e juice in the fridge?

[Q]

Jul 3, 2015 17:35:21 GMT smifee said:

Thanks Ripshod. I use aniseed in fruit with menthol juices. I don't get an aniseed taste but the juice is better with it.

I've always kept all concentrates in a fridge but will now try leaving the menthol & aniseed out of the fridge and see if it makes any difference.

Last time I kept my concentrates in the fridge my menthol turned solid, it has a much higher freezing point than water/PG

[Phoenix .]

Jul 4, 2015 11:07:26 GMT Perpetua said:

Jul 4, 2015 8:26:25 GMT Phoenix . said:

Shocked to discover that 2 juices I have bought last month have BB dates, 1 is 10/15 the other is 02/16 will keeping in the fridge increase their shelf life

Tbh . . . . I take no notice of BB dates Phoenix ., whether it's on food or eliquid/flavouring - if it smells ok, then I vape it or eat it.

Can't be doing with waste, despite being a bit extravagant on occasions!

You are incorrigible perps.

[Perpetua]

Jul 5, 2015 7:28:32 GMT Phoenix . said:

Jul 4, 2015 11:07:26 GMT Perpetua said:

Tbh . . . . I take no notice of BB dates Phoenix ., whether it's on food or eliquid/flavouring - if it smells ok, then I vape it or eat it.

Can't be doing with waste, despite being a bit extravagant on occasions!

You are incorrigible perps.

I've been called worse Phoenix ..

[geordie_vaper]

well there in the fridge if they come out knackerd you owe me about £150 in e liquid Ripshod

[Clivia]

I only keep the vg pg and flavourless base liquid in the fridge - nic base in freezer and flavoured eliquids in drawer

[*-SARIN-*]

No point in keeping liquid in the fridge, it'll do nothing to increase the shelf life. E-liquid has a BB date due to the flavourings which themselves have a shelflife due to chemical breakdown, most should be good for a couple of years. As mentioned by a previous poster, they are only Best Before dates so as long as they smell ok and taste ok then i'd use them. Menthol liquids will solidify with decreasing temperature as the crystals reform, if it happens stick the bottle in some warm water for a bit or in your pocket until they melt again.

TBH if you have liquid for more than 2 years you don't really like it do you

[Deleted]

I live on a spaceship.....


.....and I have rats in my spaceship...nuff said!

[yourgurnard]

I've also been wondering 'bout the fridge for My Baccy concentrates....?

[*-SARIN-*]

Jul 6, 2015 20:41:04 GMT yourgurnard said:

I've also been wondering 'bout the fridge for My Baccy concentrates....?

Fridges and low temperatures are used to decrease bacterial growth, assuming that the baccy concentrate is in sterile containers there should be no reason to put them in the fridge. 

PG / VG are of the alcohol family and therefore have a natural resistance to bacterial growth so no need to chill them either.

Nicotine is a complex compound that is affected by energy being introduced into its thermodynamic system either from heat or UV which have the ability to break the chemical bonds and alter the composition.  This is the reason that nic base does well if it is stored in amber glass bottles and put in the fridge or freezer.

[yourgurnard]

Jul 6, 2015 21:12:59 GMT *-SARIN-* said:

Jul 6, 2015 20:41:04 GMT yourgurnard said:

I've also been wondering 'bout the fridge for My Baccy concentrates....?

Fridges and low temperatures are used to decrease bacterial growth, assuming that the baccy concentrate is in sterile containers there should be no reason to put them in the fridge. 

Thanks!
...that's quite a big assumption tho'!.....

[*-SARIN-*]

Jul 6, 2015 21:19:14 GMT yourgurnard said:

Jul 6, 2015 21:12:59 GMT *-SARIN-* said:

Fridges and low temperatures are used to decrease bacterial growth, assuming that the baccy concentrate is in sterile containers there should be no reason to put them in the fridge. 

Thanks!
...that's quite a big assumption tho'!.....

But the concentrate carrier is PG?

[letsavit]

Jul 6, 2015 21:19:14 GMT yourgurnard said:

Jul 6, 2015 21:12:59 GMT *-SARIN-* said:

Fridges and low temperatures are used to decrease bacterial growth, assuming that the baccy concentrate is in sterile containers there should be no reason to put them in the fridge. 

Thanks!
...that's quite a big assumption tho'!.....

That's what sarins does, chemicals, I would assume he is correct.

[yourgurnard]

Jul 6, 2015 21:20:21 GMT *-SARIN-* said:

Jul 6, 2015 21:19:14 GMT yourgurnard said:

Thanks!
...that's quite a big assumption tho'!.....

But the concentrate carrier is PG?

Yeah, in PG.

[yourgurnard]

Jul 6, 2015 21:25:11 GMT letsavit said:

Jul 6, 2015 21:19:14 GMT yourgurnard said:

Thanks!
...that's quite a big assumption tho'!.....

That's what sarins does, chemicals, I would assume he is correct.

I know....I meant it was a big assumption that I'd actually sterilised the containers!!

[*-SARIN-*]

I had a big discussion with another vaper on a similar note the other day reference potential bacterial growth on that hardly used, slightly minging dripper that's looking a bit gunky. Firstly, bacteria doesn't grow well on either PG or VG, secondly the second you start that coil heating any lucky growing bacteria will be destroyed in a haze of kanthal scorching heat.

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