Pouring juice from my tank back into the bottle. A No-No?
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Unless the juice has mixed with some sort of "contaminated" old juice in the tank (re: gunk/burnt particulates in the juice), you should be fine pouring it back into the bottle.
Im sure many many people (including me) do it all the time.
Im sure many many people (including me) do it all the time.
This doesn't really answer the question, I've ended up with some empty bottles from eliquids that I've used up, and these are my transition bottles.
So like I have a 25 ml bottle of turkish; I pour some of that into a small transition bottle; and I fill the tank from the transition bottle; (I might also add a few drops of clove, or some glycerine to it); if I don't like it or whatever, I can pour from the tank to the transition bottle without contaminating the original 25ml bottle
As I understand it, the potential exists for contamination. If you have bacteria in your tank, it can theoretically get worse in your bottle (I have no idea why there's such a big difference). What I've heard is that you can even sterilize a tank (or a tankomizer) by immersing it in boiling water (just be sure to let it fully dry). But then I'm no expert - YMMV.
The only time I won't pour from a tank back into a bottle is when I screw up and burn a coil because I didn't turn the mod off before I put it in my pocket.
I have a hard time believing any bacteria or fungus can live or grow in e-liquid. Nicotine is a natural "poison" (depending upon the concentration), and both propolyne glycol (pg) and vegetable glycerin (vg) are bacteriostatic in nature.
As you refill your tank, the components in the e-liquid not vaporized will continue to build up in the tank, be this certain flavoring agents or particulate matter (some flavors are more notable to do this than others).
Of course, some flavorings can crack or melt polycarbonate plastic, most notably some cinnamon and citrus flavors. This can etch the plastic and contaminate the e-liquid. The juice within these now chemically contaminated tanks should not be used, nor the tank be used thereafter. Both should be disposed of.
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As you refill your tank, the components in the e-liquid not vaporized will continue to build up in the tank, be this certain flavoring agents or particulate matter (some flavors are more notable to do this than others).
Of course, some flavorings can crack or melt polycarbonate plastic, most notably some cinnamon and citrus flavors. This can etch the plastic and contaminate the e-liquid. The juice within these now chemically contaminated tanks should not be used, nor the tank be used thereafter. Both should be disposed of.
SOMETHING SAFE FOR CINNAMON & CITRUS FLAVORS
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Awesome, thanks for that explanation Baditude. I figured it had something to do with contamination but I couldn't figure it out. So good juice can go back to my bottle, bad juice can't. Makes perfect sense to me now, and that's been my m.o., glad to know I'm doing it ok.
Careful boiling tanks. On my Vivi Nova, if you boil the plastic tank, it will leak like crazy. Found that out twice. I now boil only the metal parts. I set aside the drip tip (with gasket) the rubber nipple thing on the atomizer and the plastic tank. Boil the rest with abandon. I then dry, then dry burn the atomizer and return it to the boil. Dry everything off, blow out remaining moisture, then return to service. Works almost like a new setup.
I presonally do not pour liquid I've been vaping back in a fresh bottle of juice. Once you start vaping the liquid, it becomes darker in color from being heated up. To me it's been partially cooked. Depending what type liquid, pg/vg base it can become thicker. So for me it's not fresh anymore, it will be poured out before going near a fresh bottle of my liquid.
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