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[SiBurning]

Joined the site 6 months ago and still can't post like a grownup until I do 5 baby posts. Really wanted to post in one of the threads about chemicals safety or glassware, but that'll have to wait...

Been using an ego-t these past 6 months. Have 3 batteries. Attachments are normal 510 as well as A & B size atomizers with tanks & silicon plugs, drip tips, cartomizers, etc. Find it hard to drip into the normal 510, so the larger ones are nice. Thinking of branching out to other parts, especially higher or adjustable voltages. Might just hack something together and attach it to a lab power supply and test out some voltages.

Just got the basics for brewing some liquids. PG, VG, flavor, & nicotine. Seems pretty simple. Also picked up a starter kit. I have a small chemistry kit for etching, and I don't want to mix up the equipment, so this kit stays in the kitchen. Would hate to vape barium or lead.

And that's really what made me want to post. There's a thread elsewhere where someone asks about buying potentially used glassware. I'd never use unknown used glass for vaping, eating, or even for making soap.

 

[mooreted]

Welcome to the forum. The 5 post rule helps cut down on spam. Don't think vaping barium or lead would be a good idea.

Hope you enjoy your time here.

 

[dormouse]

Welcome!

Once you have 5 non-spammed posts or replies in New Members and an hour wait, you'll be able to post elsewhere.

 

[Tonybee]

Welcome to the site, post often

 

[calico21]

I gave you a like for your post that will help you along your way. I'm a soap maker and Never use glass for that used or new. Period!

 

[SiBurning]

Interesting that you mention soap. I do some simple experiments with shaving soap because I'm active on a shaving forum. Haven't made soap (yet) but have tested pH, solubility and related physical attributes, and stuff like that. Also do a lot with microscopes. Here's what lather does to hair. Here's many large pictures of razor blades on that same site. The problem with soap is that surfactants cling to glass like paint and are unfriendly with pH meters. I have test tubes and beakers for the soaps that I keep separate from the other lab gear because of this.

Really, the main difference or reason for separating the glass is how well I evacuate the kitchen, how I clean the glass and dispose of waste, and what I use for drying and so on. The soap stuff isn't toxic so I can do it in the kitchen or bath without worrying. For example, I'll let the soap stuff dry on the dish rack, but not the etching stuff.

 

[calico21]

With actual soap making, the bar stuff, most of the ingredients are totally safe fats, oils, colorants. The problem arises when you add the sodium hydroxide. The resulting reaction can create a .... load of heat and either shatter the glass then or etch away at it over time. The mixture at this point is still very caustic and can burn in both ways(heat and chemical). So no one wants the container shattering on to them or trying to clean it up. Since most soap makers on the forum I'm on come as noobs for info,help and tips and tricks the consensus is to tell them not to use it under any circumstances. Appropriate graded plastic and stainless steel are recommended.

 

[SiBurning]

Makes sense, since most bases don't live well in glass anyway. Guess there's not much need to use glass for e-liquid except maybe for flavors. I'll see what comes in the DIY Flavor Shack starter kit and supplement as needed.

I actually have a prepared 50% dillution of NaOH (probably weakened by now), glycerin, some molds, tallow and other oils, and some other stuff to make soap, but I never got around to actually making any.

 

[SiBurning]

3 posts and I already feel like Oddball. I come to a vaping forum and talk about making soap. May as well add my other related hobby that will serve well in DIYing some mechanics. It's electronics. You can find me online if you search for: collect soldering stations.

 

[calico21]

Most like to store their nicotine in glass in the freezer to stop or delay any degradation over time. I don't think I could do that comfortably. If the nicotine decreases minimally over time so be it, I'll stick with plastic for now since I don't keep that much around. Who knows what I'll do in the event of government interference.

 

[SiBurning]

Ordered a cartomizer tank and a Boge Revolution. One of these days I'll get some kind of higher, variable voltage.

 

[SiBurning]

Also grabbed an elite 808, tornado booster, and vape mate. It's that time of the year.