how do you wash a rebuildable atty?
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I'd run it under hot tap water for a minute and then dry metal parts with a paper towel.
I think you need to remove the coil and then just rinse it under tap water,then you can be like me,soak it inside warm water for about 2-3 times,kill all the germs.
Wipe dry with water towel or just leave it hanging for a day.Recoil,vape.
Wipe dry with water towel or just leave it hanging for a day.Recoil,vape.
If you are REALLY worried about:
1) getting all the gunked up juice out, and
2) making sure it is biologically clean and sterile
Soak it in grain alcohol for a few hours. Then shake or blow it out, and let it air-dry for a few hours and dry-burn the coil.
Washing in water will NOT sterilize a metal object unless it is boiling hot and exposed for several minutes.
Hot tap water will not even come CLOSE to sterilizing your gear. There is "clean" and there is CLEAN. Bacteria and viruses are NOT kiled by hot tap water, and rinsing something in running water for a few seconds will NEVER get down into all the little nooks and crannies of something as complicated and tiny as an RBA.
If you REALLY want to get your gear clean, buy a bottle of Everclear and soak your metal parts in a little cup of that. I soak ALL my gear--Vivi Nova parts, attys, cartos, RBAs even drip tips--in pure alcohol. I vape about 2-3ml of juice a day, and clean out tanks about every second or third refill, and attys get cleaned about once a week if I use them.
Plastic parts just need a quick dunk--a few seconds is sufficient (you need to be careful with plastic, because pure alcohol can make it cloudy or can mess up the finish if it has a clear coat of CA like some custom-made drip tips).
1) getting all the gunked up juice out, and
2) making sure it is biologically clean and sterile
Soak it in grain alcohol for a few hours. Then shake or blow it out, and let it air-dry for a few hours and dry-burn the coil.
Washing in water will NOT sterilize a metal object unless it is boiling hot and exposed for several minutes.
Hot tap water will not even come CLOSE to sterilizing your gear. There is "clean" and there is CLEAN. Bacteria and viruses are NOT kiled by hot tap water, and rinsing something in running water for a few seconds will NEVER get down into all the little nooks and crannies of something as complicated and tiny as an RBA.
If you REALLY want to get your gear clean, buy a bottle of Everclear and soak your metal parts in a little cup of that. I soak ALL my gear--Vivi Nova parts, attys, cartos, RBAs even drip tips--in pure alcohol. I vape about 2-3ml of juice a day, and clean out tanks about every second or third refill, and attys get cleaned about once a week if I use them.
Plastic parts just need a quick dunk--a few seconds is sufficient (you need to be careful with plastic, because pure alcohol can make it cloudy or can mess up the finish if it has a clear coat of CA like some custom-made drip tips).
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Usp Grain alcohol cost S$150/liter over here.... And it's not inclusive of hazmat transportation.
I gues boiling is the next best thing to do. Or use a ultrasonic cleaner
I gues boiling is the next best thing to do. Or use a ultrasonic cleaner
What rebuildable are you using?
They are the easiest to clean IMO. Throw the used coil and wick away, wash the rest of the parts with water, dry them up, recoil.
Brand new atty.
They are the easiest to clean IMO. Throw the used coil and wick away, wash the rest of the parts with water, dry them up, recoil.
Brand new atty.
brought a few
Z atty pro, Cobra Atomiser, AGA-T
brought it recently when the stock came.
brought a few
Z atty pro, Cobra Atomiser, AGA-T
brought it recently when the stock came.
actually no need to boil.. rebuildables r good in dat u can dispose of n change the chao tar or gunked up wick n wires.. just give the top part a good rinse under e running tap can liao.. to clean what's in the tank, just *gently* twist out the tank, rinse and replace..
just be careful if u wanna remove e tank.. a very *senior* member here accidentally broke e glass tank of his bliss b4 even vaping his first tank! n he cursed n swore for a loonnnng time!
Like this post for the practical cleaning solution... Not the "broken glass tank" scenario...actually no need to boil.. rebuildables r good in dat u can dispose of n change the chao tar or gunked up wick n wires.. just give the top part a good rinse under e running tap can liao.. to clean what's in the tank, just *gently* twist out the tank, rinse and replace..just be careful if u wanna remove e tank.. a very *senior* member here accidentally broke e glass tank of his bliss b4 even vaping his first tank! n he cursed n swore for a loonnnng time!
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