How clean are you?

[Ou2mame]

My friend makes fun of me for how ocd I am about cleaning my gear. I'm just curious if i'm normal.

I fill 50ml juice bottles with rubbing alcohol and grain alcohol. I use the grain for the internals of my rtas and the running alcohol for the externals for when I clean them after I fill it. Like the juice that comes out over the seals or around the fill hole of my lemo. I also cut paper towels into 16ths and use them to clean up the tanks and whatnot. My one friend doesn't clean anything ever, and I would never touch his gear lol

So I guess, how clean are you guys?

 

[smacksy]

A cleaning freak I'm not.. Lol

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[catlady60]

You are not obsessive at all. Cleaning your gear as thoroughly as you do lessens your likelihood of getting sick.

Explain to your friends that you're putting it into your lungs, not your stomach.

 

[roxynoodle]

I clean all my attys when I rewick, and disenfect them monthly. I also wash my drip tips a couple times a day.

 

[hurricanegirl100]

You sound pretty reasonable to me, Ou2mame. I use lemon juice instead of rubbing alcohol (can't handle the taste of that stuff!), but every time I re-wick an RDA, I dry-burn the coil, clean the deck with a Q-tip, wipe down the sides of the RDA, wipe out the RDA cap, wipe off the drip tip and THEN stuff that little bugger with some fresh, fluffy organic cotton!

If I'm doing a new coil (once a week or so) I even take the post screws completely out, wipe those down, muck out the post holes as best I can with a Q-tip, do everything else (see above) and then do the coil. Hey, we're INGESTING here - and RDA's get kinda yick-feeling after one good vape session from the e-juice.

 

[Rule62]

I clean my attys when I rewick. Clean my battery contacts regularly. I dislike juice leaks, and will retire an atty, if I can't fix it, before I put up with It. I keep my gear in tip top shape. But I'm not obsessive about it.

 

[Ou2mame]

Ok so i'm not crazy. I know we all probably have our own rituals and mine are pretty much in line with other people so I feel better about it. My friend though, he's a slob haha

 

[Wow1420]

that's a rather personal question, don't you think?

I hate sticky mods/tanks, but am satisfied with a paper towel wipe down externally. Hot water wash for attys when re-wicking. Hot water wash for drip tips at random intervals.

 

[Ou2mame]

I'm not crazy about touching nicotine, I think that's part of it. With the alcohol rub downs everything feels clean. Just wiping down makes me think it feels slimy, covered in nicotine oil lol

 

[DanJiblets]

Every time I finish off a bottle and am starting a new flavor in one of my subtanks, I take the subtank completely apart and clean it up. I don't use any alcohol or anything though, just hot water and qtips. Aside from that I don't really let anything get nasty in the first place, just take good care and clean as I go.

 

[somdcomputerguy]

Hot water, cotton swabs, paper towels, and occasionally even a pencil eraser have quickly become best friends with me. Maybe they don't like me much though, because I interact with them quite a bit..

 

[Robino1]

I fall somewhere between a slob and a neat freak. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Maybe a little more leaning toward the neat freak

 

[Alien Traveler]

I do not like washing insides of my tanks.There are no bacteria in tanks (PG is antibacterial and VG suppress bacterial growth). You can use PG for washing. I use nearly flavorless juice, so very little contamination to anything but wicks. And I would not like to use rubbing alcohol (I have no idea what type of residue it can leave). I hate using grain (or potato, if you will) alcohol for other purposes than drinking. Warm water works just fine - about once a month. The only thing I am .... about is a driptip. I wash it at least three times a day.

 

[StonyArtichoke]

I make sure that all juice and corrosion are off of my mod and Atty. Also, I wipe everything down once a week. Other than that I'm not crazy about cleaning. People seem to be concerned about cleanliness today.

 

[Steamix]

It's the gunk that makes the flavour ....

not

 

[YKruss]

I would wash drip tips maybe once a month, that's it.

I don't see any reason to wash anything else cause:
1. I use flavorless liquid;
2. PG is antibacterial and VG suppress bacterial growth (as Alien has mentioned before)

 

[motordude]

I just wish my house was as clean as my vape gear.

 

[mattiem]

I keep both my toppers and batteries clean but not because I am overly concerned about any kind of germs. I just can't stand sticky on my hands. I don't use anti-bacterial soap to wash my hands either.

If we kill off all the germs the aliens might not die off when they attack us.

 

[Rabbit Slayer]

Wait, so you don't like it when a liquid gets on your electronics!?! FREAK ;P

 

[FlamingoTutu]

I do not like washing insides of my tanks.There are no bacteria in tanks (PG is antibacterial and VG suppress bacterial growth). You can use PG for washing. I use nearly flavorless juice, so very little contamination to anything but wicks. And I would not like to use rubbing alcohol (I have no idea what type of residue it can leave). I hate using grain (or potato, if you will) alcohol for other purposes than drinking. Warm water works just fine - about once a month. The only thing I am .... about is a driptip. I wash it at least three times a day.

Pretty much this but I do use a little cheap vodka when when I clean the tank every other year to help clean out the tank innards a bit. Clean the drip tips more often but I'm not germaphobic about it.

I keep both my toppers and batteries clean but not because I am overly concerned about any kind of germs. I just can't stand sticky on my hands. I don't use anti-bacterial soap to wash my hands either.

If we kill off all the germs the aliens might not die off when they attack us.

Ditto, it's the aliens I'm more concerned about.

I make sure that all juice and corrosion are off of my mod and Atty. Also, I wipe everything down once a week. Other than that I'm not crazy about cleaning. People seem to be concerned about cleanliness today.

What the hell are you vaping that causes your gear to become corroded?