Glycerin question
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well it dont actually say anything on the bottle like USP at all. and on the back under ingredients it says just 100% Glycerin
To be on the safe side stick to where you know mate. I know alot of stores on the web which sell eliquid but i wont touch them because some of them ingridients they show look very strange
Since you're in the UK, yours probably won't say USP. If it says somewhere on the bottle that it's food grade, you should be OK.
I also had a look at some glycerin at local pharmacy, also didn't say food grade or anything. But the liquid was very shiny and 'oily' looking, so I thought "NO way I'm vaping that..." Probably safe to take in orally (mouth sore ect), but not for inhalation!
Who knows... it's probably safe. But then again... this is stuff you're taking into your lungs. So make sure.
I only get DIY juice ingredients from vaping websites I trust. I know they've checked it out and it's used for vaping. I don't even use the USP VG from the USA pharmacies that everyone on here seems to recommend frequently. I think my last order was about $8.00 for a year's supply of VG.... and I got it while getting the nic base.
OTOH... I've had some VG that didn't agree with me... and it was from a lower-cost vaping website. Not all ingredients are created equal.
BTW... I'm fully aware that I was a "leaf burner" for 30 years. lol. But I'm trying to reform!
I only get DIY juice ingredients from vaping websites I trust. I know they've checked it out and it's used for vaping. I don't even use the USP VG from the USA pharmacies that everyone on here seems to recommend frequently. I think my last order was about $8.00 for a year's supply of VG.... and I got it while getting the nic base.
OTOH... I've had some VG that didn't agree with me... and it was from a lower-cost vaping website. Not all ingredients are created equal.
BTW... I'm fully aware that I was a "leaf burner" for 30 years. lol. But I'm trying to reform!
That's how VG looks. It's quite thick. If you stick your finger in, it's pretty sweet.
I have a whole gallon I got for free from P&G. Remember when they were sending out freebies? I don't know what I'm going to do with it all and it'd be too expensive to ship to anyone. I might bring it to a vapefest and give it away.
It probably is food grade and safe, but go back and ask the Pharmacist...I mean....Chemist. LOL
cheers everyone for your input, its just im trying to save to get a Odysseus when they get more in and a nice pro-v as well to go nicely with it lol . and with the juice iv got to get it would of been helpful to be able to use the bottle iv got from the chemist, ( all it has on the bottle is a (CARE +) sine.
wow Swedisfish lol id love a nice big bottle free of charge lol :O)
I really dont know were you would fined out for sure what is safe, for all we really know everyone mite be just using the same stuff :O)-
wow Swedisfish lol id love a nice big bottle free of charge lol :O)
I really dont know were you would fined out for sure what is safe, for all we really know everyone mite be just using the same stuff :O)-
Hi Sunhouse 
Sounds like you may have bought the same glycerine as I did from Boots? 100ml (Care +) for about £1.20. If so it's fine
Sounds like you may have bought the same glycerine as I did from Boots? 100ml (Care +) for about £1.20. If so it's fine
I think, since the OP is in the UK, the equivalent marking (on any substance) would be "BP" rather than "USP".
In the UK it must say:
Glycerine, BP
or
Glycerine, EU
It must say exactly that on the label or it can be anything. Don't touch anything else as it won't be pharmaceutical grade, which is the only grade you should inhale. Other grades can have several per cent contaminants, it's not important for food because the digestive system can take care of it.
There are 4 grades:
Industrial Grade
Agricultural Grade
Food Grade
Pharmaceutical Grade [inhalation]
You can add from 5% to 20% distilled water to it, to thin it out. This is normal. In fact you must add at least 5% to it, for several reasons.
Of course, you can vape anything you like, but the only material advised for inhalation says 'Glycerine, BP' on the label. Other products are very likely to have a higher percentage of contaminants.
Glycerine, BP
or
Glycerine, EU
It must say exactly that on the label or it can be anything. Don't touch anything else as it won't be pharmaceutical grade, which is the only grade you should inhale. Other grades can have several per cent contaminants, it's not important for food because the digestive system can take care of it.
There are 4 grades:
Industrial Grade
Agricultural Grade
Food Grade
Pharmaceutical Grade [inhalation]
You can add from 5% to 20% distilled water to it, to thin it out. This is normal. In fact you must add at least 5% to it, for several reasons.
Of course, you can vape anything you like, but the only material advised for inhalation says 'Glycerine, BP' on the label. Other products are very likely to have a higher percentage of contaminants.
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Good advice there rolygate, good advice everyone, thank you. iv looked at my bottle and man its thick stuff, its hard to get it to pass through a blunt needle, and as it dose not say BP or EU i think im goner pass on it and give it to the bin i think guys. its so not worth it, even though it cost me £3.50 lol
cheers!!
cheers!!
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