I gleek a lot while toking. Gleeking is when the spit glands under your tongue shoot saliva out really quickly. With my new set up, it's a little rough on the pull and I gleek every pull. It's not an issue, I hope? But it goes into the mouth piece for sure. Does it mix in with the cotton and juice? Is it bad if it does? I CANT FIND ANY ANSWERS ANYWHERE and after 30 min of searching, I've decided to join this site for an answer someone might have. What would make me the most at ease is if a scientist would say "vaping little bits of spit is fine", but I'm looking for the full story; does this happen to others, does it mess up your juice or cotton or coils, does it burn your own mouth biome therefore it's not an issue/is a major issue? IDK so please any insight would be great. If you don't know the science behind what you're talking about, just a normal experience share would still be appreciated. P.L.U.R.
Gleek while toking. Safe or not?
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Would you spit into your ejuice bottle, shake it, and then let it ferment for a week... then vape it?
Saliva contains various enzymes, bacteria, and other junk that, if allowed to ferment for an extended time in your vape juice, is certainly not good.
The answer is: If you go through what you've contaminated in a minimal amount of time, there's no issue. If it's a dripper, then you'll be cleaning it often enough regardless (or you should be). If your tank lasts a week before you finish it the juice inside, or you top it off instead of cleaning it regularly, then you're more susceptible to any potential undesired effects of vaping contaminated juice.
The fermentation or breakdown of certain components due to the contamination of your ejuice would be the potential issue, and that takes a bit of time, not the vaping of saliva, which in and of itself isn't harmful... just kinda gross.
The other side of the coin is that PG, a component of most ejuices, is naturally antibacterial, but the point still stands: Time is the major factor here. The longer the juice is contaminated, the more potential for issues.
Saliva contains various enzymes, bacteria, and other junk that, if allowed to ferment for an extended time in your vape juice, is certainly not good.
The answer is: If you go through what you've contaminated in a minimal amount of time, there's no issue. If it's a dripper, then you'll be cleaning it often enough regardless (or you should be). If your tank lasts a week before you finish it the juice inside, or you top it off instead of cleaning it regularly, then you're more susceptible to any potential undesired effects of vaping contaminated juice.
The fermentation or breakdown of certain components due to the contamination of your ejuice would be the potential issue, and that takes a bit of time, not the vaping of saliva, which in and of itself isn't harmful... just kinda gross.
The other side of the coin is that PG, a component of most ejuices, is naturally antibacterial, but the point still stands: Time is the major factor here. The longer the juice is contaminated, the more potential for issues.
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We used to call that "frogging" in high school. I was the champion at about 4.5 feet, but they refused to put it in the year book
Would you spit into your ejuice bottle, shake it, and then let it ferment for a week... then vape it?
Saliva contains various enzymes, bacteria, and other junk that, if allowed to ferment for an extended time in your vape juice, is certainly not good.
The answer is: If you go through what you've contaminated in a minimal amount of time, there's no issue. If it's a dripper, then you'll be cleaning it often enough regardless (or you should be). If your tank lasts a week before you finish it the juice inside, or you top it off instead of cleaning it regularly, then you're more susceptible to any potential undesired effects of vaping contaminated juice.
The fermentation or breakdown of certain components due to the contamination of your ejuice would be the potential issue, and that takes a bit of time, not the vaping of saliva, which in and of itself isn't harmful... just kinda gross.
The other side of the coin is that PG, a component of most ejuices, is naturally antibacterial, but the point still stands: Time is the major factor here. The longer the juice is contaminated, the more potential for issues.
I've considered all of that. Nicotine also can kill bacteria. I'm talking about vaping a very little amount of spit and running the juice dry occasionally. I fill the tank up every day which would hardly equate to mixing spit and juice since the spit going into the atomizer would be the first thing to ignite. I've had many vape products in the passed and never thought about it. I think because it's so hard to hit this mod, I'm gleeking into it more often which seems to have caused more sputter and issues hence posing the question. I think this mod (vape quest q-ultra) might just be .... Maybe the question I'm asking is "it ok to vape your own ((fresh)) saliva". I'd imagine there'd be a huge news story if that were the case, but we've been vaping for a while so it must be safe? Either way, thanks for the thoughts! It definitely helped me narrowing down an answer.
I just took a few tokes DL and MTL and I have no idea how you could gleek into you drip tip. When I vape, my tongue is positioned such that any gleeks are suppressed from shooting forward, any gleeks would just immediately hit the bottom of my tongue. Perhaps you need to pay more attention to the position of your tongue and learn to vape differently.
Of all the testing that yet needs to be done on vaping, I have a feeling vaping saliva is never gonna happen unless they see it as a possible way to come up with a negative result to further demonize vaping.
Of all the testing that yet needs to be done on vaping, I have a feeling vaping saliva is never gonna happen unless they see it as a possible way to come up with a negative result to further demonize vaping.
Welcome Brain Handsome, and good luck. I believe there must be a way to conquer your issue and get the most out of vaping.
Gleeking. Now I've heard everything. Welcome Brain Handsome. Have you tried wearing a mask when you vape?
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