How do you clean your grinder?

[BrianTL]

Only when they are due...you look about halfway there!
Haha, that is one gunked up grinder...I wonder how well it would spin if cleaned?
I save my iso that cleans my grinders and mason jars that I stash my herb in, it is now a very dark yellow/brown colour and about ready to evaporate off. It is a few of years worth of cleaning, I will load the goo into some thick oil carts I have for the Quaser pen eventually.

Honestly I dont think it slows it down that much

I got the Large BCG recently, so I was able to compare a brand new BCG to the gunked up standard. It really isnt that much more difficult to spin at all. A little bit sure, but not super noticeable. A bit of drag, but not much. If anything it just confirmed that it isn't ready to be cleaned yet

 

[jeffp]

Only when they are due...you look about halfway there!
Haha, that is one gunked up grinder...I wonder how well it would spin if cleaned?
I save my iso that cleans my grinders and mason jars that I stash my herb in, it is now a very dark yellow/brown colour and about ready to evaporate off. It is a few of years worth of cleaning, I will load the goo into some thick oil carts I have for the Quaser pen eventually.

I've done the same, reusing the same ISO until it was black, then let it evaporate in a glass brownie pan for a few days. When it was dry i scraped off and balled together the hash and smoked it. It smelled tasted and felt like hash. Not the finest but it was hash.

 

[HughJundys]

I'd skip whatever you are currently doing and do this instead: I have a couple of Lift grinders. They perform much nicer when cleaned. My current procedure is to hand them over to @VAPEHUNTER. They come back a day later like new. The little lawn mower blades just spin and spin! I don't know what he does but it's better than any ISO/milk/q tip wash I've done. Give them to him.

 

[Cannabiker]

Ultrasonic cleaner...for everything vape-related...get one big enough and they will also clean your bongs.

Will it remove baked-on carbon from a Dynavap tip? And what solution do you use? I've read that iso is dangerous in one.

I need to get one. I was shocked to see how cheap they can be. I worked at a bike shop where we talked the owner into getting one, but it was like five grand. And, yes, we had the cleanest glassware in town.

 

[LesPlenty]

I use water in my ultrasonic cleaner, sometimes I will use a jar with iso suspended in the water with whatever item for reclaim collection.

Will it remove baked-on carbon from a Dynavap tip?

I do not know as I have never let a tip get that much build-up before trying...charred quartz bangers still need a Simple Green soak.

 

[Ganjora]

 

[stinkytofus]

Soak or wet with iso then..

Toothbrush and qtips + iso

Squeaky clean

 

[bltkmt]

Mostly I just keep refilling it and let the new stuff push out the old stuff, sausage grinder style.

This - it's not really "dirty" right? Just good herb.

 

[Siebter]

Will it remove baked-on carbon from a Dynavap tip?

For cleaning a Dynavap tip you'll need an electric toothbrush, toothpaste with sodium bicarbonate and 5 minutes of your time (for brushing the tip with said items).

@ topic: I have a BCG, I literally never *have* to clean it (and rarely do). When I do, I simply fill it with 99% iso, let it sit for an hour, then rinse thoroughly → presto.

 

[Robert-in-YEG]

My normal is to put the grinder in the freezer. The next I give the grinder a whack onto a rolling tray, then using a pick to remove any stuck flower.

When the grinder has fully emptied, I wipe it down with alcohol. Last, I put just the smallest amount of olive oil on my finger, and lube where things fit together, to reduce friction.

In terms of frequency, I clean my grinder once a week.

Robert-in-YEG

"Don't kid yourself, Jimmy. If a cow ever got the chance, he'd eat you and everyone you care about!"
- Troy McClure (The Simpsons )

 

[LesPlenty]

In terms of frequency, I clean my grinder once a week.

I like that I have not had to clean my BCG...at all yet (only owned a few months)!