do you wash clearomizers before first use?

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Ladiekali

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uh oh...
i din't wash mine.
i first bought halo and had no problems...
then ordered 5 different types of clearos to go with my new vision spinner...
filled them all with my fave juice,
and they all taste like burning plastic... or chemical... not sure which.

thought i had vapors tongue or something.
then somewhere on this forum some one asked if i washed them first..
and it never occured to me to wash first!
 

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I wash them with soap. I learned from not washing one. It tasted like WD40. Since then I've been washing with soapy water. That's the tank part, not the head if it's one that is removable. Some of the Protanks seem to have some oily substance on them that only soapy water seems to take away.

Now I know what WD 40 tastes like. Had the same experience. So I wash first.
 

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uh oh...
i din't wash mine.
i first bought halo and had no problems...
then ordered 5 different types of clearos to go with my new vision spinner...
filled them all with my fave juice,
and they all taste like burning plastic... or chemical... not sure which.

thought i had vapors tongue or something.
then somewhere on this forum some one asked if i washed them first..
and it never occured to me to wash first!

Are they glassos or clearos? I've had it with my clearos when a full fill of Monster e juice started reacting with my T3S...

From now and here on, glassos only for me...
 

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Water kind of kills vapor - so preferably, yes.
When I can, I let them dry overnight.
But if in a hurry, paper towel dry - including dabbing at the wicks, and you'll be OK - you may get several draws with very little vapor before it gets going, that's all...

Do they have to dry all the way bedore filling with juice?
 

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Water kind of kills vapor - so preferably, yes.
When I can, I let them dry overnight.

Wow. I guess you mean water in the wick? You have patience! :D

I washed my PT2 with a vinegar soak AND soapy water (even the head) then rinsed well; then sprayed it down with distilled water to get rid of all the hard water. Used bunched corners of a dry paper towel to place against the wick to wick away the water; dried rest with washcloth, put it all back together, filled with juice and was off. First three or four pulls a little weak until the juice replaces residual water in the wick, but only takes a few secs to get it going.

The Aro tanks I only rinsed with hot water then with distilled. But those PT2s are heavy on the machine oils!
 

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Wow. I guess you mean water in the wick? You have patience! :D
Nah - I don't have patience - I have EXTRAS. LOL.

In rotation just now, I have
2 T3 Minis
1 MT3S
2 EVODS
2 Mini ProTanks
2 ProTanks
1 HyperTank

When I decide one needs a cleaning, I drop it in the "to be cleaned cup". When there's 3 or so in there, I clean em.
Then it becomes the "drying overnight cup" and I just vape something else :D
 

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Nah - I don't have patience - I have EXTRAS. LOL.

In rotation just now, I have
2 T3s Minis
1 MT3S
2 EVODS
2 Mini ProTanks
2 ProTanks
1 HyperTank

When I decide one needs a cleaning, I drop it in the "to be cleaned cup". When there's 3 or so in there, I clean em.
Then it becomes the "drying overnight cup" and I just vape something else :D

whats your thought on those mini T3s - I'm REALLY starting to like them - maybe more than evod
 
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