Cleaning the REO

[sjoat]

Another thread about this, sorry. I've read all the other threads but I still can't get this damn lingering smell out of my REO Mini. It's from juice that I tried months ago (Tasty Vapor, ugh). It was before I realised that cleaning and maintenance is probably a good idea.

I've tried submerging in lemon juice for a few hours, vodka for a few hours, rinsing really well with hot water, but nothing works. It's not only the bottle/tube/o-ring parts, it's the REO itself. It's not such an issue but it's just annoying.

I read that bleach might work but before I go and try it can someone offer a suggestion short of sending it back to redeyedancer?

 

[nerak]

The coffee might work if you have tried everything else. Just place it in unused ground coffee in a sealed container for a day or two. It works to remove the poly odor in the wood REO's. You might want to remove the tube so the end of the connector is exposed.

 

[Jeann]

hmm, been reading about vinigar, maybe that will help, no clue otherwise. bleach i wouldn't dare, it may do something with the colour and it is not good for the health, but then again some people are much more daring then me

 

[ltrainer]

You might just want to order a new feed tube and bottle from Rob. If you dont have a spare spring, order one at the same time. With the body cleaned, new tubes and bottle the problem would be gone I suspect.

 

[FeistyAlice]

hmm, been reading about vinigar, maybe that will help, no clue otherwise. bleach i wouldn't dare, it may do something with the colour and it is not good for the health, but then again some people are much more daring then me

+1 Although I'm a fan of chlorine bleach I don't think I would subject the REO to that for more than a few minutes and extremely diluted if I did go that route. I'm really daring with my REOs but I would advise against bleach. I can't give you any real reasons but just a flickering thought tickling me.

Also, many 3-6% chlorine bleaches, in stores, for laundry and household cleaning, have perfumes now days. I subscribe to the TroubleFreePools(and spas) school using and maintaining my swimming pool using the BBB method; bleach, borax, and baking soda. We use only non-perfumed chlorine bleach. (I don't use borax (water conditioner) in the pool as the dogs do a lot of drinking from it, and it is not good for them to consume very much borax. I do use borax in spa but sanitize with bromine but use chlorine bleach to revitalize and bring out of solution the bromine. Chlorine dissipates/breaks down when used for sanitizing {it, also, breaks down from UV very quickly, so you have to keep it stabilized, as much as possible with stabilizer. Most issues with swimming pools and algae are from using sanitizing products that contain stabilizer. Stabilizer does not break down so after a certain time using those products there is too much stabilizer so that it locks up the chlorine so it can't do it's job. BTW.... Salt water pools are chlorine pools. They use a chlorine generator that produces chlorine from salt. } but bromine goes back into solution or a non-usable state when doing it's work. You have to use things to bring it out of solution. Household non-perfumed chlorine bleach is the easiest and hugely cheapest way.)

Hugs, Feisty Alice

 

[ChrisEU]

Taste and smell also lingers in the 510 connector and the gasket that is visible from the atomizer end of the connector. Make sure you clean the insides of the connector - by a really good soak in hot water after disassembling.

 

[RocketRod]

And the o-ring. They hold flavor too. I use PGa in the bottle and fill the catch cup and let it sit. Also take the o-ring out and let it sit in PGA.