dangerous, it can be messy. It isrecommended to do this on top of a paper towel.

Start by removing the top cap of your Vape Mod.

Step 2

Unscrew RDA (rebuildable dripping atomizer) and take it off.

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Step 3

Many Vape Mods are different, you might have to take out your battery in a different way thanshown.

At the bottom of the tube, unscrew the firing pin.

Take the battery out of the Vape Mod.

Step 4

Inspect all of the parts that will need to be cleaned:

The firing pin

The RDA threading

The bottom of the inside of the tube

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Step 5

Clean the Firing pin by dipping a paper towel into hot water.

Carefully rotate the hot towel around the middle area, rubbing the grime away.

Step 6

Get a new paper towel wet with the hot water.

Clean the RDA threading by rotating the wet paper towel back and forth across it.

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If your Vape Mod is still not firing, consider getting a new build.

Step 7

Get a new paper towel wet with the hot water.

Twist it until it can easily fit inside of the tube.

Use your finger or another long tool to rotate the paper towel along the sides and the bottom of thetube.

Step 8

Put your Vape Mod back together by doing steps 1 - 2 in reverse. (Leave the mouthpiece of the topcap off).

Careful, firing your Vape Mod produces heat and can make the device HOT!

Fire your Vape Mod. If the coils are heating up, it has been fixed!

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How to clean and maintain your Vape Mod Draft: 2017-09-01Guide ID: 50414 -

This document was generated on 2020-11-22 03:04:27 AM (MST).

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