How often should you wash out clearomizer?

[Racehorse]

omg! ugh,

didn't mean to be offensive, but facts of life / biology can be a bit ewww

I think it is really important NOT to introduce outside bacteria into the lung tissues.

Unlike our stomachs, which has strong acids as well as flora and fauna that eat things, the lungs really don't have as many *protections*.

I also would never poor previously-vaped juice out of a clearomizer back into a juice bottle for the same reason.

Drip tips are especially prone to a lot of germs, because we are not disposing them like we did with cigs. I would carry alcohol wipes or wash in sink as often as I wash my hands during the day.

 

[Jvb941]

Usually when I switch e liquid

 

[JoeyC]

Time to buy some sani-wipes lol Thanks for the info Racehorse

 

[Coodex]

I wash my k1 clearo every flavor change, stick it on the AC vents and let it dry for an hour.

This is my only mod. waiting for my Eleaf iStick + Nautuils mini to arrive in the mail in 2 days hopefully!

 

[Better2v]

I clean mine if I am changing the flavour or if it's been vamped down 4-6 times. Starts to get a bit of gunk after that. Usually just take apart and rinse all components and just wipe off the coil. No vodka here so I don't usually fuss to much with the coils and just change them after a while. I will probably start rinsing them with water to. I was not doing that because I thought it might damage them but after reading this thread seems that it's no harm.

 

[zapped]

The last clearo I had, I washed it out permanently....straight down the toilet.

You might consider giving carto tanks a try. Higher learning curve but better flavor than clearos by far IMO.

 

[USMCotaku]

Once I learned how to rebuild my kanger heads, my carto got put up in the closet, never to see the light of day again it can't compare to my aerotanks for flavor with my own coils in them
Sent with one hand, the other is busy vaping.

 

[Tennjed]

didn't mean to be offensive, but facts of life / biology can be a bit ewww

I think it is really important NOT to introduce outside bacteria into the lung tissues.

Unlike our stomachs, which has strong acids as well as flora and fauna that eat things, the lungs really don't have as many *protections*.

I also would never poor previously-vaped juice out of a clearomizer back into a juice bottle for the same reason.

Drip tips are especially prone to a lot of germs, because we are not disposing them like we did with cigs. I would carry alcohol wipes or wash in sink as often as I wash my hands during the day.

Dont you boil water to kill bacteria? Isnt the vapor you inhale from vaping a result of high temperature (like steam from boiling water). Why wouldn't the heating of the juice remove bacteria from the actual vapor?

 

[Dan GSR]

the surface of the tank is not going to get high enough to kill bacteria

 

[Muru]

Isn't PG used in cosmetics and the likes to kill bacteria? Someone once told me not to be too diligent with cleaning, because the PG in the liquid already protects the tank from bacteria. However, I can see the point keeping the chimney well clean. I use a q-tip once a day to dry the chimney of my clearo's and wash my driptips every day with some hot water. Once a week I put them in a bath with vodka.

 

[Alien Traveler]

1. PG has antibacterial properties.
2. VG inhibits bacteria (does not feed them, dehydrate them). In combination with 1 it means that bacteria are either killed or inhibited in a juice (depending on PG content).

So, I am not afraid of bacterial growth. I do not believe I have some air back flow while vaping, so no spit in juice. I rarely wash my tanks, I have no problem with juices mixing (I rather like some unexpected results).

However I have discovered (and I was greatly surprised) how dirty my lips are only when I started vaping. I wash drip tip at least couple times a day. Dirt from lips may contain a lot of bacteria and food for bacteria to grow nice bacterial colonies (at least theoretically)...