Cleaning syringe

[Ziggy90]

Another question for you experts. So far I have made two pretty good flavors that a lot of my friends like thanks to the help of everyone. Now I have a question about cleaning. I boiled my syringes but I feel like it's not enough and I don't want to get sick. Can I let them soak in alcohol for awhile and let them air dry? What do you guys use.? I'm thinking of getting a ultrasonic cleaner soon but I haven't purchased one yet. Please help

Thanks,
Zigg

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[richardward77]

I use baby bottle sterilizing tablets just drop one in a big bowl of water and leave my bottles syringes and droppers in till I'm ready to use there called Milton tablets get em from most supermarkets.

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[outwest]

I have syringes I've used for a few months without cleaning, just putting cap over the needle. PG is antimicrobial. According to http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1675525 a 30% PG solution kills staph, strep, and e.coli. Everyone has their own comfort levels, though, regarding syringes and such. I do toss them after some time, because of not only a certain amount of ick factor but also in case the rubber starts to break down from exposure to the chemicals.

 

[soulshine]

Syringes are NOT the area that I try to save the most $. IMHO, it's kinda like juice bottles. They are cheap enough that you should not have to recycle them. I order 10 ml syringes on Amazon or Ebay. You can get 100, 10 ml syringes for usually between $15-$17. A pack of 100, 12 guage needles even less than that. If you like to tinker with juice every day, and don't make large batches, invest in a few 10 ml graduated cylinders. They are glass and can just be washed out daily. Some might suggest that you buy a scale and start measuring your batches by weight.

 

[Teresa P]

I soak all my "vape dishes" in hot, soapy water (Dawn dish soap), hot water rinse, and air dry. That's how I clean my kitchen dishes and I'm not dead yet....

 

[outwest]

if I was using syringes for measuring, it'd probably be different, if for no other reason to prevent cross contamination of flavors. I only use them to fill egrip, kayfun, and similar tanks. For mixing/measuring, I use (and recommend) a scale. For my pyrex funnel, I use detergent or just a rinse, depending on what I'm doing (e.g., using it for transferring VG and then immediately after for transferring PG, a quick, but thorough, rinse with hot water), and sometimes PGA to sanitize (esp. when dealing with something that's going to be stored for some time).

 

[soulshine]

Just as everybody vapes differently, we all diy differently. I prefer syringes if I'm doing smaller batches..maybe doing tester recipes of say 30 mls or less. If I'm doing larger recipes..say making 120 - 240 mls, I tend to use graduated cylinders for PG/VG and syringes for nic and flavors. Outwest's scale method would be really practical as well if you are doing larger batches. I'm sure I will upgrade and do that at some point as well. My main point though, was just that if you get syringes cheap enough..say .15 - .30 a piece, boiling and all that inconvenience just isn't worth it. Hell, I'd rather get small 10 ml glass graduated cylinders if you make liquid daily or whatever. You get get 10 ml glass cylinders at homesciencetools.com for about $5. Get a few and you can just wash them daily.

 

[zaroba]

I just rinse out my syringes in a cup of water while mixing.

Then, depending on the flavors used, drink the water (hey, they *are* food/drink flavorings )

 

[ScreamQueen]

For what it's worth, you should also keep at least a small supply of syringes on hand for when the printed numbers and measurement marks start to wear off. It doesn't take long, even when you're just rinsing them out and drying them off by hand. I put clear tape over mine, but they're a bit harder to read that way so I just keep extras and toss them when they're illegible.

 

[rt smith]

i make juice every two weeks, wash all my juice dishes and syringes in dish soap with a drop of bleach just as we do with our everyday dishes. in 55 yrs of everyday dishes i am not dead yet...
.believe me that really ticks my ex off!
ha!
have a happy friday!

 

[wllmc]

Another question for you experts. So far I have made two pretty good flavors that a lot of my friends like thanks to the help of everyone. Now I have a question about cleaning. I boiled my syringes but I feel like it's not enough and I don't want to get sick. Can I let them soak in alcohol for awhile and let them air dry? What do you guys use.? I'm thinking of getting a ultrasonic cleaner soon but I haven't purchased one yet. Please help

Thanks,
Zigg

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sounds like I could have wrote this. Ive said it so many times I sound like a broken record. I dont care much for syringes and from the sounds of it you never will either. nothing is going to take that uneasy feeling away from thinking your syringes are dirty. Id invest your syringe $$$ in a scale. most flavors come with droppers anyways. for the ones that dont have droppers I use throw away pipettes, they dont need to be accurate since the scale is doing the measuring. all the above advice is great but you are a scale guy I can tell lol

 

[Pauly Walnuts]

Another question for you experts. So far I have made two pretty good flavors that a lot of my friends like thanks to the help of everyone. Now I have a question about cleaning. I boiled my syringes but I feel like it's not enough and I don't want to get sick. Can I let them soak in alcohol for awhile and let them air dry? What do you guys use.? I'm thinking of getting a ultrasonic cleaner soon but I haven't purchased one yet. Please help

Thanks,
Zigg

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I rinse mine with hot tap water and get along with my day. Ive never had a problem. Ive never seen a need to go all bananas over it.
All my eliquid is only consumed by me, for the moment.

 

[Ziggy90]

sounds like I could have wrote this. Ive said it so many times I sound like a broken record. I dont care much for syringes and from the sounds of it you never will either. nothing is going to take that uneasy feeling away from thinking your syringes are dirty. Id invest your syringe $$$ in a scale. most flavors come with droppers anyways. for the ones that dont have droppers I use throw away pipettes, they dont need to be accurate since the scale is doing the measuring. all the above advice is great but you are a scale guy I can tell lol

This is absolutely hilarious to me haha! I have been telling my wife for a few weeks, I'm gonna do this by weight. , I have to buy a scale lol! Not only for sanitation but it seems way less messy and much more accurate. Any suggestions on where I should buy ?

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[soulshine]

Doesn't have to be anything fancy. Just a regular small digital kitchen scale would work.

 

[OneLief]

Get a scale. It takes half as long to make juice. No more cleaning syringes. Put your VG and PG in a squeeze bottle and your mixing life becomes real easy. Buy a box of 500 pipettes(2¢ each) for bottles that don't have droppers. I don't know how many times I wanted to make one small bottle of juice to try a new recipe and didn't because I didn't want to do all the cleanup after.

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[outwest]

Everyone has their own preference regarding scale. I use this one from Amazon that has .01g resolution, by American Weigh. It only goes up to 100g, but that's big enough for a 60ml bottle. Will also want a 100g calibration weight for it. Scale + weight was under $16 and free ship with Prime (sku B0012LOQUQ ). If you're going to be doing bigger batches, will need a bigger capacity scale.

 

[Teresa P]

Everyone has their own preference regarding scale. I use this one from Amazon that has .01g resolution, by American Weigh. It only goes up to 100g, but that's big enough for a 60ml bottle. Will also want a 100g calibration weight for it. Scale + weight was under $16 and free ship with Prime (sku B0012LOQUQ ). If you're going to be doing bigger batches, will need a bigger capacity scale.

Hey, that's my scale!

 

[outwest]

Hey, that's my scale!

Then I must have great taste

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[Teresa P]

Lol! You must!

 

[OneLief]

Here's mine. It's a Smart Weigh. $20 on Amazon. This one goes to 500g and you need a 500g weight to calibrate. If you get a scale make sure it goes to .01 not .1 (very important).

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[misswish]

I just use Dawn and hot water. Air dry. Then into zip locks to keep the dust and cat hair off of them. I don't go through enough juice to use a scale, lol.

 

[outwest]

I just use Dawn and hot water. Air dry. Then into zip locks to keep the dust and cat hair off of them. I don't go through enough juice to use a scale, lol.

but cat hair is what makes things extra special *laf*

 

[misswish]

 

[TheVapingDevil]

Here's mine. It's a Smart Weigh. $20 on Amazon. This one goes to 500g and you need a 500g weight to calibrate. If you get a scale make sure it goes to .01 not .1 (very important).

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Hey I just received the same scale today. I got the 500 g cal weight too but when I put it on the scale it goes all the way to 500 g for a sec then to overload mode. Tried to cal it but it sits in cal forever. How long does yours take to complete the cal cycle
I put a 200 g weight and it was dead on but still curious

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[Teresa P]

I didn't invest in the weight. If a nickel weighs 5g, I'm good.

 

[TheVapingDevil]

I didn't invest in the weight. If a nickel weighs 5g, I'm good.

Made my first mix with the scale. Wow so much easier than all the syringes

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[Teresa P]

You got that right! Love mine!

 

[TheVapingDevil]

I'm Def gonna love mine. Gotta order few bottles from mamma j,s for the vg/PG components but it works great.

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[cthulhufan]

I have syringes I've used for a few months without cleaning, just putting cap over the needle. PG is antimicrobial. According to http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1675525 a 30% PG solution kills staph, strep, and e.coli. Everyone has their own comfort levels, though, regarding syringes and such. I do toss them after some time, because of not only a certain amount of ick factor but also in case the rubber starts to break down from exposure to the chemicals.

This. I am not filling a landfill full of plastic. I personally clean them in scalding hot water and then pure grain alcohol and then lube the rubber with pg.

The weight folks are on to something and I'm going to give that a whirl next batch because what could be easier than a flask or beaker and a scale.

 

[OneLief]

Hey I just received the same scale today. I got the 500 g cal weight too but when I put it on the scale it goes all the way to 500 g for a sec then to overload mode. Tried to cal it but it sits in cal forever. How long does yours take to complete the cal cycle
I put a 200 g weight and it was dead on but still curious

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Did you put the weight on before it said 500g or after?

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[TheVapingDevil]

Did you put the weight on before it said 500g or after?

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Turned it on and zero'd it out. Then added the weight. It went up to 500 then showed overload. Moved scale it different spot and it held without overload. Pressed m button till it went to cal mode but after few minutes it was still in cal. :/

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[OneLief]

Turned it on and zero'd it out. Then added the weight. It went up to 500 then showed overload. Moved scale it different spot and it held without overload. Pressed m button till it went to cal mode but after few minutes it was still in cal. :/

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To calibrate, turn the scale on, wait until the scale reads 0.0
Then you hold the mode key until CAL displays, then release.
Press the mode key again and CAL will flash followed by the calibration weight(500g).
Put the 500g weight on the middle of the scale and in a few seconds it should say PASS and you're done.

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[TheVapingDevil]

To calibrate, turn the scale on, wait until the scale reads 0.0
Then you hold the mode key until CAL displays, then release.
Press the mode key again and CAL will flash followed by the calibration weight(500g).
Put the 500g weight on the middle of the scale and in a few seconds it should say PASS and you're done.

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Well god damn ain't that the shit. It worked. Thanks so much my friend

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[Foggz]

I use baby bottle sterilizing tablets

THATS way cool!

Then into zip locks to keep the dust and cat hair off of them

Never thought of the zip locks .. I went with cheap pop top containers .. rubber maid etc.. stackable too!

I didn't invest in the weight. If a nickel weighs 5g, I'm good.

Yeah Mon!! I so went back and forth over the getting the weight.. Then decided to get 5 dollars worth of nickels and calibrated at 500g's with that.. was kinda funky getting them all on the scale.. but figured close enough!! it's consistent at least !

because what could be easier than a flask or beaker and a scale.

Right!? only one thing easier..you can skip the beaker & mix it right in the bottle!! lol (guess it depends on the size of the batch tho!)

 

[Foggz]

Any suggestions on where I should buy ?

haha you had to ask!!

http://digitalscalediscount.blogspot.com/2014/01/horizon-ds-19-digital-pocket-scale.html

5 year warranty on this thing..

 

[Teresa P]

haha you had to ask!!

http://digitalscalediscount.blogspot.com/2014/01/horizon-ds-19-digital-pocket-scale.html

5 year warranty on this thing..

What's the shutoff time on this one?

 

[Foggz]

What's the shutoff time on this one?

hmm didn't even know... had to time it.. ;p was 3 mins b4 it shut down.. always hit the 'tare' .. so of course don't usually have an issue.

think Amanda and Rocketpuppy both had recommend'd that one.. but don't recall exactly who

 

[outwest]

What's the shutoff time on this one?

That's one annoyance with model I have, the shutoff time. Sure, you can leave the bottle on it and hit the on button and it will automatically tare, but when you're in the middle of adding something (PG, flavor, etc) and get distracted and pause mid-add for a minute, you end up screwed.

 

[Teresa P]

I saw one on eBay that had an ac adapter and as long as it was plugged in it didn't shut off. But of course I neglected to put it in my watch list and haven't been able to find it since.....

 

[Teresa P]

I saw one on eBay that had an ac adapter and as long as it was plugged in it didn't shut off. But of course I neglected to put it in my watch list and haven't been able to find it since.....

And I found it!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/400610537333?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT


** I LOVE this thing! NO shutoff, very accurate, and so sensitive I have to turn off the ceiling fan to use it....LOL!!