I don't think we've talked enough about it, and quite frankly I think it's really important because I'm dealing with it right now. It SUCKS. The last 3 days of my life have been full of headaches both literal and figurative.
Here's what happened: I bumped my flavor storage shelf and a dram of NN Banana Cream Pie flavoring hit the floor and shattered. I'm fortunate enough to have a room dedicated to making juice and the floor is made of tile, so it's fairly easy to clean up...or at least so I thought...
I've been having to wear a respirator ever since because I can't get it to go away. It's truly amazing how something so small can cause a 200+ pound man to drop to his knees. Here's the worst part. The smell of banana is so deeply stained into my nostrils that I can't fucking taste ANYTHING. I never thought bumping my elbow into a shelf could cause me to lose my sense of taste. Science is fucking weird. I must say I'm glad I always err on the side of caution so I had PPE ready to go on a hangar in the room.
What chemicals do you use for cleaning up spills? What kind of hardware? Do you have a "oh shit" protocol? I had to make it up as it happened and I don't feel like I've successfully handled this issue.
So, Reddit, let's compile a proper list of things you should have on hand to clean up concentrated flavorings as well as nicotine. The last thing this industry needs is some DIYer dying because they didn't wear gloves or a respirator while cleaning a bunch of spilled nicotine.
TL;DR - Concentrated flavorings are much more potent than you think. Treat them with respect and wear safety equipment.
I have no idea what you could do to clean it up so I'll offer some comedic relief
Get your self a mop and mop bucket. The kind that squeezes the mop. Both should be new and clean, but it's optional. Next, fill bucket with desired PG/VG ratio. Us PG/VG blend to mop floor.
Don't let your flavoring go to waste! Dip your rda into the bucket when you're done. Prolly enough juice to last a week!
My apartment still smells like a carnival after I spilled a mix I made live on stream.
Where would one go to watch your live stream and what time is it typically held? I'll be off tomorrow and I'd love to watch a more experienced diyer mix up some juice so I can learn a thing or two.
That sucks. Never had a flavor spill issue personally, most of my flavors come re-bottled in plastic. I did have that one bottle of Lemon Sicily in the hard, shiny plastic bottle decapitate itself while trying to unscrew the lid but that was more annoyance than nuisance, really.
For random drips on my work surface, I just wipe up with a napkin and call it a day. I'm a really bad example though, I don't even wear PPE when handling 100mg/ml nic, though I know I really should.
Good luck, duder.
That's all I did yesterday was move all my shit that was in glass to 30mL boston round squeeze bottles. I wouldn't wish this burden on anyone. It fucking SUCKS.
50/50 mix of vinegar and water sprayed directly on the spill should help to neutralize the smell a little faster. It stinks too, but should be gone in a day or so.
Alternatively, a liberal sprinkling of baking soda should absorb the odor too. May need to vacuum and reapply 2 or 3 times.
The struggle is real. I personally HATE glass bottles as I mix by weight, so having to pipette every single flavor is a real bummer. I've actually purchased "replenishment" flavors in squeeze bottles, not because I was out, but because I fucking hate having to use pipettes and syringes.
I don't wear gloves when handling my nicotine either, but I probably should. It's in a big 120 ml glass jar, so it's unlikely to spill. I take it out of the fridge, put the nicotine in the bottles, and put it back in my fridge. I figure getting a tiny bit on my finger probably won't hurt.
I use alcohol based cleaners like isopropyl alcohol or window cleaner, lots of ventilation with open windows and fans, and throw out all paper towels/sponges instead of trying to wash them. That and time. Though I've never broken an entire dram.
The other night I had a cap bust on tfa marshmallow while I was smelling it. A lot of it ended up in my nose and mouth. I now have a small blister on my tongue and can't taste much atm :/
I have no idea how a flavoring can cause this. I was really surprised
Crisco. You can do anything with crisco
That might actually work. Encapsulating it rather than cleaning it is definitely worth a shot.
I was making a joke, but actually I think you're right lol
To be fair, that's how Resolve and many other cleaning products work. You spray them on, brush them in, they break down the material with alcohols, then everything is encapsulated as it crystallizes. Finally, you vacuum it up and throw it away.
Crisco could totally work, maybe even better in this case, but I'd test Resolve on a tile outside first as it may work better and failure would be easier to cleanup. ;)
I have no idea what you could do to clean it up so I'll offer some comedic relief
Get your self a mop and mop bucket. The kind that squeezes the mop. Both should be new and clean, but it's optional. Next, fill bucket with desired PG/VG ratio. Us PG/VG blend to mop floor.
Don't let your flavoring go to waste! Dip your rda into the bucket when you're done. Prolly enough juice to last a week!
I have no idea what you could do to clean it up so I'll offer some comedic relief
Get your self a mop and mop bucket. The kind that squeezes the mop. Both should be new and clean, but it's optional. Next, fill bucket with desired PG/VG ratio. Us PG/VG blend to mop floor.
Don't let your flavoring go to waste! Dip your rda into the bucket when you're done. Prolly enough juice to last a week!
I spilled just under 30ml of 100mg and didn't consider doing anything out of the norm. Grabbed a bag and a roll of PT. Wiped it down dry then used cleaning products to wash the area. All went well for the most part. The only thing I would have done differently if I could was wearing a respiration mask( which I don't own) because I got a nic high that kept me dizzy for an hour.
I spilled 10ml of tfa cheesecake into the carpet in our spare room last year.
It was... regrettable.
Ended up making a paste using a shitload of biological laundry powder and hot water and scrubbing the carpet as clean as possible.
Got it from awful to an indistinct unpleasantness, but we did move house, so I'm happy to say that cured the smell.
It'll eventually evaporate off and go away. I have a guy at work that was getting into DIY and I brought him some tobacco flavors I never use. On cue, he drops one within 10 seconds of me giving them to him and it smashes. The room smelled like a fresh cigarette pack for like two weeks.
Ethanol/everclear. Juice making means you can apply to the government for an alcohol license, because being an inhaled product you can say that isopropyl is not clean enough for sanitising food grade products. You have to buy it buy the 200l drum, but it is only about 2$/Litre and then you have 200 litres of 99.6% ethanol which works great on stinky spills. I was literally mopping with it (active respirator).
I have no idea what you could do to clean it up so I'll offer some comedic relief
Get your self a mop and mop bucket. The kind that squeezes the mop. Both should be new and clean, but it's optional. Next, fill bucket with desired PG/VG ratio. Us PG/VG blend to mop floor.
Don't let your flavoring go to waste! Dip your rda into the bucket when you're done. Prolly enough juice to last a week!
I have no idea what you could do to clean it up so I'll offer some comedic relief
Get your self a mop and mop bucket. The kind that squeezes the mop. Both should be new and clean, but it's optional. Next, fill bucket with desired PG/VG ratio. Us PG/VG blend to mop floor.
Don't let your flavoring go to waste! Dip your rda into the bucket when you're done. Prolly enough juice to last a week!
I have no idea what you could do to clean it up so I'll offer some comedic relief
Get your self a mop and mop bucket. The kind that squeezes the mop. Both should be new and clean, but it's optional. Next, fill bucket with desired PG/VG ratio. Us PG/VG blend to mop floor.
Don't let your flavoring go to waste! Dip your rda into the bucket when you're done. Prolly enough juice to last a week!