Does eJuice go off?

[Batdragon (AKA Batty)]

I have a bottle of juice that I am sure has turned nasty. It is Gold and Silver 16mg from Moju and was the first bottle I got so is about a month old. Now I cant even stand to open the bottle because of the smell of it. To me (and others) it has a very strong smell of amonia, like a strong oven cleaner. I liked it when I first got it and there is about 20ml left from a 30ml bottle.

So my questions are

Does juice go off?
If I leav the bottle open will the smell go away?
What would cause this type of change in a juice to smell like this?

Hope someone can help

[Karma]

I thought it could keep for 2 years in a cool dark place

Where have you been storing it?

[Tetsab]

Yes, it can go off but you should be looking at more like two years - definitely not a month! I really don't like the sound of an ammonia-like smell, suggest you get in touch as ask Moju for advice. This definitely isn't something I've come across myself or think you would expect from a liquid you've only had for as long as that.

[Batdragon (AKA Batty)]

at first in my computer cabinet, which is cool and out of sunlight, then i moved it into a fishing box (new) where I have put all my juice's in there. out of all the juices i have this is the only one that has gone funny.

[Karma]

Agree with Tetsab, get in touch with the vendor, that just doesn't sound right

[blakey]

I have a bottle of LnB from paradise vapes that is over a year old, it's perfectly ok but it has been kept in the fridge. It was my main vape back when I liked tobacco flavours.
I just tried dripping some into an attie and it tastes/vapes fine

Edit- it's 10 months old :-[

[Anne (fuzzy)]

Since the weather has turned warm, I've put my juices into a padded cool bag with one of those cooling pads you keep in the freezer to ease pain. I have 2 pads, so alternate them every day.

Agree with the others, contact the seller.

[Karma]

Thanks for reminding me about that idea Anne

[Anne (fuzzy)]

You're welcome Karma. I originally suggested freeze blocks, but the cooling pads are better as they don't freeze solid, they're a jelly like substance.

[Karma]

Hunted out the small, well medium, cool bag, lol, and a block but now you mention it I have some of those cooling pads too.

............. off for another hunt

[jiggsbro]

Nicotine is a carbon, nitrogen and hydrogen molecule. Ammonia is a compound of nitrogen and hydrogen. So the building blocks of ammonia are present in e-liquid. There is, however, no natural process by which ammonia could be extracted from nicotine and any artificial process would leave a fair amount of spare carbon. So iff there's a sooty deposit in the bottle, contact the chemistry department of your nearest university, because there could be a PhD in this.

[Batdragon (AKA Batty)]

I had forgotten about this, It is all sorted now. Spoke to Tim at Moju (great bloke) asked if I had tried shaking it up, cos if it has just been sitting still for a while the elements that make up the flavour, might of seperated, he also reasured me that there was no amonia in it. He also said that if I want to send it back they would look at it and send me a full refund. I shook it up and there was a slight change, so got back to him, and said would venting do any good. reply came back, it might. I vented the bottle and shook it up again, then vented for a while, and shook again, put the top back on and left it for a few hrs. had a whiff and it is back to normal.

So If you have a juice that you think has turned, just do the Sake 'n vent to put the freshness back lol

[Karma]

Have you vaped it and are you still alive Batty, lol?

[Batdragon (AKA Batty)]

Yes and yes, but now I have gotten onto other flavours/strengths/types it seems a bit blans for me. I think I would describe it as cheap ciggy taste lol

[Karma]

May 28, 2012 21:12:20 GMT Batdragon (AKA Batty) said:

Yes and yes, but now I have gotten onto other flavours/strengths/types it seems a bit blans for me. I think I would describe it as cheap ciggy taste lol

you can always drop a couple of drops of flavouring into it? I got a few bottles of easy liquid hazelnut coffee when it was on a good offer, still like it but just not enough taste so I'm planning to add some more flavour