Thanks for the welcome SickManFraud!
At the moment I've just been trying to figure out how to remove the factory stink from my brand new DaVinci IQ2. I purchased it from a reputable Aussie vendor and judging by some others comments in this forum thread I think this maybe a common problem. I've tried running it completey empty to cook off the factory stink (before putting any plant material in it). The factory smell seems to be coming from the rubber/silicone plastic parts. I tried removing the main components and washing them and putting them back in after drying them and running a burn off cycle @ 221°C. Once the device has heated up I open up the air dial and blow into the bottom air dial with my hand over the other end to capture the hot air. When I smell the hot air in my hand I can smell the stinky rubber smell.
So I've decided to really go all out and try re-cleaning everything, especially as much of the rubber/silicone pieces that I can scrub with ethanol and a tooth bush followed by dish detergent and hot water. So far the worst smelling piece which was the optional accessory by DaVinci called the "silcone glove" which is a soft hand grip. After washing and scrubbing with ethanol then detergent and hot water is smells much better. The next offender that I think didn't really clean up all that well from the smell is the grey and black rubber protector/holder for the white ceramic dose chamber. I think it's simply best to just use a quality small ziplock baggie to store/protect the white ceramic dose chamber when not in use. I reccomend apple brand baggies found in smoke shops and ebay locally.
I have a feeling that the foam padding in the IQ2 packaging box and the foam padding in the optional DaVinci Zirconia Ceramic Spacers Set are probably the main problem as they seem the strongest in the bad smell and I've had other products much worse than this from China (with that nasty Chinesium smell that smells like a burn out competition at Eastern Creek) also where one piece of really toxic smelling packing foam can cause all rubber handles of tools to absorb the smell.
This time I removed everything I could from the IQ2 including the rubber around the hindged top by carefully prying with the pick tool. Also after removing the zirconia ceramic vapour chamber I was able to carefully pry out the rubber ring support ring that sits around the outside diameter of the top of the vapour chamber. I also removed the obvious rubber parts such as around the mouth piece.
I've included pictures below of the removable parts after scubbing and soaking in ethanol and washing with hot water and detergent. It does seem like they smell better but all rubber smell is not gone. I've left them separately in bowls to see if they off gass any smell after a few days or a week or so.
The last think I did I would not reccomend as it may destroy the IQ2 electronics. I did it anyway depite the risk and I made sure to remove the battery first. After removing the vapour chamber and rubber support ring and all rubber from the hinged top, I decided to squirt ethanol down into the area where the vapour chamber was removed as I could see rubber in the bottom above the oven. I used a plastic polyethylene pipette to squirt ethanol down in there and let it run out the bottom of the oven and put a bowl underneath to catch the ethanol so I could reapeat. I also used a small washing brush to scrub the inside area with ethanol where I'd removed the vapour chamber. I also used a soft pipe cleaner to clean from the other end wich is the white oven area that also has an inbuilt rubber/silicone seal. After I was done with the ethanol I used pure reverse osmosis water (distilled water would be fine too) to squirt down the area I had squirted the ethanol. After wiping down the IQ2 I placed into an airtight container with damprid in the bottom so the IQ2 would not touch any damprid but still be able to benefit from it sucking out all the water from the internals especially sensitive electronics. I'll leave it sealed in the airtight container with the damprid for about 5 days just to be safe before trying to power it on. I've attached a photo showing the IQ2 in the airtight container with the damprid. Finger's crossed it will still power on again and I'll be interested to post back my findings to see if this time doing the same cook off cycle as before has any less rubber smell.
https://i.ibb.co/qWn2xym/IQ2-Rubber-or-Silicone-Parts.jpg
