Cleaning old liquid botlles out for new liquid

[cesctheman]

Hi
Just a quick question
I need to clean out a bottle that had a different e-liquid in it. As i bought a big bottle and need to put some in a smaller bottle to transport about with me.

 

[wdave]

I like cleaning with malt vinegar.

HTH,
Dave

 

[runout_mick]

I'm a big DIYer and reuse my bottles constantly. I have a Walmart ultrasonic cleaner that I keep full of vodka for cleaning everything that gets e-juice on it. I first rinse with hot tap water, shake dry, then run it in the vodka bath for a couple minutes.

I've never noticed flavour crossover doing this (in bottles that is, attys sometimes need a dry burn), not even with the strong flavours.

 

[six]

I wonder what most of these bottles are made from and if it's a good idea to use hot water. BPA has been all over the news for the last year or so after it was discovered to be used in baby bottles. Polyvinyl chloride and other polycarbonate plastics aren't so good when exposed to heat etc. -- I've washed bunches of bottles in hot water before, but I have to wonder if it isn't a better idea to use cool water and/or vinegar.

 

[Zal42]

The plastic bottles are mostly HDPE.

I use glass bottles from here for everything at home, and 6cc plastic dropper bottles from here for my on-the-road case.

Washing the glass bottles is simple, and I don't reuse the plastic ones across flavors. I just recycle them and use a new one. They're cheap.

 

[ShannonA]

I like cleaning with malt vinegar.

HTH,
Dave

malt vinegar? really? Like the stuff they have at LJS? I would think that would be hard to get out as well... I guess not? Learn something new everyday in this place.

 

[wdave]

malt vinegar? really? Like the stuff they have at LJS? I would think that would be hard to get out as well... I guess not? Learn something new everyday in this place.

I love malt vinegar. It's actually a relatively mild vinegar and it seems to rinse out with water, at least in my eGo-T. I've heard people use Coke. Some people use booze. Anything acidic or with alcohol in it will probably work. I do try to stay away from glass cleaner and rubbing alcohol

Dave

 

[mwa102464]

put a little baking soda in then pour the malt vinegar in the bottle, it will react and fizz that old flavor right away

 

[jtpjc]

I once tried boiling them. Bad idea. Letting them soak in hot tap water, or vinegar or whatever will probably work better. But how to get the stickers off? I haven't tried since. These days I simply buy some 10 ml glass dripper bottles. Fourty cents each, not a big investment.

 

[jp1000]

I once tried boiling them. Bad idea. Letting them soak in hot tap water, or vinegar or whatever will probably work better. But how to get the stickers off? I haven't tried since. These days I simply buy some 10 ml glass dripper bottles. Fourty cents each, not a big investment.

What is a good source for the glass dripper bottles?

 

[afrazier5]

I use 90% medical alcohol for all my cleaning needs. Soaking all equipment, bottles, etc for about an hour or more before really getting in and cleaning them up. With the bottles, the labels come right off with zero effort.

 

[Katatonik]

put a little baking soda in then pour the malt vinegar in the bottle, it will react and fizz that old flavor right away

5th grade science fair lab experiment? Making a miniature volcano out of my bottles sounds fun.

 

[Zal42]

But how to get the stickers off?

The age-old lighter fluid works, but imo a better solution is one of those citrus-based gum removers, like citrisolve.

 

[daisyd]

Stickers should come off with rubbing alcohol, if you don't have lighter fluid around. Acetone works too, but you want to be careful not to get it inside the bottle, and spot test it. Acetone will melt some plastics.

 

[wdave]

With the 510 carts I always found it best to leave the atty alone. I never cleaned them unless the juice was shorting out the attie. There is very fine wicking coming out from under the attie that is easy to damage by either cleaning or letting the attie dry out.

I don't think this applies to the eGo-T, but I'm not sure.

Beginners with the 510 should get a carto so they can't screw them up by cleaning them

Dave