Good method for quick cleaning a tank

[BreilaRose]

I only have one tank available to me right now, and it is due for a cleaning. Everything I have ever tried/read about involves soaking for hours/overnight except for a swipe with a paper towel.

I do have a rda, but that isn't feasible for commuting.

Is there a decent method for quick cleaning/drying that will keep me from being out of commission for a long time?

 

[Fantazmagoricl]

If I do a quick clean I just run my ST mini under hot water then dry with kitchen towel and q tips. I think it does a good enough job as long as the previous liquid wasn't a strong flavour. Back up and running in 10 mins.

 

[NoFumus]

I clean my RTAs frequently, sometimes more than once a week if I switching between very different flavors. I just disassemble it, set aside any o-rings so they don't go down the drain, and then rinse the rest in warm water. I sew, so I have an abundance of cotton scraps to use for drying. I also have some super-chunky weight yarn that I can thread through small spaces, although a strip of cotton fabric twisted into a rope shape works well, too. That's about it, and it only takes a few minutes.

 

[SpaceApe]

Soap and water rinse first, followed up with a hot water rinse and dry works best for me.

 

[dbrandt01]

I never soaked mine, just wash it out with hot water, air dry and q-tips for the creases. Works perfectly fine. 10 minutes at most to do.

 

[moneymike]

I use isopropyl alcohol and distilled water, completely removes the previous flavor in seconds without leaving behind any minerals or soap residue

 

[Ibitz]

All I ever do is wash all of the parts in hot water and dry with a paper towel. Sometimes I take a small bottle brush to the inside of the top of the chimney and the drip tip. Once every 4 days I take out the wick and dry burn the coil, then rinse that part again to get any burned dust off the coil...blow out the air hole and rewick and fill. Works for me

 

[Katya]

Mild dishwashing detergent and warm water. I never soak my tanks unless it's a brand new RBA that smells funny or shows signs of machine oil residue.

 

[vaporgrl]

just a soapy warm water wash, rinse and dry. quick!

 

[edyle]

I only have one tank available to me right now, and it is due for a cleaning. Everything I have ever tried/read about involves soaking for hours/overnight except for a swipe with a paper towel.

I do have a RDA, but that isn't feasible for commuting.

Is there a decent method for quick cleaning/drying that will keep me from being out of commission for a long time?

HOT WATER.

 

[edyle]

I never soaked mine, just wash it out with hot water, air dry and q-tips for the creases. Works perfectly fine. 10 minutes at most to do.

WHOOMP!! THERE IT IS!!! HOT WATER!!

 

[petrotech]

Alcohol, water, dry with paper towels/q tips and canned air. Good to go in <5-10 minutes.

 

[MMW]

Being that The subtank mini comes completely apart easily, I take the glass, metal cage, drip tip and base apart and use hot water.
Same goes for my Mutation MT-RTA.

 

[MattyTny]

I would just rinse with hot water. Depending on the material you could use iso alcohol then rinse with hot water very well.

Drying can be done with a paper towel. Compressed air is great for drying too, especially if the part will snag on the paper towel.

 

[crxess]

Takes me 15 minutes to Clean and re-wick my Dual coil orchid tanks.

Remove base & Drip tip
Under Hot Water:
Rinse Tank - set aside
Rinse tip - set aside
Rinse Base
Remove and Rinse Chimney
Rinse wicks for easy removal
Remove wicks

Attach Base to mod
Dry burn - Rinse
Pat dry Base/coils

Re-wick and Wet with e-liquid
Install chimney
Paper towel Tank section and install
Blow off and wipe tip - install

Remove screw and fill
install Screw - Tank to mod

Vape

 

[daviedog]

Hot water, dont clean with anything you wouldn't ingest.
Last time i soaked, ended up with rusty post screws..

 

[AndriaD]

I only have one tank available to me right now, and it is due for a cleaning. Everything I have ever tried/read about involves soaking for hours/overnight except for a swipe with a paper towel.

I do have a RDA, but that isn't feasible for commuting.

Is there a decent method for quick cleaning/drying that will keep me from being out of commission for a long time?

A 10 or 15 minute boil works great. I've used that method to remove machine oil when even a long soak in soapy water didn't get it all.

Andria

 

[Canadian_Vaper]

Every 3-4 days: Wake up, take out two mugs, go to my keurig machine have a coffee and a vape, after coffee fill the second mug with just hot water from the keurig take the seals off and stick my tank in the mug of hot water, hop in the shower while it's soaking, get out of the shower, start my second cup of coffee, stir the vape mug a bit dump out the water and pour in some distilled water and my seals to rinse it, dry it off with paper towel, I don't really mind if there's a few drops of distilled water so I don't try very hard to dry. Fill my tank up and have a coffee and a vape, then brush my teeth

Tank stays impeccable.

 

[DeAnna2112]

I had a bad experience with hot water..took apart my kabuki and placed in a bowl of hot water to soak...cracked my glass. This was hot water that came from the faucet...nothing i preheated through boiling or microwave. Thankfully i had a spare on hand.

 

[Maytwin]

I had a bad experience with hot water..took apart my kabuki and placed in a bowl of hot water to soak...cracked my glass. This was hot water that came from the faucet...nothing i preheated through boiling or microwave. Thankfully i had a spare on hand.

I was about to say, don't have the water too hot - I've cracked a couple of tanks, also with water straight from the faucet. The last one was a couple of days ago and I don't have any spare glass parts at the moment (though I do have other tanks thankfully)