hey all,
since many of you own a fog machine for doing laser experiments, and just for playing with, i thought i'd just share what i know about them, and what is good and bad for them. As most of you know, you can pick fog machines up fairly cheap nowdays(at the time, mine cost about $150AU!), but seriously, who wants to buy another one, when you already have bought one? Well lots of you have heard of the ways to clean fog machines, and all the scented fluids, and all the other things about fog machines. BUT now i am here to tell you DO NOT CLEAN YOUR FOG MACHINE, OR ADD ANY THING TO THE JUICE!!. I have been working with fog machines for quite a while, and have had to replace a pump in one aswell. There is no need to put ANYTHING into your fog machine to clean it! if you believe the front nozzle is clogged, that is ok, stick a straightened out paperclip in there and unclog it, but there is no need to put anything other than fog juice through your machine! Many of you may have heard that putting distilled water and vinegar through the fogger will clean it, and it might, but soon enough, it will screw up your pump and/or heating element. Do not add scents or colours either! Fresh fog should smell kind of sweet, so adding scents can only make it worse, and as i said above, screw up your pump or heating element! DON'T even think of adding colours! for a start, it will do absolutely nothing! Even if you did get the fog a different colour, the amount of "colouring" would most likely stain anything around it, not good! So do not clean your fog machine unless it is TOTALLY necessay, and do not add anything to the fog juice! this would most likely void the warranty, and would have no good outcome!
Thanks
since many of you own a fog machine for doing laser experiments, and just for playing with, i thought i'd just share what i know about them, and what is good and bad for them. As most of you know, you can pick fog machines up fairly cheap nowdays(at the time, mine cost about $150AU!), but seriously, who wants to buy another one, when you already have bought one? Well lots of you have heard of the ways to clean fog machines, and all the scented fluids, and all the other things about fog machines. BUT now i am here to tell you DO NOT CLEAN YOUR FOG MACHINE, OR ADD ANY THING TO THE JUICE!!. I have been working with fog machines for quite a while, and have had to replace a pump in one aswell. There is no need to put ANYTHING into your fog machine to clean it! if you believe the front nozzle is clogged, that is ok, stick a straightened out paperclip in there and unclog it, but there is no need to put anything other than fog juice through your machine! Many of you may have heard that putting distilled water and vinegar through the fogger will clean it, and it might, but soon enough, it will screw up your pump and/or heating element. Do not add scents or colours either! Fresh fog should smell kind of sweet, so adding scents can only make it worse, and as i said above, screw up your pump or heating element! DON'T even think of adding colours! for a start, it will do absolutely nothing! Even if you did get the fog a different colour, the amount of "colouring" would most likely stain anything around it, not good! So do not clean your fog machine unless it is TOTALLY necessay, and do not add anything to the fog juice! this would most likely void the warranty, and would have no good outcome!
Thanks
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