Taking Apart and Cleaning the Volcano Vaporizer Step by Step Photo Guide
Here’s a new improved photo gallery based on user requests. One of the most daunting tasks for the new Volcano Vaporizer owner is taking it apart and cleaning for the first time. Here’s a step by step photo illustration of how to disassemble all the parts of the Volcano Vaporizer and clean using rubbing alcohol and sea salt. If it’s your first time taking apart the inner workings of your Volcano, this will help make sense of it. You’ll need some simple supplies; rubbing alcohol, sea salt, a large freezer bag or wide mouth jar, a pair of pliers, some q-tips and paper towels. Remember – a clean Volcano Vaporizer works better and more efficiently and tastes better!
You don’t actually need to use any alcohol or salt for cleaning the chamber. Just remove the screens and run the volcano at a high temperature for a minute or two. Then CAREFULLY wipe the chamber clean with a paper towel or a cotton swab until it’s as shiny as new.
This won’t work for the screens though. It will just mash the resin deeper into the screen if you try it.
Sorry, in the last post I forgot the obvious warning. After heating the volcano chamber it will be hot. Be careful. Use a glove or something. Don’t burn yourself.
Well I followed instructions and cleaned it up, after 3 weeks of using it twice per day or so. Nothing difficult, but I reused the screens. Should I had replaced them already?
You can clean the screens and reuse them indefinitely. Hold them up to the light to see if they are clogged.
Great. Do you have one with attaching new balloon to the solid valve?
Check out page 3 of the photos here: http://volcanotips.com/volcano/volcano-vaporizer-taking-apart-and-cleaning/?nggpage=3 that shows the bag being fitted to the solid valve. Hope that helps.
Man, you have a great informative site. Straight to the point and full with photos and videos.
yo we make 6 foot bags called party bags, turn it up to 9, and one person has to clear it as fast as possible. Called a 9 bag or specifically party bag 9 bag. Record is 37 seconds.
You didn’t scrape anything with a straw before washing?! The resin inside the Volcano is PURE HONEY OIL! Just use a straw!
Also, I always just use Citrusolve (a citrus based solvent) to clean our Volcano, can wash everything together. Also, an old toothbrush for the hard to reach parts.
I scrape the inside of my chamber regularly (wooden toothpick) and mix it in with the fresh as I load the Volcano. I’m not one for combustion so that’s the best way to use it I’ve found. I’ve always wondered though – how good can the oil really be if it’s been exposed to so much high temp?
I have started using only oven bags. You can buy them at the grocery store. They are for putting turkeys in then putting in over to seal in juices. They are perfect Volcano bags. They’re already sealed on one end, the seem SLIGHTLY thicker so they last longer, they stand up by themselves and are just awesome all around. I highly recommend “Look” brand Turkey Oven Bags.
I used to do that with my classic. I learned after awhile that the bags are heavier and put more of a strain on the volcano to fill the bag. Whatever is in the chamber ends up being heated up more than with the name brand bags. I like how sturdy the turkey bags were but they just don’t work as well with mine.
I am with Vapormaster. I have never had any troubles using the provided strip but whatever’s clever I suppose.
Nice Yo- I just discovered this myself. Zip ties are THE BEST for sealing the ends of the bag- so easy and works wonderfully. Save yourself a bit of headache and use zip ties instead of the bag tie thing they give you.
Whatever works… I’ve never had any trouble with using the bag trimmings. But to each their own! Thanks for sharing your tips. Vape on.
Quick hint. For a really good seal on the end of the bag i use small zip ties. Trim off the excess and you end up with a MUCH better seal than just using the excess bag clippings
This was, by far, the most helpful guide I found for changing the bags. I was looking everywhere to no avail. In the process of discovering this very easy to understand set of photos, I also learned how to give my Volcano a proper, well-overdue cleaning… thank you so much.
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