ejuice contacting raw aluminum safe?

[txredxj]

so i want to make a hybrid mechanical and aluminum is easy to work with. so im thinking i can make a new base for an agat will be easiest to do. plans are for an aluminum body with copper contacts. the thing im worried about is the base will have ejuice on it all the time.

 

[coolbud01]

I wouldn't think it would be a problem, seeing that soda cans are made from aluminum. Not sure if there's a difference between machined aluminum grades and the grade they make cans out of, in regards to food safety. All I've ever seen the canning factory do is run the cans thru a bath of soapy water before shipping them off to be filled.

 

[txredxj]

the stock ill be using is 6061 and is used in beverage can and aluminum foil. didnt know if it had a weird reaction with ejuice.

 

[ragnarokstar]

I think there is a lining in soda cans. This was an issue with, I believe, the Noble 1. People wouldn't buy it until it was anodized. I'd spend some time on google first.

 

[fido5150]

You should be able to anodize those parts easily enough with a home setup.
Just do some searches for home anodizing and you should find plenty of information.
Since your surface area will be so small, you won't need that large of a power supply, even a decently-sized wall wart should work.

You really don't want any sort of raw metal (except maybe stainless) in direct prolonged contact with caustic juices, since they can leach into the juice and then you start building up metals in your body.

Anodizing essentially coats the aluminum with a layer of sapphire, that forms a barrier between the juice and the metal.

 

[txredxj]

i read about the noble 1 and found good info. only problem is anodizing cuts down on conductivity. thinking now that i will use ss. aluminum build up in your body is really bad so i will just try and avoid that.