What method does everyone have to clean a bottom coil clearo tank? So far I've heard using vodka, Everclear, distilled water, and denatured alcohol with vodka being the front runner. Still haven't heard the "how". Rinse? soak? Appreciate your suggestions!
What's the best way to clean a Clearo tank?
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I just take it a apart and rinse everything under hot water and then dry burn the head. Never had a problem.
I usually rinse under hot water and let it air dry. Blow dry if Im in a hurry. Seems to work good enough. Been meaning to try vodka to see if theres a difference.
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I rotate between 3 or 4. When I swap them out, I break them down, and toss the bits in a water bottle with about 1/2" of rubbing alcohol. Each time I add something, I shake it. When I am down to one back up, I dump the alcohol, and rinse in the bottle by shaking in warm water 3 or 4 times.
Then, I rinse them individually as I take them out. Let dry, re-wick with boiled cotton, and they are good to go. With a few in rotation, the moment I taste anything burnt, or the first sign of a leak, I can swap it out. Sometimes this is every couple of days, sometimes a couple times in a day...
Heads are like razors... the first one you use gets replaced as soon as the first signs of dullness show, yet the last one can last for weeks if not months.
Then, I rinse them individually as I take them out. Let dry, re-wick with boiled cotton, and they are good to go. With a few in rotation, the moment I taste anything burnt, or the first sign of a leak, I can swap it out. Sometimes this is every couple of days, sometimes a couple times in a day...
Heads are like razors... the first one you use gets replaced as soon as the first signs of dullness show, yet the last one can last for weeks if not months.
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I take a coffee cup fill with tap water, one min in nuker, put tank parts and clearos in. Soak till water is cool maybe 10-15 min. Grab a second cup fill with water nuke and transfer tank parts. repeat 2-3 times if juice was dark. Let air dry. Either change coils or wait till next morning fill up, all good.
Have a spare tank out for cleaning days. Even rotate spare, so it gets cleaned too.
Have a spare tank out for cleaning days. Even rotate spare, so it gets cleaned too.
I use Everclear, a small bottle lasts a LONG time, and it eats through almost any gunk ... go figure ... won't drink it though, not after seeing how well it works as a solvent! 
I take my tanks apart, drop the coils in a shot glass, put in enough Everclear to cover them and let it sit overnight. The rest of the tank parts just gets wiped down with paper towel. If they are exceptionally "dirty" I will wash (rinse?) with hot water and then dry them off with paper towel.
After the coils have soaked, I pull them out and set then on a paper towel to dry. Occasionally I will repeat the process if the coils just don't look quite right to me. Sometimes I dry burn them and sometimes I don't, I'm not convinced that it makes any difference, so I'm still kind of experimenting with that part of it.
Generally speaking, I get between 2 and 4 cleanings out of a coil before I have to retire it.
As always, YMMV!
I take my tanks apart, drop the coils in a shot glass, put in enough Everclear to cover them and let it sit overnight. The rest of the tank parts just gets wiped down with paper towel. If they are exceptionally "dirty" I will wash (rinse?) with hot water and then dry them off with paper towel.
After the coils have soaked, I pull them out and set then on a paper towel to dry. Occasionally I will repeat the process if the coils just don't look quite right to me. Sometimes I dry burn them and sometimes I don't, I'm not convinced that it makes any difference, so I'm still kind of experimenting with that part of it.
Generally speaking, I get between 2 and 4 cleanings out of a coil before I have to retire it.
As always, YMMV!
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