Crock pot accident. Sigh.

[FrankRice]

Hey guys,

I tried to heat steep a 10ml bottle of DIY RY4 Double single flavour in my crock pot/slow cooker. I filled the pot with just enough water to cover my e-liquid and set the temperature to 150 (maximum is 220), but when I came back, all the water evaporated in the slow cooker and the pipette had ballooned up in size! There's even a crack along the side of the rubber cap.

The liquid changed color from clear to a lot darker, but I'm assuming it's been boiled! It smelled really good and caramel-ish, but I decided to flush it. I'm not sure if it's safe to vape after being boiled accidentally. I'm guessing that the slow cooker temperature control is obviously completely inaccurate.

Did I do the right thing to flush it?

Fail!

 

[Hans Wermhat]

That sucks, man. Yeah, I woulda fed it to the toilet too. No tellin what might have leeched from the damaged bottle into the juice.

 

[dannyv45]

Shame about that. All I can say is glass bottles and keep a close eye in it. Keeping the cover on the crock pot will help with evaporation.

 

[Plumes.91]

darn, shame... I probably would of vaped it (but I'm a poor, poor... pooor.. 25yo lol) but, it was probably a good idea for you to have gotten rid of it, in this case... The liquid most-likely turned brown due to it having steeped, not due-to plastic leeching into it. E-Liquid does turn dark in coloration when steeped, especially when steeped for a very long time. (i've vaped 2+ year old juice, and it does get very dark!) you probably even concentrated the nicotine into a smaller concentration of PG/VG suspension. So, there's no telling what MG-level you'd be vaping, if it evaporated OUT of the bottle. I wouldn't steep with the cap off of the bottle, keep the liquid IN. (just my opinion - I heat-steep in the sink, with hot water, and the drain plugged. a half-day of floating in hot water seems to do it, for me) Good luck with your future steeping endeavors, and enjoy your vaping journey.

 

[FrankRice]

Thanks for the feedback and advice guys.

I'm going to start over, and I think I'm going to go for a shake, a 10 hour breathe with the cap off, then a boring 2 day steep in a dark cupboard with the cap on. After that, a 20 minute warm water bath and another 24 hours steep in the cupboard.

Hope something noticeable happens!

 

[seebo]

let time do its job.. in the future, have enough liquid to use while others are steeping..

 

[EverPresentNoob]

only heat I give mine is 8 seconds in a microwave to warm the VG so I can shake the .... outta it, then they sit in my closet a couple weeks before vaping them. Crocpot has killed to many bottles of juice for me so i dont touch it anymore. I gave up on shortcuts and just stick with tried and true TIME.

 

[KentA]

You've discovered another good for the DIY.
Experiment, win/fail, & still come out ahead.