alcohol and O-rings

[sydonai416]

Does 91% alcohol damage orings? I want to get the machine oil off a kayfun v4. Does cooking oil work too?

 

[InTheShade]

Just use dishsoap. I scrub everything in Dawn, hot water rinse and you should be good to go.

 

[oplholik]

What he said^^^^

 

[ignotus]

My procedure for cleaning a new atomizer is as follows:

1. Totally disassemble.
2. Place metal parts in one container and plastic and rubber parts in another.
3. Soak metal parts in Everclear.
4. Scrub with cotton balls and q-tips.
5. Rinse thoroughly in a fine sieve.
6. Add metal parts to the other container.
7. Soak all parts in hot, soapy water.
8. Scrub.
9. Rinse thoroughly.
10. Put all parts in a third, clean container.
11. Soak in hot water.
12. Rinse thoroughly.
13. Dry each part with paper towel.
14. Allow to air-dry for a couple of hours.
15. Reassemble.

 

[stevegmu]

I'd contact svoemesto and ask for replacement o-rings...

 

[Valgeon]

I use cheap vodka to clean my rdas, something about this stuck in my head to do after asking myself at my local vape lounge.

FUhattan for the win

 

[Rat2chat2]

I know that rubbing alcohol will eat the rubber diaphragm on a carburetor, so would imagine it is possible for it to do damage to o-rings.

 

[TaketheRedPill]

PG and VG are both alcohols and so have strong solvent properties. Some materials (oils) are more soluble in PG and VG than in water, even soapy water. So why not just use a plain PG or VG wipedown/rinse or three, and leave the Dawn for the dishes? Stronger alcohols (from jack daniels to everclear, etc) may make the "buna" (nitrile) O-rings swell, resulting in leaking.