Sand messing up my tanks.

[Huehugh]

I live in Santa Cruz California and it's beautiful. I live so close to the beach and love taking my dog to the beach every day. His name is groot and he's a Datsun min pin mix. It seems like the only time he is truly free and happy is at our favorite beach. I've got a problem now though. I take my vaping setup with me when I go. There's nothing like body surfing for 20 minutes and then taking a couple deep drags on my subox. Every week or so I drop my subox in the sand and it gets everywhere... into my drip tips and into the air flow holes in my tanks. I've "ruined" 3 kanger subtsnk Nanos and a kanger mini this way. SAnd is deep and I mean deep in the tanks and they're not hitting right. .. I'm hardly getting any vapor from them. I'm afraid to clean them because I think I'll ruin them with water. My question is how do I clean the inside of these tanks. There's got to be done way right! ?
Thanks in advance. I feel kind of stupid asking this question. I love e cig forum and have leaned ssi much here.

 

[dbrandt01]

Wash them, you should wash the tanks when you get them new to get rid of machine oil anyways. Take the tank apart, rinse it out in the the sink and let it dry out. It'll still work. Water won't affect a tank with washing. I don't think you ruined any of the 3 nanos and the mini.

 

[stalkster]

Take the replaceable coil out and use warm/hot water from the sink to wash the tank, dry it with a paper towel. Install old/new coil done.

 

[VaporDaze]

All of mine break down into at least 4 pieces (drip tip, glass, atty, and the chimney) I just rinse mine off with warm water and set them out to dry, pop in a new coil head, and she is good to go! I would also bet that sand is way worse for them than water is since you already run a liquid through it in the form of vg/pg

 

[theddead]

Wash them in vodka.
Take them apart and dry really well.
You can soak the pre built coils for a few hours in vodka, then place on towels and dry overnight.
You should absolutely clean your tanks every so often.
Just be careful not to lose anything!

 

[Eitje]

And maybe buy one of these cords to tie your gear to (neck or wrist) and prevent them from dropping. Works wonders on cameras and ecigs alike.

 

[Hans Wermhat]

I would put everything in a ziploc baggie when it wasn't in use too. Salt in the air can corrode metals.

 

[Alien Traveler]

Wash them in vodka.

Yes, vodka is the second best after pure alcohol. But my hart bleeds for unwisely spent drink...

You should absolutely clean your tanks every so often.

Why? I do not clean my tanks. Of course I do not have sand problem.

EDIT: I use only slightly flavored juices, so no problems with mixing flavors when refilling.

 

[Hans Wermhat]

I clean my drip tips regularly and I clean my tanks when I re-coil. So, once every couple of months. I will rinse them when changing flavors, but they only get a thorough cleaning when I completely rebuild.

 

[amagos]

I also have the subox kit, and the subtank is very easy to take apart and clean.. Which i never do..

A good solution for your sand problem, well after you clean it, is getting a full on case, that way no sand will get in the tank again.

 

[Huehugh]

Thank you do much for every one of your replies. Looks like I'll be getting some vodka and doing some tank surgery. I totally thought it was a lost cause with those tanks!
I'll also look into getting a case for the subox.
That was a great suggestion for getting a lanyard. Thanks again e cig forum! !!

 

[Ou2mame]

I wash my tanks all the time and then clean them with grain alcohol. It won't hurt them at all.

 

[David Wolf]

I live in Santa Cruz California and it's beautiful. I live so close to the beach and love taking my dog to the beach every day. His name is groot and he's a Datsun min pin mix. It seems like the only time he is truly free and happy is at our favorite beach. I've got a problem now though. I take my vaping setup with me when I go. There's nothing like body surfing for 20 minutes and then taking a couple deep drags on my subox. Every week or so I drop my subox in the sand and it gets everywhere... into my drip tips and into the air flow holes in my tanks. I've "ruined" 3 kanger subtsnk Nanos and a kanger mini this way. SAnd is deep and I mean deep in the tanks and they're not hitting right. .. I'm hardly getting any vapor from them. I'm afraid to clean them because I think I'll ruin them with water. My question is how do I clean the inside of these tanks. There's got to be done way right! ?
Thanks in advance. I feel kind of stupid asking this question. I love e cig forum and have leaned ssi much here.

I take my tanks apart and just rinse the parts in flowing hot water every time I change coils. Then shake them out dry the metal parts with a paper towel then put it back together with a new coil and refill. You could also rinse in distilled water if you want. I don't dry the glass it's just water

 

[theddead]

Yes, vodka is the second best after pure alcohol. But my hart bleeds for unwisely spent drink...

Why? I do not clean my tanks. Of course I do not have sand problem.

EDIT: I use only slightly flavored juices, so no problems with mixing flavors when refilling.

Why?
Personal preference I suppose?
Maybe I should have said, it won't hurt anything to clean them.
And your right, wasted drink is a sad thing.
Use pure alcohol.