plastic bottles

[Heatherport]

This question occured to me and I'm sure someone must know the answer. The little white bottles that you can mix and put your juice in? Is the plastic "safe"...i.e. is anything going to leach out of the plastic into your juice (don't know if I'm phrasing it right, but you get the gist?)

 

[horton]

I'd say the plastic bottles are safe. The liquids we use to DIY are not going to degrade the plastic or cause it to "melt". If you are really concerned about plastic, you might want to consider using small glass bottles with dropper tops, but if you live in a house with tile floors like I do, the odds of breakage go up rapidly. I would not worry about those bottles..... they have been in use since the inception of e-juice. I found a good source for them in bulk is flea bay or there are specialized companies that sell in wholesale lots if you plan on doing a lot of mixing. The cost per bottle goes down big time when buying in bulk. Maybe if you have a local group, you could do an order and split it up among the members.

 

[tinstar15]

Here's a site that sells glass bottles...
. Wholesale Glass, Aluminum, Plastic (PET) Bottles - Wholesale Jars, Glass Vials, Essential Oils
They do bulk orders and small lots. Pretty good prices in general. I'm partial to the cobalt blue myself

 

[Heatherport]

Thank you!

 

[Kevin Freeheart]

Plastic bottles of "type 1" (PET or PETE) and "type 2" (HDPE) are used extensively in food handling. There's a debate on my homebrew forums about plastic versus glass fermenters for this reason.

PETE is used in soda bottles. HDPE is used to contain the pickles that go on fast food hamburgers. If you're buying your own bottles, look for those designations.

 

[Heatherport]

Thanks Kevin.