Gear My TI plate is really dirty. How do I clean it?

[METHODOLOLGICAL]

I hope this is the right section for this...

Anyways my TI plate has developed a nice dirty coating of resin all across the top, and even a weird chunk of it is on the underside. Also some white stuff appears on the plate at times and I have no idea what that is.

Am I supposed to clean it? How so? And do all TI plates get this dirty? I have been using it daily for about a month or so numerous times a day.

 

[CentiZen]

Depending on the grade of the oil you may see your plate start to scab up. Same problem happens in e-cigs but in a different way.

You should be cleaning your plate fairly regularily; but it's something that requires a long soak in ISO to loosen and a hard rub to remove. Steel wool is good (don't make the mistake of using it bare handed however) to get the crap off of it.

 

[FLskwat]

http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/...89-99BF-28A14C352AF9-453-000000D049F90825.jpg

 

[SD_haze]

How exactly does the underside of a TI pad get dirty?

Unless its running and dripping off the sides?

 

[METHODOLOLGICAL]

How exactly does the underside of a TI pad get dirty?

Unless its running and dripping off the sides?

as much as i hate it to admit it, yes it runs off the side sometimes, and it accumulates in this weird resin chunk on the underside.

 

[METHODOLOLGICAL]

http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/...89-99BF-28A14C352AF9-453-000000D049F90825.jpg

hey, thanks for this

so I just soak the abrasive part of the sponge with some iso and then get to scrubbing the plate, then when it sall good rinse wit water obvi?

 

[Quetzalcoatl]

You don't have to wash it with water, as isopropyl is whatever % you buy, and the rest is just water. The isopropanol evaporates before the water does. Washing it off and hand-drying it won't cause any harm though, and many prefer it that way "just in case."

 

[farscaper]

Do you need to re-season Ti after you clean it? I do... i was just wondering if anyone else doesn't?

 

[METHODOLOLGICAL]

so i cleaned it about 90% (some resin was too hard to get off), but now tat im hitting off it again the resin builds up very fast (even after 1 dab) and the white stuff is back....

 

[farscaper]

Did you scrub it after soaking, or just soak and dry?

You need to take an abrasive to that pad. Like a brillo or scrubber pad.

 

[METHODOLOLGICAL]

Did you scrub it after soaking, or just soak and dry?

You need to take an abrasive to that pad. Like a brillo or scrubber pad.

actually, i did not soak it at all, i straight just put alcohol on the sponge abrasive side and scrubbed at it (also switching and running some hot water on the pad to loosen up the resin)

 

[farscaper]

I resurfaced mine once... with a dremmel tool... the only issue i had was the groves still had a lot of oxidization in them that was impossible to get out. In retrospect I suppose that one could use a fine grinder tip to get down in the groves... I eventually abandoned it all together as I have found that Domes and Nails and Domeless-nails are superior to plates/ pads in my preference ... at least the one I have...

I also think that you seem like your payload may not fit on your dinner plate... If your dropping BHOmbs you might want to consider a nail yourself too...

on the short term, I would suggest soaking the Ti in ISO if you can somehow... it will loosen all the stuck on shit and really clean up the abuse wish I could abuse mine that much

 

[SaintSkinny]

That white stuff is most likely titanium dioxide. It usually happens from getting your nail temp too high. You don't really need to get it glowing bright red hot. Also, do you have a daisy type titanium nail? I do and I get the same thing on the underside.

 

[JRR22611]

I only clean my titanium with a Ti wire brush, using any other material as an abrasive brush runs you the risk of contaminating the titanium causing corrosion. Soaking in ISO works fine but you'll loose the 'seasoning'.
Water is not desirable because it likely contains metals and minerals that also might contaminate your metal.

 

[Eatrocks]

Heat it up and scrape with TI tool....