DIY supply sterilization

[redgirl]

Just wondering how people clean used juice bottles & syringes. I did a search and found this thread:

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/diy-e-liquid/45736-sterilising-tools.html

But then I was wondering what products were used to sterilize baby bottles and what we could get in the States. Since I don't have kids I have no idea, but I did find these:

Amazon.com: Medela Quick Clean Micro-Steam Bags: Baby

I think I will pick some up and see how they do. I know it's probably a little OCD, but just trying to find an easier way to clean stuff, ya know?

 

[Gunjji]

Im supposed to clean my stuff? Nah, I soak in PGA then rinse. Since 510 cartos i haven't sterilized anything, I suppose I should do my ECOpure syringe.

 

[Blaze]

Just wondering how people clean used juice bottles & syringes. I did a search and found this thread:

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/diy-e-liquid/45736-sterilising-tools.html

But then I was wondering what products were used to sterilize baby bottles and what we could get in the States. Since I don't have kids I have no idea, but I did find these:

Amazon.com: Medela Quick Clean Micro-Steam Bags: Baby

I think I will pick some up and see how they do. I know it's probably a little OCD, but just trying to find an easier way to clean stuff, ya know?

I don't care what anyone says, maintaining cleanliness with your DIY tools should be considered paramount.

Lu had a great point in the first thread (and one that I'd forgotten about). White vinegar. It can be use to clean/sanitize almost anything, and it's cheap to boot

As far as the Medella bags, I had considered that, but given the material that most of our DIY stuff is made of (LDPE), the heat generated may destroy them.

 

[redgirl]

Hmm, that sucks! I guess baby bottles are a different grade of plastic. Maybe I'll buy some and just do some experimenting to see what happens.

Never did think about vinegar, though. That is probably better than wasting my precious Everclear!

 

[Blaze]

Hmm, that sucks! I guess baby bottles are a different grade of plastic. Maybe I'll buy some and just do some experimenting to see what happens.

Never did think about vinegar, though. That is probably better than wasting my precious Everclear!

Baby bottle are PET, I think. Much sturdier plastic than our dropper bottles. When I get the cash together, I'm going to all glass bottles for my main DIY stuff (PG, VG, nic) with seperate droppers (they're cheap at Wally world ), and just use the plastic dropper bottles for use and dispose purposes

Me personally, I'd clean with soap and water, flush with distilled water, soak w/ WV solution, and finish with an EC flush....but I'm a freak like that

 

[Jynn]

I really only re-use my glass bottles, I just wash em with hot soapy water and a little bottle brush and then rinse em in alcohol (91% isoproply) and/throw them in the sterilize cycle of my dishwasher if I have a bunch or happen to be sterilizing canning new jars, or in the pressure cooker If I just need a few. I only buy plastic droppers for giving samples to other people as its just not affordable to give away all my glass ones, they are all new so just get filled with alcohol for a few minutes then rinsed clean before use, just in case there are any manufacturing chemicals or anything on them.

I generally just throw my pipettes away because I have so damn many, but I'll wash them, swish alcohol ( in them and boil them between flavors if I'm mixing a bunch of stuff in one sitting.(I wash and boil them before first use, because I just leave the new ones loose in a big box, where they probably get all germ-y) I do the same with my syringes on the rare occasion I use one. I just mix for myself for the most part, so rarely need to measure a quantity large enough to require using a syringe. I mainly use them for transferring my nic, pg, and vg from their big bottles to smaller bottles with droppers for convenience.

I have a glass desk, so I wipe it down with clorox hard surface spray and use it as my work surface.

This may all be totally unnecessary (I honestly do it more to prevent flavor contamination than germs), but better safe than sorry I guess. I would imagine that the act of vaporizing liquid probably heats it up enough to kill most things as long as you're not doing it in REALLY unclean environments, and since nic is a poison I doubt much wants to live in it anyway.

 

[Blaze]

This may all be totally unnecessary (I honestly do it more to prevent flavor contamination than germs), but better safe than sorry I guess. I would imagine that the act of vaporizing liquid probably heats it up enough to kill most things as long as you're not doing it in REALLY unclean environments, and since nic is a poison I doubt much wants to live in it anyway.

Another great point (and again, one I hadn't thought of...man I'm slipping LOL). Maybe my clean OCD can finally calm down a bit....but I doubt it

 

[kellie]

I soak mine in a mix of hot water dawn and bleach. Then rinse in hot water. It gets the smell of other flavors out of plastic bottles

 

[redgirl]

I really only re-use my glass bottles, I just wash em with hot soapy water and a little bottle brush and then rinse em in alcohol (91% isoproply) and/throw them in the sterilize cycle of my dishwasher if I have a bunch or happen to be sterilizing canning new jars, or in the pressure cooker If I just need a few. I only buy plastic droppers for giving samples to other people as its just not affordable to give away all my glass ones, they are all new so just get filled with alcohol for a few minutes then rinsed clean before use, just in case there are any manufacturing chemicals or anything on them.

I generally just throw my pipettes away because I have so damn many, but I'll wash them, swish alcohol ( in them and boil them between flavors if I'm mixing a bunch of stuff in one sitting.(I wash and boil them before first use, because I just leave the new ones loose in a big box, where they probably get all germ-y) I do the same with my syringes on the rare occasion I use one. I just mix for myself for the most part, so rarely need to measure a quantity large enough to require using a syringe. I mainly use them for transferring my nic, pg, and vg from their big bottles to smaller bottles with droppers for convenience.

I have a glass desk, so I wipe it down with clorox hard surface spray and use it as my work surface.

This may all be totally unnecessary (I honestly do it more to prevent flavor contamination than germs), but better safe than sorry I guess. I would imagine that the act of vaporizing liquid probably heats it up enough to kill most things as long as you're not doing it in REALLY unclean environments, and since nic is a poison I doubt much wants to live in it anyway.

I do basically the same thing, but I just soak in hot soapy water, then rinse, then soak them in everclear or vodka. I do have those 4 oz. brown glass dropper bottles for my PG/VG & nic. I also have some handheld germ spray that use to wipe down my drip tips, too. I do all this with my syringes, droppers, cylinders, & pipettes. But for the first time, I ran out of bottles and was wondering if there was a better solution.

 

[Jynn]

On an unrelated I finally got some PA redhots flavoring, so I'm super exited to try your cinnamon pear flavor that everyone raves about

 

[DemonCowboy]

my friends/romates have small children and are still in the sterilizing stage so i learned from them and i clean out w/ soap and water then i boil them and let them dry on paper towels.

that should be enough, shouldn't it?

 

[Blaze]

my friends/romates have small children and are still in the sterilizing stage so i learned from them and i clean out w/ soap and water then i boil them and let them dry on paper towels.

that should be enough, shouldn't it?

If the bottles you have can withstand the heat, then I would say yes.

Unless your an OCD freak about clean like I am, then I would add a quick rinse with vodka or PGA. Never can be too careful, and if you leave just a touch of the alcohol in the bottles (slightly wet), it'll add a bit of TH to boot

 

[DemonCowboy]

If the bottles you have can withstand the heat, then I would say yes.

Unless your an OCD freak about clean like I am, then I would add a quick rinse with vodka or PGA. Never can be too careful, and if you leave just a touch of the alcohol in the bottles (slightly wet), it'll add a bit of TH to boot

all the 1's i've done it to have so far, if they can't withstand the heat then they get thrown away anyway so no big deal i'd think.

 

[leannebug]

I do basically the same as all of you.

Anything I use, goes in a glass jar, when that's full I:

Rinse, remove cotton, toss anything that touched cinnamon.
Put everything in a pan w/a little water, some PGA, and lemon juice
Boil water, pour into pan.. let soak.
Rinse and repeat a few times, air dry, then I sniff everything
(ocd ocd ocd ocd ocd!)
Anything that smells, gets tossed.
The plastics get offered up in garage sale or to anyone really needing bottles, etc.
The glass (and anything I dont have extra of) gets saved.

At my workstation, I have a big box of wipes, and napkins in a boxed off area (to place tools I am using ATM), a paper towel spread out on my work area, and extra napkins and wipes for wiping down my hands between touching things. I also have a small trash can with a flip top and foot pedal (to keep things securely in the trash). I wipe down everything constantly, and wash my hands in the kitchen with soap and water anytime I: use cinnamon, nic, EM, or get sticky The rest of the time I wipe them down with the wipes.
(ocd ocd ocd ocd ocd)

When I'm finished, I wipe everything off again, clean my work area, put away all tools (after wiping, or putting in the glass jar), AND wash my hands a few more times.
I'm such a nut.