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Hello !

I'm new to bubblers. I got a cheap one and it turns my Air Max into a brand new shiny unknown vaporizer. I love it 8D

But how do you guys clean this ? Is iso enough ? How do you scrap any potential leftover after an overnight sinking ?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I have a bunch of little oil rigs around that size and what I find works best is to fill them with boiling water, I use the kettle for easy pouring, let it soak until the glass is too hot to hold comfortably, dump the water, add iso and then shake shake shake until clean. I then rinse with water to get all the iso out. If I want it super clear I rinse with vinegar, let it dry, and then rinse with water.

If the hot iso isn't doing it by itself I'd add a good bit of salt after dumping the hot water out and then add iso and shake.

Edit: if you want good reclaim use everclear or another high proof drinking etoh to clean it and reuse the same etoh until it looks dark enough. This is very subjective. You can try an evap from there but without a vacuum chamber you'll get gooey oil. I just drink mine when it gets dark. You can also cook it down to like 10 ml and have a tincture if you don't want to drink shots of everclear.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Great tips. Thank you.

I got to say you got some balls siping your iso ๐Ÿ˜…

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

No no! Not sipping iso. Everclear is a high proof etoh. Drinking ethanol! I do not use iso in things I'll consume.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

That should be able to be cleaned with iso or dish soap. I like the Dawn PowerWash spray, which I've seen just eat away at really dark residue, and I use 90% iso when I do use alcohol. If something is really, really bad, I soak it in soapy hot water and I put it in an ultrasonic washer - this is how I clean smaller stuff (pipes, bowls, ash catchers) without using a ton of iso. The vaporizer should be actually lighter on leaving a residue than smoke does.

I don't smoke reclaim or attempt to get reclaim, but I have heard that if you clean with iso and evaporate the iso you can get reclaim that way. I have a few vaporizer friends who do this.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Thank you very much for the tips :)

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

420 Cleaner - the daily use stuff even though it's more like once every week or 2 for me. The regular blue stuff out does ISO and salt but the daily use stuff will take the resin off your grandpa daily smoker that hasn't been scraped since the 60s.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

420 cleaner is freaking expensive compared to simple iso. Got to be efficient. I might try some day, thanks for the tip :)

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I can't seem to find the ingredients online. Are they on the bottle?