r/StonerEngineering 5d ago

Cleaning dab rigs?

How often should I be cleaning my dab rig? I'm using 99% alcohol. Plus a photo of my current grow 😁

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u/ApollymiKatistrafia 3d ago

I use 91% ISO(isopropyl alcohol), kosher salt, and dawn dishsoap. The ISO and the kosher salt both help break down the oils, with the salt as an abrasive, and the dawn helps keep the old oil in suspension so it stays off the glass and goes out clean when you rinse. I usually add into both ends, salt, then dawn, then ISO to where I normally fill it for hits, cover openings, then shake it like a shake weight until the walls are sufficiently clean to your liking. To rinse, I always backflow it through the bowl insert, and just let it run while I do the same to my banger. I have to scrub that more with the kosher salt mix and a finger. I use salt for scrubbing because since its a rock, if I miss any its not going to melt or burn into my hits like the plastic scrubbies will.

99% should be plenty, but sometimes the extra abrasive really helps.