Cleaning-iso-soaking

This guide is based on using the M, but works with any of the all-metal variants or the OG glass. If you have a wood body, just take off the body and save it during step 1.

Step 1 Disassemble and safeguard :

Take your unit apart so that you have roughly 4 separate groupings: Body, Condenser, Tip, Cap. Remove the O-rings from the condenser only, put them into the cap, put the cap somewhere for safekeeping. A ziplock and then into a drawer is a nice idea. DO NOT REMOVE THE O-RINGS FROM THE TIP. They are heat and iso resistant. They are a thicker rubber and they are not meant to be removed at all, also, if they wanted us to remove them, would they have made them so difficult to take off and put on?

Step 2 Return all parts to tube:

I like to put my condenser into my body and put it into the tube mouthpiece up, then I put the tip(with the tip's O-rings still attached) on top, upside down.

Step 3 - Fill with Iso:

Fill the tube with iso. The tube should have all the pieces inside except for the cap and 2 condenser O-rings, shake it up and then let it sit 1-2 hours or overnight.

Step 4 - Dump and Dry:

Shake the tube some more and dump your iso and stuck ABV down the sink. Remove all of the pieces and dry by hand with a paper towel. Let all the pieces air dry for about 5 minutes on the paper before rolling some between your hands into a long, skinny paper stick and push it through the tube to get residue. You can do the same with the condenser by tying some floss to the towel stick and pulling the floss slowly through the condenser.

Step 5 - Reassemble:

Put all of the newly cleaned pieces back together, starting with the 2 O-rings that we removed from the condenser, get a little saliva in your palm and rub them around in it and gently push them into place on the condenser, then lubricate them one more time on the outside and push it back into the body. Put the tip on and replace the cap. Give it a heat cycle while empty and run down the body, too.