Plastic Cracking Flavors In PET Bottles

submitted over 6 years ago by Cloudie21

Hello Juiceheads :D

So I will be ordering a whole bunch of flavors soon, trying to get into DIY once again. Last time were no succes.
On my shopping list is the following "known to crack/melt plastic tanks" flavors:

TPA:
Honeysuckle - Pear - Ry4 Double - VBIC

FA: Lemon Sicily

So my wondering is this, will it be safe to keep them in the PET bottles I imagine they will come in?

Comments

10 points

by essellarover 6 years ago

Yes. "Crackers" don't crack all plastics - just many of the ones that are (or, rather, were) economical to make atomizer tanks from. PET would make a good tank for crackers if not for it being all bendy and stuff. (When it comes right down to it, a person doesn't really care why they've suddenly got a pocketful of e-liquid; it's more that they've suddenly got a pocketful of e-liquid.)

(Pro tip: PEI/Ultem tanks are "cracker safe", and some polycarbonates can handle flavourings that nuke acrylics/PMMA from orbit, even if they can't handle everything that PEI can. PEEK would be good as well, if it weren't for that whole opacity problem.)

1 points

by Cloudie21over 6 years ago

That is a very nice pro tip. I have thought about how some tanks on Fasttech could be in PEI and PC.

4 points

by Diggerinthedarkover 6 years agoWTF is a "Terpene?"

I use ry4 double a lot and never had any issues

2 points

by Cloudie21over 6 years ago

Super. Then I wont worry about that :)

2 points

by vApe_Escapeover 6 years agoTobacconist

Completely different kind of plastic. You wont really find bottles that will crack due to flavorings unless you go looking for them. I personally prefer a mix of LDPE and glass bottles.

1 points

by St1llFrankover 6 years ago

It happened to my Taifun GT. I didn't know anything about tank crackers back then. My PET bottles have all been fine. But some of my softer plastic bottles have been splitting. It's either the flavors or I just got cheap bottles.

1 points

by Ribofunqover 6 years ago

Recently started to squonking and have same question, but about cracking/melting squonk bottles