bad stain on iclear30 caused by pineapple eliquid?

[IndyJones]

after cleaning the head on my innokin iclear30 i filled it with a mix mostly consisting of liquid made from TPA pineapple 20%, sweetener 8%, 72%VG. i topped it off with other liquids several times for a week, the coil burned out today and when i took it apart i noticed a translucent stain over about a third of the clear surface. the stain is impervious to soaking in everclear and scraping, it looks and feels like fingernail polish. i have had it for more than a month but never had a staining problem until i used the pineapple

anyone else had a similar problems? any ideas how to remove it?

 

[IndyJones]

did i post this in the wrong section?

 

[crshsnwmn]

Sounds like you found a "tank cracker" juice, I have seen a long list of flavors known to crack plastic tanks on the forum somewhere.
It's the reason I primarily used pro tanks before switching strictly to rebuildable atomizers.

 

[The Ocelot]

Pineapple can be very hard on tanks. You might find my blog interesting.

EEEKKK! What happened to my tank?

 

[IndyJones]

that was a helpful article. i rarely use the tank cracking juices and only recently started using the iclear30 a lot. I had never experienced melting. i did replace the head and refilled it with another liquid, it tastes fine but now i'm wondering it is safe to use now that the polycarb has been compromised. For that matter, i think i'm justifiably concerned about vaping something that can melt polycarb.

 

[crshsnwmn]

Personally I would toss that one.
No comment on safety of the flavors, but excessive dye does tick me off a little.

 

[IndyJones]

Personally I would toss that one.

yep, doing it now, I wonder what i can do with the old base.

 

[crshsnwmn]

healthcabin.net sells replacement tubes, don't know about anyone else.

 

[IndyJones]

Sounds like you found a "tank cracker" juice, I have seen a long list of flavors known to crack plastic tanks on the forum somewhere.
It's the reason I primarily used pro tanks before switching strictly to rebuildable atomizers.

i found the list and tfa pineapple is on it, i noticed several other pineapples on the list too

 

[crshsnwmn]

Ironically, I was bored and cleaning some of the old vape gear I don't use any more - found two of my evods cracked at the top shoulder, don't recall ever dropping them, but I do like a lot of the tank cracking flavors.

 

[IndyJones]

i'm not sure you would call my incident a melting, unless the process somehow adds volume, it was more like my wicks had become nail polish brushes