Question about plastics

[Banana Vap70]

Should I be concerned at all about mixing and storing in plastic bottles? What about the flavorings that I get, the LA flavors come in glass, but the TFA come in plastic.

I have seen a few things posted and honestly I don't know how to tell the difference between different types of plastics. I know that there are certain flavors that are considered tank crackers, I can only guess that those flavors and or mixes should never be stored in plastic, which is weird because one of the very first juices that I got was a cinnamon red hot and it was sold to me in plastic.

I guess that I want to make sure exactly what I should worry about and what is okay.

I will say what prompted this was I just mixed up a Strawberry (TFA Strawberry) Cotton Candy (TFA EM Cotton Candy) flavor into a plastic bottle (soft plastic) and after going back after a few hours to shake it again, popped the top off to let it air a bit and it smells funny, and while I couldn't put my finger on it for sure, the first place my mind went was to melted plastic.

Thanks in advance for any advise.

 

[Wingsfan0310]

Bottles made or used for E-juice should be made of LDPE plastic which is usually ok.
Plastic bottle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I personally only use glass for my DIY other than a couple of small 7ml bottles I'm still using for test batches. I however have been replacing them with 8ml glass vials that the TFA flavors come in from WL as I use them up. I try to avoid using plastic for e-juice as much as possible. I feel better using glass.

Cheers,
Steve

 

[Banana Vap70]

Thanks Steve, that is what I will do as well as I just don't care for the uncertainly and having to worry about what flavors have issues which don't, it will just be better all around.

Glad that the flavoring I ordered today was from WL, at least those will be taken care of. I was sad that they were out of the droppers tho. Specialty Bottle has pretty good pricing on bottles and vials, no minimum and when I ordered the blue bottles to separate my nic liquid into smaller batches, the shipping was free, and took about 3 days to get, so I'll get some from there and just get out of the plastics all together.

Edit: Actually it was Packing Options Direct that I ordered my bottles from. 15ml cobolt blue bottles for .29 each & 18mm glass droppers for .35 each and free shipping.

 

[Wingsfan0310]

Your welcome BV. That's how I feel too, one less thing to worry about. As another added plus I find glass to be much easier to clean the old flavors scent out of. Win, win situation!

Cheers,
Steve

 

[WillyZee]

I have too much juice to warrant not using plastic ... I only use boston glass bottles to store my nicotine base in the freezer.

 

[Ld3441]

Packing Options Direct has some great prices on their bottles!
I have purchased some and planned on getting more. Good find! Thanks!

 

[dannyv45]

I long term store in glass and my juices that are used every day are in plastic squeeze bottles with #18g needle tips.

 

[44shooter]

Awesome deal on Bottles. Just ordered 20. Thanks for the info! They didnt even charge shipping.

 

[zoiDman]

Should I be concerned at all about mixing and storing in plastic bottles? What about the flavorings that I get, the LA flavors come in glass, but the TFA come in plastic.

I have seen a few things posted and honestly I don't know how to tell the difference between different types of plastics. I know that there are certain flavors that are considered tank crackers, I can only guess that those flavors and or mixes should never be stored in plastic, which is weird because one of the very first juices that I got was a cinnamon red hot and it was sold to me in plastic.

I guess that I want to make sure exactly what I should worry about and what is okay.

I will say what prompted this was I just mixed up a Strawberry (TFA Strawberry) Cotton Candy (TFA EM Cotton Candy) flavor into a plastic bottle (soft plastic) and after going back after a few hours to shake it again, popped the top off to let it air a bit and it smells funny, and while I couldn't put my finger on it for sure, the first place my mind went was to melted plastic.

Thanks in advance for any advise.

I think people Should put some thought into what they Store their e-Liquids in. Absolutely they Should.

As you noted, there are Many Types of Plastics. Each with varying degrees of Chemical Resistance and Reactive Properties.

I'm not an Expert on Plastics or a Chemist. But I have done much work in the Injection Molding field writing CNC Code to make Die Sets. One thing I learned, which I never thought about much, is the Use of Recycled Plastics when a Container is made.

In the USA, there are Strict Laws for containers that will hold a "Food Product" or a Consumable Item. Unfortunately, many other Countries Like China do Not Have or Enforce the Laws they do with Regard to thing like 1st Use Materials or the Amount of Recycled and Type of Plastic that can be used.

And None of this Applies to e-Liquids because there are No Current Regulations regarding the Packaging of an e-Liquid.

So the Bottle you have that says it is LDPE may well be made from 1st Use Polyethylene but also many contain Recycled Polystyrene. And Polystyrene is Bad News when used around something that is going to go in your Body.

For me, since it is Next to Impossible to Know if a Plastic Container was made to Hold a Food or Consumable product, I choose to use Glass to hold All my e-Liquids, Nicotine Base, Flavorings.

It takes the guess work out of things. Glass also Doesn't take on Odors or Flavors so it can be Used Again and Again after Simple Washing.

 

[Banana Vap70]

Awesome deal on Bottles. Just ordered 20. Thanks for the info! They didnt even charge shipping.

Yes this was the best deal I could find and I was very please with the delivery time as well, for free shipping I thought it might take a long time, but just a few days. I only wish they had the smaller dram size vials, but you can't complain about the pricing.

 

[Ohms Lawbreaker]

Only thing I don't like about glass are the little cardboard washers inside the cap that compress, degrade or get lost over time. The HDPE plastic squeeze bottles are less liable to leak that way and great for filling tanks. But I use the glass for mixing and longer storage. The cobalt blue ones look really cool and are great for base nic.

 

[zoiDman]

Only thing I don't like about glass are the little cardboard washers inside the cap that compress, degrade or get lost over time. The HDPE plastic squeeze bottles are less liable to leak that way and great for filling tanks. But I use the glass for mixing and longer storage. The cobalt blue ones look really cool and are great for base nic.

Look for Bottles that have "Ploy Caps".

 

[Coelli]

Thanks for the tip about Packaging Options Direct! GREAT prices and no shipping? Just placed an order for a bunch of glass bottles and caps.

 

[Ld3441]

I guess I ordered more than the rest of you. LOL
I had shipping charges but it wasn't bad.

 

[keonee]

Thanks for posting Packing Options Direct...just ordered a few bottles myself.