I had my vamo equipped with my protank II sitting on my lap last night, and I stood up without realizing it. When it hit my carpeted floor, it hit mouthpiece first and snapped the center air stem at the top where it connects to the main housing piece.
I've been using TV Atomic Cinnacide in this tank (Original recipe that contains some red dye), which loves to dye kanger's glue a bright red color. It dyed my mini protank's glue red before, and I noticed that the ring around the air stem where i assumed it was welded was turning red. For the past 2 days, the glue has been flaking off and floating down into my juice, and i figured it was only a matter of time before it came loose completely.
Now that I dropped and snapped the air stem, i can see that it's got some glue still stuck to it, but still appeared to have been either welded or soldered to the housing, as it didn't break off with a clean edge as it would have if it'd been only glued in. I'm curious how kanger can advertise this thing as 100% glue-free, when it's clear that there is some glue used on the center stem.
Now i'm wondering if i can solder it back in, or if i'm SOL...I can't afford to buy another PTII if it's going to die in less than a month again. I was already ...... enough when the glue melted on my mini protank, since the whole idea of a glass tank is that it's tough enough to hold up to the juices that the plastic tanks can't handle. This just really grinds my gears, and I'd love to get an answer from kanger as to why this tank had any glue at all.
I've been using TV Atomic Cinnacide in this tank (Original recipe that contains some red dye), which loves to dye kanger's glue a bright red color. It dyed my mini protank's glue red before, and I noticed that the ring around the air stem where i assumed it was welded was turning red. For the past 2 days, the glue has been flaking off and floating down into my juice, and i figured it was only a matter of time before it came loose completely.
Now that I dropped and snapped the air stem, i can see that it's got some glue still stuck to it, but still appeared to have been either welded or soldered to the housing, as it didn't break off with a clean edge as it would have if it'd been only glued in. I'm curious how kanger can advertise this thing as 100% glue-free, when it's clear that there is some glue used on the center stem.
Now i'm wondering if i can solder it back in, or if i'm SOL...I can't afford to buy another PTII if it's going to die in less than a month again. I was already ...... enough when the glue melted on my mini protank, since the whole idea of a glass tank is that it's tough enough to hold up to the juices that the plastic tanks can't handle. This just really grinds my gears, and I'd love to get an answer from kanger as to why this tank had any glue at all.
