Do you clean/wash your brand new tank ?

[Pinggolfer]

I thought they used Dawn for that.

They do my bad. I should have known better since I'm usually stuck washing dishes and we use Dawn. LOL

 

[Falconeer]

Though I'm from Scotland and might like to use whisky to clean my new atties, being honest I'm like GPjoe and sip the whisky while vaping merrily on my my unwashed attie.

my main stocks of tanks are nautilus Minis and GS Airs, and maybe I've just been lucky but I've never had an off taste from any of them when they were new.

 

[Mordacai]

Smokers tooth powder is pretty good for polishing up the metal in atomisers a little, due to the fact that it contains jewellers rouge.

 

[Skeebo]

Dove liquid detergent in a bath of boiling hot water and a cold rinse after along with air drying. Dove is amazing at removing grease and oil. Don't take my word for it but ask all the ducks and wildlife cleaned after an oil spill.

My bottle of Palmolive put out the oil well fires in Kuwait.....

 

[Fidola13]

The one time I didn’t clean a new sub ohm tank I ended up with a pebble like object hitting the back of my thought. I have no idea what it was but it freaked me out - inhaling that into my lungs wouldn’t be a good thing.

So yes, I wash actually scrub all my new tanks.

 

[sonicbomb]

start blowing huge plums

Each to their own. New atties should always be washed.

Though I'm from Scotland and might like to use whisky to clean my new atties

Do you reserve the 12 years old single malts for the more expensive ones, and use a blended whiskey like Bells for the cheaper ones?

 

[Confused_cookie]

I always clean a new atty/driptip/tank. In the vape shop I frequent, they have an ultrasonic cleaner and they provide a bath for free when asked

 

[GOMuniEsq]

It's good practice to wash anything that you're intending to put in your mouth. You never know where it's been.

 

[r77r7r]

I'm actually only on my fourth tank ever. I don't remember.

 

[RottweilerluvNZ]

I rinse all tanks under a tap, then dry them off. Probably pointless in the case of juices that are similar, but may as well to make sure the flavour on the first few drips or fills is right!

 

[PapawBrett]

Five minutes submerged in 91% Iso, followed by hot water rinse. Tissue and Q-tips to dry/ wipe.

 

[sorrynomore]

A good toothbrush scrub in hot water and a papertowel dry and I'm good to go.If I do notice any oily smell I'll use the Dawn scrub/wash and rinse.

 

[Eskie]

Each to their own. New atties should always be washed.


Do you reserve the 12 years old single malts for the more expensive ones, and use a blended whiskey like Bells for the cheaper ones?

Use from the well on clones and top shelf for the good stuff.

 

[Zaryk]

All my new atties get a bath in a ultra sonic cleaner before use, no matter where it came from. First I fully disassemble them and inspect the insulators and other components for defects, then one bath in hot soapy water, then another bath in just hot water to remove the soap residues. I then let it dry for a couple of hours before I use them.

 

[DaveP]

Of all the alcohols available, Everclear is probably the best for cleaning attys since it's made and sold for human consumption. Uptopic, I said denatured, but was thinking Everclear. Isopropyl and Dawn is what I use since it's cheap and effective.

 

[vimagreg]

I always clean my new tanks before use it. Water, some cleaning products, full disassembly and it's good to go. Too many scary stories about new tanks to not clean it before use.

 

[stols001]

I do now. In the beginning it did not occur to me. Now I use an ultrasonic cleaner.

I'm pretty sure dawn and a toothbrush (or AlCoHOl) would work equally as well, it's just that I have one, so I like to use it when I find the need.

Anna

 

[Falconeer]

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Each to their own. New atties should always be washed.


Do you reserve the 12 years old single malts for the more expensive ones, and use a blended whiskey like Bells for the cheaper ones?

We only ever sold Bells to the English as revenge for Flodden!

When I smoked a pipe I only ever kept a bottle of Bells ( bought in Spain/Gibraltar for about 5 Euros ) for cleaning my pipes.

When I was young, Bells was often the only whisky kept in ordinary boozers and it was so evil we tended to put lemonade in it in the folorn hope it might improve matters or we drank it with a half pint of Heavy to drown the taste.

That part of the Rare Auld Days I have no notion to revisit!

In a choice between a single malt and a Directors Blend ( deluxe blended whisky ) I personally would take the Directors' Blend any day - and pay the premium for it. I have worked my way round most single Malts and personally I see why the Victorians invented blends.

While I liked good blends well enough for many years, however I was lucky enough to meet the retired Bottling Hall Manager of Ballantyne's who gave me a bottle of their Director's Blend...

 

[sonicbomb]

I had the privilege of a mini education from one of the highly trained attendant at a high end airport whiskey store a few months back. It seems that whiskies are blended for a reason, by highly skilled individuals to produce the finest whiskeys. I don't remember all he said, but blending within one house is the recipe for success as it combines the best of all that year or adjacent years barrels. Limiting to one malt is actually a disadvantage.
He then explained how the really special whiskeys (the ones that go for the big bucks) are due to variances between the barrels that by chance are just better than the rest from a particular batch or batches. These are quickly identified by said experts and set aside.
He then let me taste a £1000 whiskey, by no means the most expensive on offer and it was truly wonderful. Like watching color TV after watching a black and white one.

I've never tasted Bells, and I never will.