has anyone had their tank crack?

[Maiar]

Had another evod crack on me yesterday. But it isn't leaking. So I'm gonna squeeze every bit of life out of it before it does.

 

[Mowgli]

Maiar - Toss that .....! tanks and juice are cheap, lungs not so much. It's degrading plastic into your vape.

Cinnamon Red Hots - when I was a new vaper

GWAR Bloodbath - said it's a cracker right on their site

Cola blew apart a friend's evod before she could get it screwed together.

 

[Maiar]

Maiar - Toss that .....! Tanks and juice are cheap, lungs not so much. It's degrading plastic into your vape.

Hmm... good point... Thanks

 

[Maiar]

While i'm here and on the topic of tanks crapping out... whats with the plastic turning white like its fogged up but it never clears up? Kind of like Mowgli's first pic? It isn't cracked though.

 

[longhornvap]

My Kanger protank 3 tank had broken and i bought new nautilus tank. I think nautilus tank is better than kanger tanks.

 

[IMFire3605]

Maiar - that can be the first sign of cracking on borderline cracking juices, it etches the plastic at the weak points, one of many ways they frost glass with a powerful acid. Stronger PH liquids, those same weak spots in the plastic, the liquid reacts more violently while it seeps in, causing heat and expansion in the plastic, similar effect of how ice cracks a stone only with heat. Thoug it is not a noticable amount of heat generated you can feel to the touch, it is enough to generate force on the microscopic level.

 

[jambi]

While i'm here and on the topic of tanks crapping out... whats with the plastic turning white like its fogged up but it never clears up? Kind of like Mowgli's first pic? It isn't cracked though.

It's called 'crazing'. Chemical reaction between solvents in the liquid and the plastic.

As to exactly what solvents are in those eliquids...that's a really good question! Back in my plastic model building days, we used acetone or clear lacquer to intentionally achieve a 'frosted' or textured effect on styrene plastic. The results were identical to what certain liquids do to plastic tanks. The old Testors model glue worked on the same principle. A solvent in the glue slightly etched the surfaces of the plastic to 'fuse' the parts together. Always had to be careful with the paint/adhesive/styrene plastic combination. "Hot" lacquers, for example, couldn't be used without first sealing the plastic, and a tiny amount of tube glue, even residual from your fingers, would immediately craze clear plastic.

(2 cents) Begs the question...what's in the 'cracker' liquids that's causing the reaction? Not saying there's cause for panic...I've seen unusually acidic tomato sauce craze plastic food containers. But, if a liquid is too aggressive for plastic, might be wise to refrain from inhaling it till we have WAY more information about what's causing the reaction.

 

[Twigg99]

I have been using banana liquid for a month or so. I had THREE tanks crack on my in less than an hour a few days ago (I keep several tanks ready). I never thought banana would do that. My wife uses orange flavor, in fear of cracking tanks, I got her a glass tank. I am amazed that banana could be so caustic.

 

[GillyThaKid]

This has got me scared. I've got a Bayou with the PMMA tank, I'll have to invest in a glass carto tank I guess then. Need to find one that looks good on top my Guppy.

 

[GillyThaKid]

wondering why one needs to see the juice in it, vape will tell ya when it's running low, plus have a pretty good handle on how much juice I vape a day. One of my rituals before going to work, is to fill up 3 tanks and throw in fresh batts on the three mods that I take with. Generally have to top off 2 tanks after returning home.



It's called a chemical reaction, acidic juices have a caustic reaction to plastic. Ph can be a pretty impressive force given the right environment. It's like saying, why does it hurt when I squirt lemon juice on an open sore???? Well, if you can answer that, you can figure out how it could crack plastic. Just saying. not that hard to understand.



Vape long and Prosper.!!!

I like watching the juice honestly. Why would these companies make them in pretty colors if they weren't meant to be displayed.

 

[Maiar]

They need to make a glass version of the regular old evod-1's lol