Which Flavor is ruining My Syringes

[Steve K]

I've never had this happen before but one of these is the culprit in this recipe that is jamming up my syringes, all are Tfa/Tpa flavors.

Cola Syrup (TPA)

Ethyl Maltol 10% (TPA)

French Vanilla (TPA)

Menthol (TPA)

 

[Just Me]

I've never had this happen before but one of these is the culprit in this recipe that is jamming up my syringes, all are Tfa/Tpa flavors.

Cola Syrup (TPA)

Ethyl Maltol 10% (TPA)

French Vanilla (TPA)

Menthol (TPA)

Menthol and Cola are likely suspects. Doubtfully French Vanilla. Never heard of Ethyl Maltol causing that reaction.

 

[Steve K]

Would it attack a syringe within a minute Because thats how long it was in it for and this is the second syringe it happened to.I heard ripe banana does this.

 

[Dixie1954]

This site says that Cola Syrup is a cracker so yeah my guess would be that 1. Good info site to bookmark >>> Flavor Percentage Recommendations

 

[thetrucker]

I've never had this happen before but one of these is the culprit in this recipe that is jamming up my syringes, all are Tfa/Tpa flavors.

Cola Syrup (TPA)

Ethyl Maltol 10% (TPA)

French Vanilla (TPA)

Menthol (TPA)

I had a problem with peppermint stopping my syringe in it's tracts just a few seconds and plunger would not move.......but don't know which flavor is your problem...

 

[b.m.]

I've never used the cola syrup,but i have used the other 3 without issue,so i would say the cola is the culprit,and yes as you have heard,ripe banana will kill a syringe in a matter of seconds,i found that out the hard way.

 

[Steve K]

Question is how to use flavors that do this??It is a good flavor.

 

[b.m.]

Question is how to use flavors that do this??It is a good flavor.

Whenever i use ripe banana now,i use a pipette instead of a syringe.You may be able to use a glass syringe also,not sure of those have the rubber stopper or not,but plastic pipettes are so cheap i just use them for those flaors.

 

[Steve K]

Ah yes, Pipette didnt think of that.

 

[dannyv45]

pulling the plunger and dipping it in VG before using it will help but never using the cola I would have to say it's the menthol.

 

[roxynoodle]

Blood orange eats syringes.

 

[Larry J]

I have a 10 ml glass pipette with a pump that I use for all my tank crackers and potential tank crackers.

 

[USACelt]

@Larry J That is a good tip. I guess really "disposable" syringes are really just that. I have used syringes in other applications, such as aseptic sampling. and found anything with fat or alcohol degrades the rubber quickly.

 

[Steve K]

Thanks for the comments, By the way the flavors I listed is a recipe from a juice maker called H4KJUICE.com they discontinued some of their juices, its called Nuke Cola and they were kind enough to give out their recipe to everyone.They have another called cherry Nuke cola and you replace the cola with Cherry cola at 10%.Two easy recipes.

Cola Syrup (TPA) 10%


Ethyl Maltol 10% 2%


French Vanilla (TPA) 10%


Menthol (TPA) 0.3%

 

[AndriaD]

Would it attack a syringe within a minute Because thats how long it was in it for and this is the second syringe it happened to.I heard ripe banana does this.

I have a similar problem with INW Shisha Strawberry; I always have to use my smoothest-sliding syringes, and rinse it IMMEDIATELY IF NOT SOONER as soon as I'm done measuring it. I also use a diluted isopropyl alcohol rinse with that one; I give it one rinse with hot water, if it will move at all -- or until I can get it to move at all -- then one rinse with the alcohol that's been 50% diluted -- if you use grain alcohol, no dilution necessary -- then several more hot water rinses, then several rinses with filtered water (reverse-osmosis filtered), until it's moving as smoothly as it was when I started. Otherwise that syringe is toast.

It's probably the cola.

Andria

 

[englishmick]

Pineapple is another which does that and it's one I like. I figured out a method that avoids killing the syringe most of the time.

For example. If you want 0.3 ml of pineapple flavor, first suck up 0.5 of plain VG or PG, wipe off the needle, then suck up 0.3 of flavor. Then push out the flavor but don't go let the plunger go down past the 0.4 mark. Then quickly pull the plunger out of the syringe and drop it in a pot of water. That way the flavor shouldn't make contact with the plunger. It only seems to affect the rubber end on the plunger.

I guess the flavor mixes a little with the VG in the syringe, which might make the process a little less accurate. It's a bit of extra effort but most of the time it saves the syringe. Works for me because I'm not fussy about accuracy and I hate wasting syringes.

 

[roxynoodle]

I guess one solution is to use a syringe that's seen better days already anyway so you can toss it.

If you really want to be cheap, your pharmacy will probably give you a few freebies if you ask. Tell them you need some to give your bird meds . I actually did need them for that so I wasn't lying.

 

[jpasint]

My advice is to start using cheap disposable pipettes and a scale.

Mixing by weight is so much easier IMO, and it would solve your problem.

 

[retired1]

I have found straight PG is also hard on syringes. It also kills the markings on the syringe unless I cover it with tape. I use separate syringes for VG, PG and flavoring. The VG syringes last the longest.

I generally go through a syringe or two in a month, easily.