Cleaning solution for test vials and pipette tips

[Tangdora]

Hi

Can anyone recommend a good cleaner for cleaning test tube vials and pipette tips. Would like to give mine a good soaking in something more that just ro that won’t affect later after future reading. Have some citric acid lying around that I use for component cleaning. Would this be safe to use.

 

[UncommonSense]

Isopropyl alcohol is a common lab glassware cleaner!

Here’s an excellent article which I dug up after my first glass:glass silicone bonds started randomly delaminating on me! (I used acetone for glass prep…)

https://www.nist.gov/system/files/documents/2019/05/14/gmp-7-cleaning-precision-glassware-20190507.docx#:~:text=Acetone%2C%20if%20allowed%20to%20dry,usually%20adequate%20for%20cleaning%20glassware.

 

[Tangdora]

Isopropyl alcohol is a common lab glassware cleaner!

Here’s an excellent article which I dug up after my first glass:glass silicone bonds started randomly delaminating on me! (I used acetone for glass prep…)

https://www.nist.gov/system/files/documents/2019/05/14/gmp-7-cleaning-precision-glassware-20190507.docx#:~:text=Acetone%2C%20if%20allowed%20to%20dry,usually%20adequate%20for%20cleaning%20glassware.

nice have both laying around. In my mind was thinking these would be risky to use. Good to know now.

 

[UncommonSense]

nice have both laying around. In my mind was thinking these would be risky to use. Good to know now.

I’ve soaked very dirty borosilicate glass in 99% isopropyl for months straight, with no visible damage to the glass!