70% isoprophyl alchohol

[PSY0NIC]

I once drank some kerosene (camping in the woods and mistook the bottle for water in the dark) no damage --but certainly not something to do again-- i use vodka (or rum)

I find this the be the cleanest method as well and Absolute Vodka doesn't leave any taste at all after soaking and blowing out.

 

[leannebug]

Probably a good indicator of why it's not good to use it for cleaning. I make my own little mixture of boiling water, vodka, and lemon juice. Takes me about a day to clean things. But it's safer.


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[Rosa]

I heard that if you do soak in isopropyl that you are supposed to use at least 90% isopropyl (not 70%) and also that you don't need (and shouldn't) rinse in water afterward because one advantage of using it is that it will completely evaporate 100% without leaving any trace behind (whereas water can leave solids, especially tap water).

 

[leannebug]

I dunno.. Why risk it? If it's harmful to drink it, why would you want to take the chance on inhaling it?

Just my 2c!


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[Rosa]

I dunno.. Why risk it? If it's harmful to drink it, why would you want to take the chance on inhaling it?

Just my 2c!


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.... Or you could look at this this way: What's in the tap water? When you rinse in tap water, particulates remain in the atomizer - hard water remnants. Can it be safe to vape that? I don't know. I don't think either way can be more hazardous than smoking cigarettes anyway so I don't worry about it too much.

Just don't soak in arsenic.

 

[tuakong]

I heard that if you do soak in isopropyl that you are supposed to use at least 90% isopropyl (not 70%) and also that you don't need (and shouldn't) rinse in water afterward because one advantage of using it is that it will completely evaporate 100% without leaving any trace behind (whereas water can leave solids, especially tap water).

I read somewhere that when cleaning attys above 90% IPA should be used and not 70%....Anyone care to explain why?

 

[Rosa]

I read somewhere that when cleaning attys above 90% IPA should be used and not 70%....Anyone care to explain why?

I thought it just had something to do with it evaporating completely 100%. The more water volume, the more particulates etc. can be left behind, so the higher alcohol % the better (I just found 99% isopropyl at the store yesterday). I could be wrong, that's what I think I remember about it.

 

[Kufu Kahn]

Only a limited amount of experience here, but I have found that tap water works as well as any of the higher priced solvents. I drank all the vodka, bourbon, rum, and everclear, gave the IPA to the dog, he was blind to start with, now I'm sticking with tap water.

 

[Rimau]

I had a really gunked up atty so I used vodka, just in case it doesn't get completely dry. I just didn't want to use alcohol and if you look around, many of the veteran vapers use vodka. I just stick the atty in a test tube, fill it with vodka, cap, shake, and let sit for about 24 hours. That usually does the trick.