What the hell is that?

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Quoiyaien

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Hey guys,

I just refilled the tank on my Zenesis with a clear DIY liquid. I went to the store, and when I got back, there was this red cloud forming in the liquid around the wick...

Like blood red. Its weird, and now im scared to vape it, cause I dont know what it is..

Anyone have any idea whats going on here?

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The more I look at it, the more Im thinking its rust from the mesh wick... I washed it out before adding the new juice, but it IS stainless mesh.... I know stainless can rust, but I wouldn't think it could happen that quickly...

To vape or not to vape... Its was DIY so 5mls is rather inexpensive, but I still dont want to waste it...
 

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not a new wick, I ran a full tank of Decadent vapors absinthe juice through it... And it came form the previous owner, so who knows how much use it got before that. (didnt have any mesh to roll my own, but will very soon).

I simply rinsed out the tank with water, dried it, and put the DIY liquid in. Damn it, i am going to sink it, I dont like not knowing what im vaping... I just want to know what it is..

Heres a pic: (note that when it first appeared it was a dense cloud right around the wick, it seems to have diffused a bit now... but still, it scares me to vape it, even though it probably is rust)

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Looks like a darker color juice leaking out of the mesh. My carto tanks will do that if the carto is getting up in age. The juice in the carto gets darker from being heated and when you put new juice in, it mixes with stuff coming out of the punched hole.

Wick has probably been used with a darker juice, or was full of it still. I'd dump the tank but it's not rust if it's stainless steel mesh wick. That doesn't rust.
 

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Thats the thing, I had a ligher green liquid in it before and it was fine. Also, stainless CAN rust, though it takes more for it to do so (like something acidic, or prolonged immersion in water) . However, 316 has a relatively high stain resistance compared to other stainless steels due to its high chromium content. So I doubt its rust.

Oh well, I dumped the juice and now have a diy lemon lime in there, and it seems to be fine. (good juice too!)

Thanks for the input guys, I appreciate it!

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