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Always wear eye protection... I paid for it
submitted over 7 years ago by ItzNotLuck

Whelp, I was filling 15mL tubes with 50mg/ml juice using a syringe which was obviously too thick without the needle and when I pulled the syringe off I got a nice sized glob in my eye, immense pain and 20 mins of flushing later here I am and trust me I'm never mixing juice without goggles again. My eye is still very red but not as red as before, not gonna deal with the hospital or anything flushing should do but make sure to take all precautions because you don't want to learn the hard way... Trust me.

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by ItzNotLuckover 7 years ago

Thanks for the down votes, just trying to let people know that it is indeed possible to get juice in your eye if you are stupid like me... trying to save people from the agony I just went through, oh and if anyone wants to see how red my eye was I'm willing to post a picture.

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by HornyHinduover 7 years ago

I have chronic dry / red eyes mainly from wearing contacts. Nothing serious but I generally keep a bottle of visine on me that I use throughout the day. Last month I also put a 10ml ejuice bottle in the same pocket... its cap happened to be just like the visine bottle and I suppose out of habit (okay stupidity) I quickly unscrewed it and squirted it right into my eye without looking at the bottle... which happened to not be the visine. Worst part is I was at work and let out it pretty loud scream freaking out all my coworkers. Though they eventually had a good laugh at my expense when I explained my idiocy. Good times.

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by LSD_at_the_Dentistover 7 years ago

I hope you vaped the Visine to make it even.

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by arkaodubzover 7 years ago

oh god this is my nightmare

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by SheepleAreSheepleover 7 years ago

I see your ejuice in the eye, and will raise you super glue... This happened decades ago, but, my mother had just had cataract surgery, and we were in a hurry to leave... She asked my father to get her eye drops, and they were on her nightstand, right next to an identical bottle of super glue.... Yeah. So bloop bloop in the eye. That was an er trip. Thankfully no permanent damage ... But, let this be a lesson to you, kids... Label yer shit.

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by KreepZeroover 7 years ago

I hope you're ok now, for everyone else: I work in health and safety, decent clear goggles are a $5 investment and should be part of your kit if you're working with NIC. And ffs keep your containers and surfaces clean, you're inhaling this stuff.

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by ItzNotLuckover 7 years ago

Thank you, I woke up with that eye feeling dry but not red anymore and I can see okay. And indeed, very important investment and yes it's very important to keep everything clean!

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by mjswooperover 7 years ago

So seperating your NIC into dropper bottles isn't such a bad idea. Unlucky.

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by 510Threadedover 7 years ago

I separate mine into unicorn bottles. Keep one bottle out and freeze the rest.

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by mjswooperover 7 years ago

I wonder if there is any issues with plastic leeching into the NIC?

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by 510Threadedover 7 years ago

I have not noticed any changes in taste or quality

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by zirophyzover 7 years ago

Its happened to me once as well. Not fun. Washing it out under water seems to be the way to go..

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by vBDKvover 7 years ago

hehe I always blow out my driptips when refilling my tank, one time it got in my eye and it hurt like a bitch (sort of like rubbing chili in your eye if you ever tried that, not fun). Now I close my eyes when I do it.

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by chewingpaintchipsover 7 years agoI will rip you a new one if you don't use the sidebar & search.

you've rubbed chili in your eye?

*edit; you meant chili peppers didn't you?

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by vBDKvover 7 years ago

Yep when cooking and your eye is itching =)

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by Apocrisiaryover 7 years ago

One benefit of using glasses - always got protection for stuff like this.

PS: Don't use regular glasses in a industry setting, they will just shatter and send glass shards in your eyes instead.

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by ItzNotLuckover 7 years ago

Sadly, I wear contacts so I had to rip it out and start flushing. I'm aware that it's critical to wear goggles when wearing contacts and messing with harmful substances but I figured it would be impossible... it isn't

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by VeganPropagandistover 7 years ago

I have mixed 100mg/ml nic without any protective gear at all for years.

Don't be a dumb shit like me.

PS, OP: Ditch the syringes now and forever, get a scale and dispense nic/pg/vg from squeezable or dropper bottles. Shit will change your life.

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by juthincover 7 years ago

...and this is why to not use syringes.

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by Binsky89over 7 years ago

My pipettes cause more splashing than my syringes do. They would also never handle VG based nic.

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by TheMonkeyismyfriendover 7 years ago

What is this "splashing" you speak of, I have gallons of vape juice I've made in huge bottles by just dumping it in there and never noticed a splash... Must be a high PG thing.

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by arkaodubzover 7 years ago

I use a dropper bottle w/ VG based nic and don't have a problem. Just need to let it heat up.

Not that I have any dog in this race, i've also never had a problem with syringes.

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by foreverpsycoticover 7 years ago

kinda hard to measure accurately using a dropper.

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by circuitj3rkyover 7 years ago
  1. How? 2. Yes, they should, let it warm a bit.
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by ItzNotLuckover 7 years ago

Indeed, I'm all out of large pipettes so I figured I'd go for the syringe to fill.... bad idea

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by dadibomover 7 years ago

get a scale mate, it's so convenient

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by whiskeyisloveover 7 years ago

Yup takes me 3 minutes to do a 230ml bottle now. VG and nicotine always stay the same (about 175g and 10g of 72mg for 60/40 3mg) so thats quick to add then the only variable is the concentrates and then fill the rest of the way with PG. My bottles are big enough to just pour vg and pg straight in with no worries and most of my concentrates are dropper bottles so thats easy also. Never going back to mixing by volume. My scales cost me like £6 and are accurate down to 0.01g if its under 500g.

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by whiskeyisloveover 7 years ago

Yeah they do, think it is about five minutes which is more than enough time. [Here it is](KKmoon Professional Mini Digital Scale Jewelry Electronic Pocket Scale Precision Balance 600g0.01g / 1000g0.1g https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01HHY48MC/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_tai_VtY-zb4MGYWR9) also can be powered through USB so dont need batteries for it if you dont have any right away

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by XboxBetaTesterover 7 years ago

This is why I buy 3mg VG. I don't trust myself to be 100 percent careful when handling nic. I pay more but it is less hassle

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by ItzNotLuckover 7 years ago

Yeah I get what you're saying, but I mix my juice at 50mg/ml, my base is actually 100.

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