Are Droplets of Tap Water Bad?

[Shizzle]

i always thoroughly rinse out my beakers, droppers, bottles, etc. right before i use them, with tap water, then do a final rinse with distilled water, to make sure there is absolutely no residual tap water left in them...but i'm wondering, is that really necessary? i mean, will tiny droplets of tap water cause the eliquid to spoil sooner or cause problems with cartomizers?



(btw, i realize that drying them overnight would cause one to avoid this entire predicament altogether, but that's out of the question here, as i'm way too disorganized to do anything ahead of time. )

 

[Kurt]

Probably not, but it would depend on the quality of the tap water. Hardness and all. Might be important, might not, but what you are doing is what a chemist would do, so I support the distilled water rinse at the end.

 

[djbishybish]

I've used tap water for a while to clean out bottles and such. I have had no problems with performance, spoiling or anything...but it would be a better practice to be using distilled water or alcohol as a final rinse.

 

[LucentShadow]

Personally, I'm not too concerned about washing things with tap water. I do wipe whatever I can thoroughly, and air dry after that. I do use filtered water for that purpose, though.

I do take care to make sure that no tap water is introduced into my juice by any means. I dislike the idea of vaping any amount of chlorine, and my tap water has plenty of that.

 

[Iffy]

My thoughts on this parallels my previous thoughts on rinsing out flav syringes. If ya can perceive a taste diff after rinsing with tap water, ya don't belong on the ECF without being The Master Taste Guru!

 

[YorkieGirl1]

I always do an initial cleaning with tap water, but then do a final rinse with distilled water - basically to ensure its properly disinfected. But as an afterthought, we do clean our dishes, silverwear etc with regular tap water (at least I do)- so i dont know.......