Can u soak nautitlus in vodka ?
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Why would you want to?
They can be cleaned with warm, running water very easily.
They can be cleaned with warm, running water very easily.
I know you can with 91% alcohol, and lots of people use vodka in its place. I'd only soak the (regular last gen) coil units myself because everything else you can just wash with dawn liquid and hot water.
I specified last gen coil units because I don't know about the vertical coils, I haven't done it myself and typically I recommend doing or not doing things I've done myself with this sort of thing.
I've soaked it all though in 91% alcohol, so far it was only the authentic russian 91% plastic like tank that the alcohol didn't like, it vaporized that Russian plastic tank, however my kayfun lite plastic tanks soaked a bazillion times. Anyway, the Nautilus and it's stainless and glass were fine for me, unless they've cheapened up the allow in the most recent batches.
The stuff that will rust aint worth having in my opinion because it's going to rust with just washing it too and that's no better especially for parts touching the juice.
The ceramic like wicking material might break down that's in the vertical coils, I have no clue. Just be sure after soaking it in alcohol you rinse the crap out of it and let your coils air dry a day or two.
I specified last gen coil units because I don't know about the vertical coils, I haven't done it myself and typically I recommend doing or not doing things I've done myself with this sort of thing.
I've soaked it all though in 91% alcohol, so far it was only the authentic russian 91% plastic like tank that the alcohol didn't like, it vaporized that Russian plastic tank, however my kayfun lite plastic tanks soaked a bazillion times. Anyway, the Nautilus and it's stainless and glass were fine for me, unless they've cheapened up the allow in the most recent batches.
The stuff that will rust aint worth having in my opinion because it's going to rust with just washing it too and that's no better especially for parts touching the juice.
The ceramic like wicking material might break down that's in the vertical coils, I have no clue. Just be sure after soaking it in alcohol you rinse the crap out of it and let your coils air dry a day or two.
I've left it for a couple of days & nothing happened, it cleaned it a bit.
A higher alcohol content would be better but what people on here often forget (& I don't mean you New2vaps
) is that just because things are easily available in the US doesn't mean that they are for the rest of us. The amount of times I've seen someone admonished for not using the mythical 'grain alcohol' instead of vodka is unreal. Try getting that or a safe equivalent in the UK...& if you do find it good luck not getting arrested & remortgaging your house to pay for it.
Again, I have to ask 'why?'
99.9% of liquids are much more water soluble than alc soluble.
99.9% of liquids are much more water soluble than alc soluble.
Yes an authentic nautilus can be soaked in vodka with out problems. I've let mine soak for up to about 6 Days at a time.
I'm not really sure what would happen if you had a cloned one that was made out of pot metal and perhaps the chrome were worm off and then you soaked it, but with an authentic unit you can certainly soak it in vodka add I've done many times trying to get rid of some overbearing flavors.
I'm not really sure what would happen if you had a cloned one that was made out of pot metal and perhaps the chrome were worm off and then you soaked it, but with an authentic unit you can certainly soak it in vodka add I've done many times trying to get rid of some overbearing flavors.
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Water is not a very good cleaner for anything. That's why there are dish soaps, dishwasher detergent, and many other surfactants. Do you take a bath or shower sans soap? Of course not. Does your toilet get nasty? Why, if just water is so good at cleaning?
Obviously, we can't use scrubbing bubbles disinfecting kitchen/bathroom cleaner on our tanks. But we can use alcohol, which is water soluble. Even that is not the perfect answer. Artificial flavors are petroleum derived. And natural flavors are derived from plants, as are many oils. Oil and water don't mix very well. Actual petroleum solvents might work better. Perhaps acetone, toluene, etc. Unfortunately, oil based solvents are out of the question since we wouldn't want to be vaporizing and inhaling residues. Thus the compromise with alcohols. Which are readily removed by rinsing with water. I use Everclear (90% ethyl alcohol), but 90% isopropyl alcohol would substitute. Both are easily rinsed out with water. Vodka, like most spirits, is only 40% alcohol, 60% water. Not worth the bother.
But we're really talking about cleaning the burnt residue on the coils. Not e-liquid itself. Neither water or alcohol seem to work very well at that.
best regards, larry mac
p.s., Oh, and e-liquids might just be more soluble in alcohol than water. Alcohol is pure and very light. Soluble in both water and oil.Water (except distilled) has many impurities. Minerals, salts, heavy metals, chlorine, fluoride, phosphates, nitrites, ammonia, trace medicines and hormones, algae (especially in the summer, but it's an oily byproduct from algae that gives tap water its bad taste), etc.
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For those that have soaked the Nautilus for over 12 hours in Vodka or alcohol, have you examined the inside of the tank? Meaning have you looked at the top portion of the tank? The reason I ask is because I had 2 authentic tanks from 2 different reputable vendors that it rusted and oily substance was all over the top part from the inside.
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