Corrosive Juices and Tanks with Rubber Gaskets Question

[Gerick]

I been surfing juice websites and noticed a warning of using many juices with plastic tanks.

Ok I understand....but.....

I read a lot of reviews where they said they had a glass tank and it still destroyed their glass tanks because they
had rubber gaskets.

So how do you get around that..are there glass tanks that don't have any rubber parts that will not get corrosive ?

 

[bikerbeagle]

Most tanks come with extra o-rings, or you are provided the option of ordering extra, or you can order them from the same vendor later.

The juice would have to be pretty caustic stuff to eat through silicon, but I suppose it is possible ...even if only over a period of time.

 

[Gerick]

Thanks Bikerbeagle !

Most tanks come with extra o-rings, or you are provided the option of ordering extra, or you can order them from the same vendor later.

The juice would have to be pretty caustic stuff to eat through silicon, but I suppose it is possible ...even if only over a period of time.

 

[peraspera]

I've never used any juices that do that but if one was inclined to use that type of juice I suppose that direct dripping using a stainless or glass drip tip would work. I hope that someone with some flavor expertise will jump in on the issue of whether o-ring eating juices are reasonably safe to vape.

 

[james chapman]

Hi Gerick,I had a problem,with the ce4s,as I like cinnamon and citrus flavors. I bought the Texas tuff tank,7.99 and have had no problem and I have had them for 6-7 months. I bought xtra gaskets,but have yet to use them. You can get them from Vape Dudes,or the maker,at Valley vapes. I love these tanks,as the flavor is awesome. I use the standard resistant Carto from Boge. valley vapes,has all the replacement parts,for the tank and I have a little bag with the gromets and rubber-silicone gaskets but have yet to use them.

 

[Gerick]

Thanks James, I will look into the Texas Tuff Tank .

Hi Gerick,I had a problem,with the ce4s,as I like cinnamon and citrus flavors. I bought the Texas tuff tank,7.99 and have had no problem and I have had them for 6-7 months. I bought xtra gaskets,but have yet to use them. You can get them from Vape Dudes,or the maker,at Valley vapes. I love these tanks,as the flavor is awesome. I use the standard resistant Carto from Boge. valley vapes,has all the replacement parts,for the tank and I have a little bag with the gromets and rubber-silicone gaskets but have yet to use them.

 

[Signal30]

If the chemical breaks down plastic, what is it doing to our lungs?

 

[Zak Rabbit]

One of my favorite juices is Midas Glacial Inferno. I've found that it doesn't eat the "O" rings, it swells them, so when it comes time to fill the tank, it's a pita to move anything held together with them. I've since moved away from tanks and carto's and have gone to rba's so I just have an atomizer set up for that specific juice that I don't pull apart too often. If you run the tank dry, and let it soak in warm water for a bit (over night) they'll shrink back down.

 

[Baditude]

If the chemical breaks down plastic, what is it doing to our lungs?

No one can say for certain that it does anything to our lungs. The phenomenon is simply a reaction of certain flavor components having a chemical reaction to a specific kind of plastic - polycarbonate. The molecules of these certain flavors chemically bind to certain molecules of the polycarbonate. As more and more bonds between the two happen, the plastic's mechanical structure breaks down and results in cracking or melting the plastic. These flavors do nothing like this to our lungs.

Another anology would be this. Most people drink soda pop and have no issues with their stomach. Many people apply soda pop to the corrosive buildup on their car battery terminals to remove it. That is an example of certain substances having specific reactions to each other, and not with others.

There's more information on this subject in this blog article that I wrote: http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...6-something-safe-cinnamon-citrus-flavors.html

 

[Caridwen]

The gaskets aren't made of polycarbonate.

 

[Baditude]

The gaskets aren't made of polycarbonate.

This is true. Probably either silicone or rubber, neither of which should be affected by the volatile flavors.