Cleaning used SS316L coils with 50% Ethanol. Good idea?

[rokyo87]

Hello everyone.

OK, I have one strange question. Is it dangerous to clean my used coils with denatured Ethanol (50% Ethanol, 50% distilled water)?

I usually throw my used coils in an Ethanol and leave them in there for a few days and then I clean them further with DW and toothbrush. Can Ethanol react with SS316L coils and damage a metal?

Thank you for your answers in advance.

 

[sofarsogood]

Hello everyone.

OK, I have one strange question. Is it dangerous to clean my used coils with denatured Ethanol (50% Ethanol, 50% distilled water)?

I usually throw my used coils in an Ethanol and leave them in there for a few days and then I clean them further with DW and toothbrush. Can Ethanol react with SS316L coils and damage a metal?

Thank you for your answers in advance.

May be you should ask a chemist your question. RTS vapes company has a forum on this forum. They have a chemist who takes questions from forum members. Are you refering to prebuilt coil heads? Once the cotton wick gets gunked up I don't believe there is any way to clean it,, only replace it. One reason people rebuild is so they can replace the wick frequently. I re wick twicea week.

EDIT, now I see may be you are talking about just the metal coil material. It's probably okay if there is no wicking involved and all the chemical is rinsed away but why bother? Wouldn't it be easier to make a new coil?

 

[rokyo87]

Yeah it's about coils without wicking material.

 

[Eskie]

In place of denatured alcohol you can also just use vodka. No nasty stuff added to make it unpalatable (just in case a good rinse isn't enough). No need for Grey Goose, some good cheap Everclear will work just fine.