Cleaning dropper bottles

[Deck]

I've got some dropper bottles from boots....but I guess I should clean before using....I'm wondering about the safest way. Soapy water (but vaping soapy traces sounds horrible), just plain old hot water....maybe....maybe I should sterilise them too? Any advice would be appreciated!

[StevieD]

Hiya Deck, I'm assuming these are new/unused bottles? if they're plastic you need to be sure what kind of plastic they are made of... HDPE and PET should be fine, but other plastics may leech into the juice or react with it. All they should need is a quick rinse through and then drying before use.

[Deck]

Hi,

Thanks for the reply....fyi they are brown glass dropper bottles from boots, along with the droppers!
What does everyone else use?

[real-player]

 i only use the glass ones to store my made up mixes  in and if im out and about i only take the plastic ones that have the little nip u can fill up the tanks easer with

hot water should be fine for cleaning your bottles used bottles i always use alittle washing up liquid wash them rinse them let them soak in really hot water over night and dry thwm then ur good to go

[chops]

Recycle all my old eliquid bottles, so I keep the glass ones for made up mixes and transfer to plastic if I'm out and about. Haven't needed to buy any in a long long time. I label them with some pound shop labels. No expense spared!


I don't even bother using any washing up liquid when I rinse them, just hot water. There are no oils to rinse away, the contents are water soluble

[real-player]

some flavors are harder to get out of the bottles thats why i use w /liquid  sour apple is one it taints everything else if not  washed out well enough

[chops]

lol... never tried sour apple (sounds nice)... I have one or two that linger without a damned good rinse too

[Catweazle]

As simple as it sounds Cold Water is the best thing you can use to clean the flavors out of your bottles,I worked in the Pharmaceutical industry for many years and we used flavors that were so concentrated they would burn you skin,but cleaning was fine after being washed in detergent then plenty of cold water and the smell of any flavor would vanish.

Hope this Helps.

Keep On Vaping On Brothers and Sisters of the Vape...

[Kenneth131]

Cheers catweazle that's some good advice. Typically I use a sterilizer on my bottles with an old baby bottle.sterilizer I have. Means I can do a whole batch in one go and you can usually find them knocking about cheap enough but they obviously take up space in your kitchen lol