Do you clean new hardware?

[Zelly]

So when the new tank, wick, wire, carto or ? arrives...

Do you just unbox it and go or do you clean it?
If so how?

One might wonder about the left-over "stuff" from the manufacturing process.
Granted that was never a thought with the analogs from BT. Just unrap and light it.
- now we have manufactured items from foreign countries.
We kicked the chemicals resulting from the burning process.

Is there a concern over manufacturing residuals/toxins?

 

[Mitch65]

I get way to excited when i receive things in the mail to clean them. Cleaning the items you mention about could take as long as 2-3mins and i just do not have the patients to do that. I rip open the box and go at it.

I once got a Bottom Coil x10 tank from fastech that smelled a little funny. I thought "BE A MAN AND VAPE IT RIGHT NOW". So i did. The coil/ tank had a faint plastic/rubber taste that was pretty bad. Not a good vape at all. I still vaped the whole tank and refilled and the plastic taste faded away.

 

[Train2]

Depends - for a while, I usually wash clearomizers with soap and water, because I got a few ProTanks that were ruining the flavor with a kind of metallic taste. It was like all my juice tasted faintly of WD40.

 

[The Ocelot]

Not unless they taste or smell weird.

 

[FlamingoTutu]

Yes, I always clean tanks and drip tips. Who knows what manufacturing crude is leftover in there. Didn't used to until I used one that tasted bad. Cured me.

 

[MorpheusPA]

Always with tanks and bases and whatnot, never with batteries.

My doctor recommended cleaning the tip of my tank after every session, so I try to remember to at least wipe it off. Per her, it's a great location for a bacterial plaque to grow even considering PG's antibacterial properties. Plus I clean inside and out thoroughly after every tank.

 

[meanckz]

I use alcohol and paper towel to clean outside surfaces and rinse with water inside

 

[FlamingoTutu]

I use alcohol and paper towel to clean outside surfaces and rinse with water inside

Yes! I use the alcohol wipes I use on my glasses fot the drip tips. Works well.

 

[Sickkboy]

New atomizer - Yep, rinse it with water
New drip tip - Yep, rinse it with water
New resistance wire - I just torch it before wrap a coil
New PV - Nope, do nothing
New battery - Nope, do nothing

 

[Enoch777]

I put everything into a small jar, fill it with bottled water, and agitate for several minutes. (swirl it in a circular motion) Then I let it sit for 10-20 minutes, pull everything out and let it air-dry on a towel by the space heater.

Squeaky clean, everytime. Back when I used tanks I would sometimes use vodka in place of water, especially if I wanted to clean a strong flavor out.

 

[suspectK]

Rebuildables sometimes need a deep clean. They can be pretty gross.

 

[chemxsol]

I just give them a hot water soak and make sure to give the new items a good inspection

 

[Ryedan]

Clearos get a gentle dry burn. No rinse.
Nothing for cartos.
New RBA/RDA's get taken apart and washed with soap and water.
Wire and SS mesh get torched slowly (not in the hot part of the flame) just to barely red once.
Nothing for silica wick.
PVs get looked at and have never needed anything other than grease for mechanical electrical connections.

 

[Ryan1888]

I will wash any form of "topper". In regard to wick - I only use organic, unbleached cotton. Any impurities in the kanthal I use will be burnt off will pulse firing the coil prior to wicking it.

Personally, I think it is good practise to clean new equipment because you don't really know what could be on it.

 

[Mark Anthony]

My new tanks always get a bath before I use them.... made the mistake once of not washing an Iclear 30..... Notice I said once??!!

 

[elfy]

Clean gear is happy gear, no telling what crap is left over from when they made it or how many boogers was on the workers finger as they boxed it up.


Yuck. I wash tanks in hot water, a drop of soap or better yet some alcohol and let it sit for a few minutes. Its come 9000 miles+ so it needs a bath.

 

[KAS129]

I didn't used to until I got a Kanger Protank 2 with a piece of cutting from the threading process in the tank when I opened it. After that I figured that if that could go through un-noticed that cleanliness probably wasn't high on the list of their priorities. I now take a couple minutes and disassemble and wash any new tanks i get. May be unneeded but I feel better about it.

 

[Jayvaps]

I wash everything....well, within reason. I dont try to clean cartomizers.

But I got a new drip tip last nite. It looked all nice and shiny, but I still dropped it into my vodka bath for a bit. Then ran a qtip thru it. The qtip came out a yucky color btw, so I am glad I cleaned it.

 

[InTheShade]

I used to work in manufacturing, I always clean any clearos / tanks / APV tubes before using them.

Also, wash your clothes before wearing them the first time

 

[wonner]

It depends:

If it comes from the USA, I know that FDA, EPA, and USDA have got my back. No worries there.

If it comes from China, a thorough sanitization and sterilization ritual is required.