Vapor residue on walls, carpet etc. Need help/advice.

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Rickajho

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Oh jeezus - buy the landlord a bucket of paint and rent a steam cleaner! It this really worth all the expended mental energy over what is, for practical purposes, a non issue?

I want to see the landlord who will be able to do a walk through when you vacate the premises who can legitimately say "I know the Tenant was vaping in here because (insert pointless/illogical reason here) and because it did (impossible to quantify) damage there.
 

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I vape in my car and am in there about 1,5 to 2 hours a day. The inside of my car's windows get hazy and I clean them about once every... 2 to three months. However, this is no different from when I didn't vape yet (and I never smoked in my car then)
So I'm inclined to think vaping is not a cause for any noticeable residue buildup.

I also don't notice anything building up in my apartment.
 

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I vape in my car and am in there about 1,5 to 2 hours a day. The inside of my car's windows get hazy and I clean them about once every... 2 to three months. However, this is no different from when I didn't vape yet (and I never smoked in my car then)
So I'm inclined to think vaping is not a cause for any noticeable residue buildup.

I also don't notice anything building up in my apartment.

It's outgassing from the upholstery and plastic components in the car, most likely. It's a common problem, especially during the warmer months.
 

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Where did your landlord get the idea that there will be vapor residue/build up in the apartment?

If you fry some bacon or even cook a sizzling hamburger, there is going to be residue, the steam rises, and clings to walls, etc.

If anyone in a home uses hairspray, spray deordorant, etc. that will also leave residue.

the reason cigarettes left residue is because, like a woodstove, there is particulate released thru burning like soot, carbon, and in case of cigs, tar. None of this exists with vaping.

I think you need to do more research BEFORE you spend more $$ on filters, etc. and I do not think you should have promised your landlord about vaping indoors until you knew for sure. I have vaped for over a year and there is no residue in my house that I have seen.

It just sounds like you will not be able to relax and vape inside your own apartment.....without positioning yourself in front of an air purifier? If that is your plan, it just sounds very unrealistic to me.


Obviously you are a very polite person, but this sounds a little too polite.
Well said.
 

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It's outgassing from the upholstery and plastic components in the car, most likely. It's a common problem, especially during the warmer months.

she said "outgassing" giggle.gif

(i'm soooooo mature :p)
 

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When I was a smoker I had to clean my eye glasses once a day as they always seemed to fog up. Since vaping I clean them once a week if necessary. I do wonder what happens to the color of the e-liquids as the vapor is always clear.

Maybe that is what you see all gunked up on the coil?
 

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I've seen people speak of residue build up but I haven't seen it. I don't drive much so I probably wouldn't see it in my truck like my roommate can coat his windows with cigarette smoke in no time, but I am always on a computer and I don't see it on my screens like I would with smoke.

I drive a bit and I do have a residue on my windshield but oddly enough only in the colder months of the year. During the warmer months there is no issue with it. However, I spend a lot more time vaping in front of my computer than I do in my car and there is a window right next to my computer. In three years of vaping there has been no buildup of residue on my computer screen or the window beside it. Alcohol wipes it off quite easily on my car windows.
 

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Yeesh, the things people find to worry about. There is no residue from vaping. More than ten months of heavy vaping has not affected my furniture, my computer, my DVD player. You would know if you were filming things over with vapor. Your DVD and CD players would stop working. Honestly, it's better not to volunteer to your landlord what you do at home. People do not understand the difference between vaping and smoking. People become hysterical very easily. That's why that one Marriott hotel issued a fine to a guest for vaping. What the landlord and the hotelier don't know won't hurt them. When people walk into my apartment, they say that my potpourri smells great. That's fine with me. Grab your freedom or somebody else will. I had to weigh in on this.
 

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I have notice a residue on the windshield of my car. It's very hard to clean off. I want to smears and I end up cleaning it 4-6 times with Windex to finally get it so it's clear at night. when I smoked it took 2 cleaning to clean the windshield. I think it is that it is the oil vapor and I should be using something other then Windex.. I assume it collects in the house.

I hear what everyone said about food and the residue. I don't have a problem with residue from food except around the stove. Vaping now in introduces the residue to the family room and other parts of my house. When I smoked, I smoked outside because of the residue, I now started about 50% of the time vaping outside. I have wonder in the long term if this residue is going to make it hard to repaint a room because of it's oil base. kinda like around the stove were i wash the wall before painting???
 

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I have notice a residue on the windshield of my car. It's very hard to clean off. I want to smears and I end up cleaning it 4-6 times with Windex to finally get it so it's clear at night. when I smoked it took 2 cleaning to clean the windshield. I think it is that it is the oil vapor and I should be using something other then Windex.. I assume it collects in the house.

I hear what everyone said about food and the residue. I don't have a problem with residue from food except around the stove. Vaping now in introduces the residue to the family room and other parts of my house. When I smoked, I smoked outside because of the residue, I now started about 50% of the time vaping outside. I have wonder in the long term if this residue is going to make it hard to repaint a room because of it's oil base. kinda like around the stove were i wash the wall before painting???

I gave up on glass cleaners and use a wet chamois.
 

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I end up cleaning it 4-6 times with Windex to finally get it so it's clear at night.

An auto detailer taught me to stop using detergent based glass cleaners and just use a 50-50 mixture of household ammonia and water. Works for me, leaves no film, the glass is squeaky clean ... :D

In the apartment I use a steam cleaner on anything that would not be damaged by the heat. With distilled water, it leaves nothing for dirt to stick to ...

I too have the kind of invasive, control freak apartment manager who always has a "cause". One year it was a "ban" on satellite dishes, they offended him for some reason. Now the building is covered with dishes, so he has moved on to house plants, the excess water would "damage the structure" ...

I don't think he's even aware of vaping, and he's not going to hear it from me. What he doesn't know won't hurt me ...
 
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