Nicotine question...Need help.

[oplholik]

On the 26th of Sept. I ordered 1 liter of 100mg nic. When I received it I put the nic in a cabinet until I could work on bottling it up for the freezer. Well, a few days later I fell and broke my hip, and after surgery, and rehab, I'm finally up to taking care of it. So I pull it out of the cabinet, and transfer some to a better bottle for pouring into the storage bottles, and it has turned a dark color. So what are my options with this? Can it still be frozen for use later down the road, like maybe a couple years? Thanks.

 

[oplholik]

I will add that when I received the nic, that I removed the cap on the bottle to look to see if the nic was clear, and it was, so that most likely let air in, and hastened the oxidation, so it isn't a problem of the nic being this way when I received it.

 

[retired1]

Moved to DIY e-liquid

 

[My3Sons]

The color change is due to oxidation. It is normal for nicotine to turn a darker color when exposed to light or heat. I would transfer the nicotine into glass bottles and put in the freezer for long term storage. I would not hesitate to use it.

 

[Alien Traveler]

It is a way too fast oxidation. I have a little bit of 100 mg nic still in original clear plastic bottle which was in a drawer for more than one year. It is brownish, but not dark.
Anyway, I would prepare a small batch of juice with oxidized nic and taste it. If it is too harsh, replace it. It it is OK, then it is OK to freeze it.

 

[oplholik]

Well, it's not real dark, maybe like a lite colored tea? I dunno, it's not like a dark tea or coffee color. But I'll mix a small batch and try it.

 

[GaryInTexas]

Sounds normal to me. Some nics brands will turn a light tea color quicker than other brands but it should still be good to ape.

 

[DoubleEwe]

What does it smell like?
My poor quality nicotine smelled like fish, but that was after 9 months or so, it was also a light tea colour (started with a slight yellow tinge).

 

[oplholik]

Beings it is 100mg, I didn't take a really good whiff of it, but it smelled just like any other good nic I've gotten.
Getting ready to mix up 10ml's unflavored to try.

 

[sketchness]

freezing it now will still slow further oxidation if you have determined it is still vapeable. where is the nic from?

 

[oplholik]

Just tried it mixed to 10mg, 7/30. Taste good, no fish taste, or peppery taste.

 

[oplholik]

I gotta get this put away quick. Now I'm looking for a good Black Friday sale to pick up a 500ml bottle to go with this.

 

[Alien Traveler]

I gotta get this put away quick. Now I'm looking for a good Black Friday sale to pick up a 500ml bottle to go with this.

Small bottles (60-120 ml) are much better.

 

[oplholik]

I use 120ml bottles to store in the freezer. The 500ml is the size bottle of nic I want to get. That with what I already have will do me and the wife for a few years. Beyond that, if I'm still around, I guess I'll worry bout it then.

 

[mhertz]

Just a quick note on the fish smell... Nicotine by itself has a fishy smell, as also can e.g. be read in many nic msds sheets under it's odor definition part. I have smelled it too several times, also on fresh completely clear chemnovatic nic just gotten; slight fish and ammonia; nic is very alkaline like e.g. amonia too...

Nic is an alkaloid and those are amines from plants and amines are what gives fish it's smell + a derivative to ammonia with similar characteristics...

Anyway, the odor of the nic becomes exagerated when oxidized, so this fish smell can be even more apparent, but just don't automatically think that if you ever smell fish in your nic, that it's because it's bad...