Well, Guess Freezing Nic Doesn't Last a Whole Year???

[JimmyDB]

I fill mine all the way to the top without touching the cap. It leaves less air to oxidize the nic with. To go even further I wrap the bottles with Saran wrap to prevent air and moisture from getting inside. For good measure, I then place the bottle inside a cardboard box partially filled with rice to absorb moisture. I use 15 ml bottles to minimize the amount I take out from the freezer. As you can tell, I protect my Nic as if it was my prized pet.

I really like the level that you go to... I just want to say that rice is a terrible desiccant in general. I can completely understand why someone would use it, as I have seen so many people suggest it, and it's obviously safe to be around other food such as in the freezer.

I like the idea of 15mL bottles, but since most of my batches call for 24mL - 30mL of base NIC, I might start using 30mL bottles. I had not really thought of using batch size containers, just figured I would use larger bottles that could stay out of the freezer for a couple months.

I have a vacuum sealer, haven't used it for this yet, but I am thinking I might put the above mentioned 30mL jars with some desiccant in the bag and vacuum seal them and/or try using one of the jars designed for use with the vacuum sealer. I'm thinking this would be better than doing inert gas replacement within the jar.

Now that I am thinking... products like sta-bil come in special plastic containers that have a separate chamber that gets filled when you squeeze the bottle, and then you can pour your measured (roughly) amount out from that chamber... I'm going to have to see if I can find containers like that, new ones, lol. My thinking is that the air in the main chamber wouldn't get refreshed as often and when new air came in through the small chamber, it would only add to the main chamber versus pouring from a single chamber which leads to exchanging the "air" inside in the process.

This is all possibly way over kill

Just about to reach the post linked to above, which is from a chemist from what I gather...

 

[JRIP]

I fill mine all the way to the top without touching the cap. It leaves less air to oxidize the nic with. To go even further I wrap the bottles with Saran wrap to prevent air and moisture from getting inside. For good measure, I then place the bottle inside a cardboard box partially filled with rice to absorb moisture. I use 15 ml bottles to minimize the amount I take out from the freezer. As you can tell, I protect my Nic as if it was my prized pet.

I'm raiding this guy on doomsday...

 

[dannyv45]

Should I use up the ones that aren't completely full first? I had planned to anyway, since they were the earliest I stashed, but just wondering what that 4ml of headroom might do to it -- 30ml bottles actually hold 34ml to be "fully full".

I have some in the fridge too, which is what I use out of... plenty of air in those since I keep lowering the level, but so far (3 months or so storage in fridge) there is no change... still clear, no odor except that sort of "peppery" smell they started with.

Andria

Honestly I wouldn't worry about how much head room you have in the ones you already store in the freezer. I have some that are not quite as full as recommended and haven't noticed a difference. Just remember going forward that the less air in the bottle the better.

 

[randyith]

You folks are putting your unflavored concentrated Nic liquid in the freezer ... is this really necessary?

I just bought (2ea) 500 ml bottles of 60mg PG Nic from RTS Vapes. This PG Nic is in those white plastic bottles you can't see through.

All I did is put them in a closed (dark) cabinet in the den.

It's going to take me a long time to go through 1000 ml of this unflavored 60mg PG since I mix my juice at 18mg.

Am I making a big mistake by not putting it in the freezer?

I am thinking this stuff will last a very long time if unopened and stored in a closed cabinet in the house ... am I wrong?

yes, it must be in freezer.

 

[SonHouse]

Strange I've had NIC 18 months old that was as fresh as the day I bought it. Maybe that one bottle was bad from day one. I would open the other bottle and see if that one is bad.

What he said.

 

[mountaingal]

I had bought the mfs deal this summer. When I purchased the bottles to store them in they had a chemical smell and it took two boilings to rid the bottles of the smell. I have them in the freezer and used 30ml of it and it was just perfect. Make sure you start with clean, clean bottles.