Just stick with 190 proof Ever clear. It's ~95-96% Ethanol and if distilled properly should only contain water as an impurity. This is the strongest form sold for human consumption. You could always dilute with water if needed.
it makes no sense to me why I keep seeing people say they soak in vodka.
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I hear you, Andria. You present what you know without sounding like you're telling people what to do with that information. I *try* to do the same thing (in life). I read a lot and ask a lot of questions, and am not trying to sound like a smartass when I mention something I came across. I wasn't using rubbing alcohol out of fear of toxins, but I read the other day that it can denature the rubber, and that that might be a stronger reason not to use it.
And Happy Thanksgiving to you too, Zapped, and to everyone else who celebrates.
And Happy Thanksgiving to you too, Zapped, and to everyone else who celebrates.
Right back atcha! I'm baking pumpkin pies tomorrow. One less thing to do on Thursday!
Andria
Just snorted out vapour. I think the nic made my nose hurt a little but YES EXACTLY thank you for making what should be an obvious point clear.
Right back atcha! I'm baking pumpkin pies tomorrow. One less thing to do on Thursday!
Andria
I'm coming to your house for Thanksgiving.
I use vodka because I'm comfortable using it. By the time I get around to cleaning a tank I need more than water to get the antibacterial sludge off the interior. A ml or two into the tank, shake, rinse, dry. Must be something right because I haven't been sick Since I started about two years ago. Perhaps it's the sludge.
Seems to be a thing for the newbies to come in and tell us that all the experimenting and results of those tests performed in the last 5+ years are BS because "SCIENCE!".
Let's ignore the fact that impurities in vodka aren't an issue because 1) alcohol sterilizes and 2) dry burn vaporizes it before you fill with juice and vape. Lets also ignore the fact that shy of being bottled and then subsequently used in a clean room, isopropyl WILL have all the same "impurities", AND it is actually poisonous. MSDS has already been posted, so I won't bother.
This is a funny thread... Who should really care what alcohols others use. I use bourbon as well. The only reason(s) I use it and not the more "sensible" choices posited in this thread is are very simple:
- I normally have a really really cheap bottle of it, which I use for cooking almost exclusively, and it's always sitting right in the kitchen where I happen to be when using the hot tap to rinse the atomizer.
- It takes about 1/8 oz in the teensy shot glass I use to cover a coil or two at the bottom.
- It's really crappy bourbon and though I may drink it from time to time, it doesn't get used for much else.
- It works fine as a solvent and I rinse it off anyhow.
Would I pour Makers on a coil to clean it? Wow, let's hope not, but in a pinch, sure. I'm just too lazy to go dig in the back of the bathroom sink cabinet for the isopropyl, or buy a bottle to sit in the cramped kitchen cabinets for this purpose only. I'm not loosing sleep over it.
- I normally have a really really cheap bottle of it, which I use for cooking almost exclusively, and it's always sitting right in the kitchen where I happen to be when using the hot tap to rinse the atomizer.
- It takes about 1/8 oz in the teensy shot glass I use to cover a coil or two at the bottom.
- It's really crappy bourbon and though I may drink it from time to time, it doesn't get used for much else.
- It works fine as a solvent and I rinse it off anyhow.
Would I pour Makers on a coil to clean it? Wow, let's hope not, but in a pinch, sure. I'm just too lazy to go dig in the back of the bathroom sink cabinet for the isopropyl, or buy a bottle to sit in the cramped kitchen cabinets for this purpose only. I'm not loosing sleep over it.
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I use vodka, and here are the reasons. My first atty was a fogger v2. I soaked it overnight in hot soapy water. When I put a build in it, it tasted really bad. I asked on the forum and was told it was probably machine oil, and to soak it in Isopropyl or vodka. I had no isopropyl, but i had vodka. It worked, and by the following day it was brown. I do rose with warm water afterwords, just to ensure know brown vodka remains. I have never seen a reason to use anything else. Lord knows I've inhaled plenty of vodka in my life! I only use vodka on new attys, successive cleans need only warm water.
We don't even know if vaping is safe yet. So if you're so worried about cleaning with some alcohol because of impurities maybe you shouldn't vape either. Watch out for the diacetyl, bro. Good day.
I soak in vodka and bourbon! Red Bull with the vodka and Bookers for the bourbon.
Oh, soaking coils? I soak my liver.
Oh, soaking coils? I soak my liver.
I clean out my tanks with PG. It's easy to forget, but PG is used as a solvent for - among other things - flavorings
Boiling coils, soaking coils, cleaning stuff with rubbing alcohol..
Hey, whatever squeezes your teabag!
I dry burn coils to clean them, brush them off then rinse all the atty parts under hot water. Takes a few seconds & works great.
...but for those who like alcohol, carry on, we all have our little rituals
Hey, whatever squeezes your teabag!
I dry burn coils to clean them, brush them off then rinse all the atty parts under hot water. Takes a few seconds & works great.
...but for those who like alcohol, carry on, we all have our little rituals
I use dish soap and hot water, like most people who don't use alcohol. Surprised it hasn't been mentioned yet, honestly.
Rubbing alcohol wrecks o-rings and some plastic tanks, and Vodka gets used in a spray bottle (4 parts vodka to 1 part water) to spray down my skate gear to keep it from getting funky. Kills bacteria and molds.
E-juice, by its very nature is anti viral and anti microbial, so a quick rinse in hot water is all that is really needed.
Rubbing alcohol wrecks o-rings and some plastic tanks, and Vodka gets used in a spray bottle (4 parts vodka to 1 part water) to spray down my skate gear to keep it from getting funky. Kills bacteria and molds.
E-juice, by its very nature is anti viral and anti microbial, so a quick rinse in hot water is all that is really needed.
To follow up on my previous post...Good old fashioned hot water works just fine for most situations. The only time I use alcohol is when cleaning 510 atty's, because they seem to take forever to dry when water gets down in them. Alcohol works as a drying agent to absorb the water and carry it away. Since it's hard to get at those coils in 510 atty's, this seems to work best. Same thing for evod coils, if i don't feel like taking them apart. Everything else just gets hot water, which works fine. Now if i could just find a good way to clean cartos...lol...they take forever to dry, too, even after spinning as much moisture out as possible. And dry burning cartos to dry them...yeah...that doesn't work well at all...lol.
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If you can rinse & dry burn the vodka impurities away, can't you do the same with 99% Isopropyl alcohol? Would either method leave anything but the tiniest trace amounts?
Have you seen the effects of what happens when someone ingests denatured alcohol like isopropyl, it can be fatal if not taken care of in a respectable amount of time getting to a hospital? Yes isopropyl rubbing alcohol is a better solvent, the reason people use vodka and PGA like everclear is because they are natured spirits and ingestable, cleanining something you will be taking into your body in vapor residues, I'll take the vodka soaked and cleaned atty over the isopropyl soaked and cleaned one tyvm.
Sure, I'm the only one who cleans their stuff with Aflatoxin B1 and Dioxin, then wipes it off with a Benzene coated Asbestos wrap, and finally blows it dry with Radon gas.
I use cheap vodka.
Wouldn't use isopropyl at all, particularly in something like a kanger head. Even if you pop off the top cap, it's still hard to be sure that all the alcohol has evaporated off the wick.
I also use vodka to thin out mixes. It works very well, and the alcohol adds a bit of throat hit.
As icing on the cake, it's $10 for 1.75 liters (as opposed to about $8 for isopropyl) so there really isn't a cost penalty.
Hey, for those of you who use isopropyl for whatever reason, I got no problem with that. But I WOULD make sure to rinse thoroughly in water, and make sure everything gets completely dried out. With Vodka I can just do a quick swish-and-go.
Wouldn't use isopropyl at all, particularly in something like a kanger head. Even if you pop off the top cap, it's still hard to be sure that all the alcohol has evaporated off the wick.
I also use vodka to thin out mixes. It works very well, and the alcohol adds a bit of throat hit.
As icing on the cake, it's $10 for 1.75 liters (as opposed to about $8 for isopropyl) so there really isn't a cost penalty.
Hey, for those of you who use isopropyl for whatever reason, I got no problem with that. But I WOULD make sure to rinse thoroughly in water, and make sure everything gets completely dried out. With Vodka I can just do a quick swish-and-go.
Ok, c'mon! Just gonna be me and the other half. I got in the habit of cooking t'giving dinner about 26 yrs ago, and can't seem to shake it, even with the kid grown and out of state, so there's gonna be a LOT of food. I expect we'll be eating t'giving dinner till the weekend is over.
ROFL!!! LMAO!!! This sounds EXACTLY like me! "How can it be dirty, I just washed it a month ago!" ROFL! But this is why I soak in soapy water, then, sometimes, soak briefly in isopropyl alcohol. Yes I know it's poisonous, but see my first post in this thread -- I RINSE THE ALCOHOL OFF WITH WATER!!! I guess that bears repeating; I'd hate to tell someone to use isopropyl alcohol but not make it very specific that it HAS TO BE rinsed well with water afterward.
And if anyone is concerned about their o-rings, don't use ANY alcohol; boil the item instead.
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