Anyone using Nature Silk(PG replacement)?

submitted over 9 years ago by BeastaclesFrugivore

Saw this from VapeHeads and wondering if anyone is using it here? Anyone see a reason not to try it?

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by skiddlzninjaover 9 years agoThat one moderator. You know, the honey guy.

It's a rebottled Dupont product called Zemea.

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by BM-NBwofh9bP6byRerCgover 9 years agoFrugivore

It's probabbly rebottled Zima. They had to do something with it. :-)

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by Beastaclesover 9 years agoFrugivore

Ahhhh, a zimmer

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by Beastaclesover 9 years agoFrugivore

Any reason this would have increased health concerns over the PG I have been using?

Edit: free sample here

Edit 1.12: I believe I was able to order a one liter "sample" should last a while ;)

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by PM_Me_Your_Clonesover 9 years ago

Conversation from a while ago here:

/r/DIY_eJuice/comments/34gdb6/five_pawns_announces_new_pgalternative_line/

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by Beastaclesover 9 years agoFrugivore

Thank you! Couldn't find anything when I searched Nature Silk

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by joesphaaover 9 years ago

Yeah, there's zero research or data on it, so that would be a reason for potential health concerns (if any).

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by Beastaclesover 9 years agoFrugivore

After some digging

>The msds says that it's been deemed safe for inhalation.

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by captenplanet90over 9 years ago

I also ordered a liter. Hopefully they don't look into my phony company name I had to give them

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by vapingrammyover 9 years agoOne of "The Damned"

I just did the same thing. I've used my phony company several times for different things, lol, it's what I call my home DIY juice making.

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by Beastaclesover 9 years agoFrugivore

Just received an email asking for more info explaining my usage. I tried to be vague and it cost me :)

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by Sizzelover 9 years ago

I use it currently. I had some to try it out and ran out of PG, so now it is my PG in all my mixes. I am not sensitive to PG so I will probably switch back once I am out of this. It doesn't PG as well as PG, but it is better than VG for throat hit and flavor carrying. It isn't wildly different to me than PG or I would have tossed it and reupped PG. TL:DR unless you have issues with PG and don't like max VG, I haven't seen a benefit.

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by NudeNicotineover 9 years ago

It doesn't PG as well as PG

hehehehehe

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by EricIsACrackerover 9 years ago

Also interested! The only reason I could see not to try it is that it would mesh weird with the flavors that are already PG based, but I have no way of knowing without trying it.

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by Beastaclesover 9 years agoFrugivore

>NatureSilk is not Propylene Glycol, which is a petro chemical. NatureSilk is the plant based alternative to Propylene Glycol. NatureSilk is 1 ,3-propanediol. Propylene Glycol is 1,2-propanediol.

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by RedditorDeLaNocheover 9 years ago

The only issue I see with this Nature Silk product being used for e-liquid blending is that it's not USP grade. The MSDS says it's 99.7% pure, but it appears they haven't gotten it through the certification process yet.

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by Beastaclesover 9 years agoFrugivore

There is a USP version if you use the Zemea

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by RedditorDeLaNocheover 9 years ago

Right, but I don't think Nature Silk is a rebranded version of Dupont's 1,3-PDO since they're saying that it's an EcoCert product, which is a European certification body.

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by Beastaclesover 9 years agoFrugivore

Yeah, been reading the MSDS and can't find a connection with the DuPont version...