Do new tanks need to be cleaned before use?
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Halo does a great job with their stuff. It's always very clean out of the box. Remove the coil, give the clearo a quick wash with hot water, dry it off with a paper towel, and it's ready to reinstall the coil and start using right away.
Other tanks, especially from China, require a GOOD cleaning. Especially if they have metal parts which are almost always still covered in a light oil from the manufacturing process. If you buy a tank with metal parts be sure to clean it thoroughly before using.
Other tanks, especially from China, require a GOOD cleaning. Especially if they have metal parts which are almost always still covered in a light oil from the manufacturing process. If you buy a tank with metal parts be sure to clean it thoroughly before using.
Instead of making a new thread I would like to carry this forward, have a Kanger EVOD I might get in a few weeks just ordered it today. Is there any specific video of the washing process or any words of wisdom because at the end of the day this is a electrical device would not know what to hit with water or not. I have heard bad taste from atomizers, does one wash them?:$ sorry for the noob question.
No need to be sorry, that's why we're here
Give it a good hot water wash and let it dry first would be my advice
I feel like taking apart a tank, soaking it in vodka, washing it, allowing it to dry for a set amount of time and possibly doing a dry burn to eliminate excess water etc exceeds common sense.
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I personally clean mine before I use them. Sometimes there is factory oils left in them from the factory. just my .02
Do you take new plastic cups out of their cardboard box and immediately drink out of them, or do you rinse them out first?
No common sense in regard to me washing out tanks. I use them as they come and haven't had any bad experiences as yet and while it does make sense I've just never worried about it.
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger or so it's said.
And oh, I don't drink from plastic cups. Glass only.
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger or so it's said.
And oh, I don't drink from plastic cups. Glass only.
My polished Russian 91% from VaporDNA was absolutely COVERED in machining oil.
Not only was it greasy to the touch, you could smell it.
Stripped down completely, and cleaned/soaked in Blue Dawn liquid dish detergent cleaned it right up.
FYI, Blue Dawn liquid dish detergent is what the clean up oil spills with.
If it's safe for the birds and such...it's safe for a liquid vapor device!
On the other hand, my KFL+ second batch(all three of them) were spotlessly clean.
I cleaned them anyway though...just to be safe.
As always, YRMV.
Not only was it greasy to the touch, you could smell it.
Stripped down completely, and cleaned/soaked in Blue Dawn liquid dish detergent cleaned it right up.
FYI, Blue Dawn liquid dish detergent is what the clean up oil spills with.
If it's safe for the birds and such...it's safe for a liquid vapor device!
On the other hand, my KFL+ second batch(all three of them) were spotlessly clean.
I cleaned them anyway though...just to be safe.
As always, YRMV.
Do those of you that wash out each and every new tank you obtain also clean each replacement coil/wicks prior to use? Lots of little parts that all have to be machined too.
I do inspect new tanks before I use them and if I did detect any kind of gunk or oils I would definitely clean it thoroughly prior to use but that just hasn't been the case for me. I believe that manufacturers take great care to produce a quality and clean product but I'm sure there will always be exceptions.
I do inspect new tanks before I use them and if I did detect any kind of gunk or oils I would definitely clean it thoroughly prior to use but that just hasn't been the case for me. I believe that manufacturers take great care to produce a quality and clean product but I'm sure there will always be exceptions.
I rebuild my coils(KFL+ and Russian 91%), and I always dry burn the coil. Several times, actually.
I only wick with organic cotton from CVS, and I do not boil it(you can't dry burn it).
If I was using any wick that could be dry burned, I would dry burn.
I only wick with organic cotton from CVS, and I do not boil it(you can't dry burn it).
If I was using any wick that could be dry burned, I would dry burn.
I like to Rinse Out/Clean Everything Possible before I use it.
Only takes on Drop of Oil or Lubricant to Screw up the Taste.
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