How To Clean Tattoo Needles

How do you go about cleaning your tattoo needles?

In this video I share with you how and why I go about cleaning my tattoo needles during my tattoo sessions. PLEASE NOTE that we DO NOT Sterilize tattoo needles, to confirm ALL tattoo needles should come properly sterilized by the manufacturer straight to our tattoo station and opened at our tattoo station. We should not be sterilizing any tattoo needles or re-using tattoo needles on different clients. This is not common practice and ALL needles are a 1 time use.

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Intro 0:00
Lets Start Here 0:35
1 Time Use ONLY 1:22
How I Go About It 1:57
How To Clean The Needles 2:51
Real Time Demonstration 3:52
Remove Excess Ink 5:09
Rinse Needle Demonstation 6:18
Remove Excess Ink 7:05
Remove Black Ink 9:00
Remove Black Excess 10:08
Don't Wipe The Needle Tip 11:00
Don't Do This 12:00
Quick Tip 13:08
Outro 13:43

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[Techjunkie]

I typically do 3 cups for this. 1st cup gets the bulk of the color out, 2nd cup basically finishes it, 3rd cup is just to make sure no color is left on the needle.

[Steveish]

Great vid as always bro. Just one tip, use two cups, one with only water so you can clean out the ink first and then flush the needle in the witch hazel. It'll make it last longer and water is inexpensively replaceable.

[gavin]

Daniel you are always a wealth of information and this video is no exception. I have had issues with some build up on the tip of the needle and this cleaning out video was a big help. My one question is have you tried the dip cups with the sponge in it, and if you have what did you think of them? As always blessings to you and your family brother!

[irishgip]

Once again great video! I’ve been doing it all wrong. Putting my needle down further to flush water and more dabbing needle tips. “This” should’ve been a question I asked before. Thank u

[LitWithLexi]

I have a few questions if it’s possible for you to answer, I haven’t been able to find anything about it online! 1. How long is distilled water good for after opening for tattooing? 2. How long is a bottle of diluted green soap good for after it’s mixed up? 3. Do I need to disinfect the inside of my wash bottles before refilling them, and if so how should I go about that? Thanks in advance if you see the comment, and thank you for all of the informational videos😊

[icehouse]

Awesome vid. I would change my gloves again if im messing with the plunger and putting it back in the machine. Great vid though

[utuberleviathan]

Awesome as always! Thank you for making these videos :)

[BryanScottTravels]

Love the video!!! What machine is that!? It looks really nice and I like the size of it!

[alexkreutzer]

Could be useful to change the water 👍👍 but yeah, thx for the Video.

[mcmedia]

When ink and Vaseline are mix is very difficult to remove it

[ashleeblanco]

Can I clean the needles with a mix of distilled water and green soap?

[NeonFiend]

Fantastic informative video Daniel! :D I got this saved for when I move on to fake skins :D

[sublimegabe]

What do you think doing this to reuse needles for practice only? Meaning working on practice skins cleaning and working on another practice skin the next day? Needles are expensive while practicing and not getting any income. Besides the needle dulling I can’t see a problem. I do not work on skin at all yet.

[emxnight]

Hi Daniel, is there any other solution I can put into the cup to use to clean the needle, or does it need to be witch hazel with 14% ? Is tap water safe? Should I use distilled water?
Also when mixing green soap, is distilled water a must? Any tips are welcome

[PsykotikTattoo_ACUS]

Great insight as always, but not as big as the coffe cup cause I used the rinse cup to finish off my shadings before adding the Alleghory Ultra White for the finale, great video as always my friend🤘🏻
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[solovei]

Just my thoughts of removing the cartridge and wiping it from the fiber: if you’re tattooing on real skin, then all your gloves are in ink and blood. When you touching the cartridge that way all the bad stuff from your gloves will get into areas of your machine which cannot be cleaned and sterilised as needed. So I think it’s a bad idea to do so with dirty gloves when tattooing on real person. Correct me if I’m wrong🤘🏻

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