How about these for atty cleaning?

[Bahnzo]

Was reading thru the methods listed for cleaning gunked up attys, and it got me thinking about a couple ways I clean burnt on food from pans......

One way....vinegar and baking soda. When these are mixed they form (i think) carbonic acid that cleans baked on food very well. Have to let it sit for a couple hours usually.

The other way, is water with a bounce fabric sheet. Not sure about this one with regards to something like an atty (since you are inhaling), but with a good rinse afterwards it might work. If you leave a bounce sheet in a pan of water caked with food overnight, it softens the food and becomes easy to clean.

 

[Bahnzo]

Ok, I tried the vinegar and baking soda on a 510 atty that is gunked up bad enough that the usual hot water rinse wasn't helping much.

I took a small pyrex dish and put maybe 1/2 cup of vinegar in...enough to cover the atty with 1/4 inch or more of vinegar. Then I put in about 1 tablespoon of baking soda. Tip: do this in the sink, it might overflow. I let it sit for 2 hours, then with a tweezers I held the atty under hot water from the tap for 1 minute. Let it dry all day.

It's very clean and draws smooth again. Usually when I just run it under the hot water and then let dry, when I dry burn the atty it smolders as it burns off any gunk. I dry burned this one and nothing burned off.

So, it works. Does it work any better than just plain vinegar? Dunno, I'll have to try it when another atty gets gunked up.

 

[zoiDman]

When I used atty's, I would soak them in DIET coke overnight and it worked well. Not Regular coke, DIET coke.

 

[Bahnzo]

When I used atty's, I would soak them in DIET coke overnight and it worked well. Not Regular coke, DIET coke.

Ahhh, now I have another reason to never drink diet coke......

 

[kj4lxw]

Hey, I might give both those methods a try!

 

[zoiDman]

Ahhh, now I have another reason to never drink diet coke......

I don’t drink Diet coke or use Most Diet products because of the Aspartame they put in it.

http://www.mercola.com/article/aspartame/dangers.htm

http://www.sweetpoison.com/aspartame-side-effects.html

http://dorway.com/dorwblog/aspartame-the-bad-news-repost/


Aspertame is truly Bad News. It is also a good example of how Big Business has the FDA in Their Pocket.

 

[Switched]

AFAIK aspertame has been removed from the shelves and products for quite some time???

 

[sahara4evr]

I let it sit for 2 hours, then with a tweezers I held the atty under hot water from the tap for 1 minute. Let it dry all day.

I thought I read somewhere that you shouldn't hold an atty under running water. Am I confused? Have you lost an atty with running water?

 

[zoiDman]

AFAIK aspertame has been removed from the shelves and products for quite some time???

Next time you are in a supermarket, you might look on the side of a can of diet soda. It might not say "Aspertame" but it might just say Aspartame.

 

[cos]

just my 2 cents. I use denture cleaner. i use 510 901 306 attys regular and low res attys and every week to 2 weeks you can see it kinda gunk up a bit. i then soak it in denture cleaner for few hrs then blow them out and let it dry for a bit then start using them again. works great. and the attys are just like new again. and if ya dont have dentures just go to dollar store and grab store brand. they all work regardless of brand.

 

[Meggalette]

I use denture cleanser from The Dollar Tree. Right now, my Dollar Tree has cases with a lift out tray for cleaning dentures. It was made for using denture cleaner and its perfect for cleaning my attys!

 

[Lynn K]

Thanks Meggalette will run to Dollar Tree on the way home to get some and try that

 

[DaveP]

Is denture cleaner actually better than hot water or alcohol? What is the added benefit?

 

[Bahnzo]

Is denture cleaner actually better than hot water or alcohol? What is the added benefit?

I've switched to just using alcohol. It's easy, dries faster and cleans better. With a good dry burn it's tops in my book, Daddy-O.

 

[Pamster]

how often should you clean an atty, say a 510? or LR 306? I heard cleaning them kills them...Is that not the case?

 

[BlueMoods]

I use vinegar or lemon juice, worke well and if it's really gunked, then I heat the vinegar or juice and let the atty soak a while.