cleaning

[SinQuaNon]

Hi All,

what is the best way to clean my gear? I am using a nautilus mini, nautilus and a melo 3, all on a eleaf Pico75w
At the moment I use a tissue to get into the smaller areas and also wash tanks o rings etc in warm water, I have noticed with darker juices I am getting quite a residual build up and want everything sparkling clean!, (just the way I am)
I have also noticed that when cleaning tips and what not, the tissue paper has a lot of the juice on it, is this normal?
thanks

 

[DingerCPA]

G'Day @SinQuaNon

I will disassemble tanks and thoroughly wash (dish soap and hot water) all the pieces except for the bases (especially the Nauti bases - I can't seem to get all the water out, and I've had one corrode and become unusable.) I'll take a q-tip/cotton swab and go through the bases and the 510 connectors. Some isopropyl alcohol on the swab in the 510 connector to get out "gunk". Vodka or Pure Grain Alcohol in the bases.

Quite common to have condensation in the tips, especially the Nauti tips (originals) or similarly shaped tips. Tissue, good washing, etc. Those come back sparkling

For the mods themselves, I will wipe them with a towel. I'm "leery" of using any type of liquid (other than around the 510 connector)

Cheers!

 

[ValevGK]

Just keep o-rings out of strongest liquids to keep them for a long time. Warm water is good desicion. If use some alcohol remove o rings first and ...that's all.

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[Train2]

There are dozens of popular methods...here's what I do -

I'm running all RDA's now, but it was about the same with tanks.
Whenever a coil's been running a long while, seems gunky, or the mood strikes me, I disassemble the thing, and soak it in vodka. Sometimes just a short while, sometimes overnight...depends if I want that thing back on a mod right away or not.

Then I swirl and rinse.
I'll "dry burn" the coil to get remaining gunk off. Then rinse again.
Dry with little bits of paper towel.

Re-wick, and back to work.

I am thinking about getting one of those ultrasonic cleaners. Doesn't seem necessary, but I have collected SO MANY little parts and bits and atomizers, I figure I probably should...

Hi All,

what is the best way to clean my gear? I am using a nautilus mini, nautilus and a melo 3, all on a eleaf Pico75w
At the moment I use a tissue to get into the smaller areas and also wash tanks o rings etc in warm water, I have noticed with darker juices I am getting quite a residual build up and want everything sparkling clean!, (just the way I am)
I have also noticed that when cleaning tips and what not, the tissue paper has a lot of the juice on it, is this normal?
thanks

 

[Skold]

I have a machine that that i clean my coils with forgot What its called though

 

[TarekElsakka]

I usually leave my tanks in hot water for 15 minutes in order to clean them, but if the old flavor's smell is too strong, I usually leave them in Pepsi for around 5 minutes then thoroughly clean them with hot water.

I have a machine that that i clean my coils with forgot What its called though

Are you talking about the ultrasonic thing?

 

[Skold]

I normally just use hot water too but flavours like vanilla are damn Hard to get rid of, i will in Future try pepsi

And Yes! Thats the One an ultrasonic machine

 

[TarekElsakka]

I also hear that white vinegar is a good option for clean tanks and coils but I've never tried it.

 

[Skold]

I have used Lemon an that seemed to be okay but Yes ive heard a lot bout white vinegar.

 

[dennism]

A warm water rinse, dry with paper towels and pipe cleaners, works for me.

 

[dobroeutro]

Warm to hot water seems to do the trick for me...

 

[r77r7r]

once in awhile I fill the sink with hot soapy water and dump some alcohol and peroxide in. I only focus on the dt and glass really tho.

I don't keep booze in the house and don't use flavoring so...

 

[Sugar_and_Spice]

Hot water soak with a little dish soap and rinse. I let sit to air dry and then I shake any left over water out and dry again with a paper towel and q-tips making sure all is dry. When I refill my tanks, (between compete disassmbly to wash)I always clean the trip tips and inside on top of the mod where they set with a q-tip. And i wipe down the tank with a slightly wet paper towel(just enough water to wet the towel not dripping wet or anything). And lastly before putting the tank back on the mod, I use a paper towel to to clean the connector part of the tank and a q-tip to clean the inside well of the connector on the mod. You would be surprised at the black stuff that comes off in both places. Not because of any juice but because of the soot the electrical connection makes when firing your tank.

 

[tazzle]

Be careful with vinegar. I found some old Protank minis that had been stuffed in a box and forgotten about and I soaked in hot water but they still had old juice gunk, so I soaked in vinegar and there was a reaction with the metal, which discolored and smelled terrible even after washing normally, so I didn't feel safe using them after that.

 

[Skold]

Bare it in mind

 

[SteveS45]

Tanks get rinsed under Hot water and dried with a towel or paper towels or a little compressed air if A/F passages need cleaning. MOD's get wiped down with a dampened paper towel with some glass cleaner. I do not clean coils except a rare rinse because I wasn't too fond of the last flavor but takes a little while to get the residual moisture out of the cotton so lots of priming required.

 

[SinQuaNon]

Thanks for all the feedback, seems I was on the right track, but now I have some better advice!
on a side note do you notice that its actually fun to tinker and clean the device more often than not? strange hey?

 

[Tmebs]

Hot water wash and a soak in vodka here too.
I tried to not damage the small spring in the base of the mini with a q-tip and usually after washing would place it facing downward into a folded paper towell and kinda give it a good wrist/arm fling towards the floor. Hope that makes sense.
That flung out most of the water in there.

 

[Skold]

Yeah guess your right

 

[SinQuaNon]

Hot water wash and a soak in vodka here too.
I tried to not damage the small spring in the base of the mini with a q-tip and usually after washing would place it facing downward into a folded paper towell and kinda give it a good wrist/arm fling towards the floor. Hope that makes sense.
That flung out most of the water in there.

Yep makes sense! I understand all the flinging!