Driptip sterilisation

[Sdsarmad]

Any one sterilise the driptip? If so, how often and what do you use?

 

[cskent]

I don't sterilize my drip tips, after all it's my spit and germs. I do clean them occasionally though. I use a Q tip to get down inside, and rinse the whole thing in warm water.

 

[Requiem33]

New ones I boil to sterilize.

Old ones I will sometimes boil just to make sure like after a cold or something and I like to give my whole tank and atty a vodka bath from time to time just to help clean them out and to wash out old flavor.

 

[Papa_Lazarou]

Definitely give them a bath when you first get them - no telling where they've been prior to being in your possession.

I soak them in alcohol (vodka) for half an hour and then boil them for 15 minutes. I generally don't fuss about that after I've given them the initial cleaning unless I've had a cold, and then I repeat the procedure for any I've used during that time.

 

[spartanstew]

Nope, not even when new.

 

[Quell]

I boil, then do a wipedown with cheap vodka.

 

[RoseB]

I wash them with dish soap and hot water. It it's good enough for my dirty cups, then it's fine for my drip tips

 

[MD_Boater]

I soak them in PGA when new, and then every once in a while...

 

[Setric]

If I were concerned about germs the most I could see myself doing is wiping it with some alcohol.. I'm usually not so I just wipe them off with my shirt..or a paper towel.. of course the ones I get are metal so its not like they're porous.. just shine them up and vape on..

 

[PMVapours]

I just use rubbing alcohol when new. Normal cleanings either soap and water or rubbing alcohol and a q-tip

 

[zanedog]

I'll only sterilize them if they start to grow green stuff like a coffee cup that you forget somewhere for a month.

 

[Ryedan]

I don't sterilize anything I use for vaping. Drip tips get rinsed in hot water when they get visibly dirty or I can taste juice on them. PG is antimicrobial and that works for me

 

[Deacon987]

I use rubbing alcohol as well. A splash in some hot water does the trick!

 

[sdennislee]

When they get dirty I wash with hot water, blow them out with compressed air and start vaping again

 

[Sdsarmad]

Well. I think you guy must take this very seriously.
Bacteria problems are must be taken to consideration. Although you are the only one vaping with your driptips. However, bacteria lives every where. I use the anti Bacterial vipes.

 

[MD_Boater]

I grew up back when kids ate the proper amount of dirt every day. I am therefore immune to most bacteria. Kids don't do that anymore, so just looking at dirt makes then sick or gives them asthma.

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[twizted]

Rubbing alcohol, hot water rinse & dried with a Q-Tip works for me.

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[Completely Average]

Well. I think you guy must take this very seriously.
Bacteria problems are must be taken to consideration. Although you are the only one vaping with your driptips. However, bacteria lives every where. I use the anti Bacterial vipes.

I think you take it way too seriously.

Do you sterilize your dishes? You eat off them every day. How about the handle on your toilet? Did you ever wonder what kinds of strange bacteria can grow on a car door handle that's grabbed by grimy hands and left out in the weather 365 days a year?

Pathogens are a concern, but you've got to keep some perspective here. Sterilizing a drip tip is fine if you're an germaphobe, but it really isn't going to make much if any difference in regards to you catching something. After all, unless you're sharing your drip tips to other people then the only thing contaminating it are pathogens you already have in your body.

 

[Muggs]

I wash mine with soap and water every other day.

 

[KjAthena]

vodka soak with the attys and coils every tank