Thanks for the tips. For this order I ended up going with the 100mg bottles. Figured I’d start there.
Definitely will be careful. Have to get some gloves from work.
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I’ll be freezing this batch when it arrives, glad to know it is mostly a common sense thing…don’t be stupid.
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Definitely plan to take precautions even with the 100mg. I’ll see how this order arrives or not then next time maybe the 200mg. Does make more sense economically for the higher nic.
Usually when i mix I’m in the kitchen alone.
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Wasn’t sure about the big bottle for shipping here, have 3 250ml bottles coming. That will do me a bit I think. Definitely need to freeze.
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@Oldguynew2diy that’s how you do it, protect your investment.
It’s up to you how anal you want to get over it. I have a LOT of NIC, and I’m pretty anal about keeping it fresh, BECAUSE of the investment.
If your burn rate is low, you may benefit from 30ml glass bottles. Why ?? Every time you take the bottle out of the freezer to use, you are exposing that entire bottle to heat, light, atmosphere. So, if are using 250ml working bottles, then however long that first 250 will last you, you’ll be exposing that whole bottle for the duration.
Just my .02.
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It is.
A little perspective: Like many people, I have a swimming pool. As a result I regularly handle large volumes of high strength chlorine and HCL (hydrochloric acid). Far larger volumes than bottles of nic base vapers use. And, I’d venture to suggest, that HCL would be pretty nasty if … something bad happened. It’s just a case of being sensible and taking some care. Nic is likely less dangerous than HCL (and you’ll be handling far smaller volumes).
I Do hear ya though. The first time I opened a bottle of 100 mg/ml nic base I had all sorts of warnings and cautions echoing around my head. Sweaty hands and all … But a little practice and care and it was fine.
It will be fine for you too. 
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I’ve spilled 200mg a few times on my hands. It’s astounding how fast you’ll feel it.
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@natbone I had over pressurized a 60ml of 100mg, and it burst/shattered, and I was surprised how fast even the 100mg was absorbed. Granted, my hand was covered in it (and yes, I thought who needs gloves, I’m just moving some bottles around), lol.
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Definitely have been thinking on some smaller bottles to divide up.
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Well @Oldguynew2diy, I don’t want to make work for you, but I gladly share where I fucked up when I first started getting gallons of NIC lol.
Eye protection and gloves are REALLY a good idea. Kids, pets, OUT of the area. Smaller bottles just work to extend the quality life of the NIC, that’s all. You won’t catch on fire if you are pulling a 250ml bottle out every time you use it, but, depending on how fast you burn through it, the bigger bottle could really be hammered by repeated freeze/thaw, and exposure beyond that.
Best thing I can do, is treat YOUR NIC, like it was MY NIC.
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I went with the 100mg bottles this time around. Hopefully customs won’t nab it. If it comes through then likely look at 200mg next time. Also for this and subsequent orders…will be looking into a good storage and bottles.
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Yeah I’m not worried about the handling, lots of acids I handle at work regularly. Proper ppe and management.
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One thing to keep in mind, when you are breaking down your NIC into smaller bottles. Most times, you’re pulling the big bottles right out of the freezer, and breaking it down. You want to make SURE, to leave maybe even one inch of headspace (gap between the top of the NIC, and the top of the bottle, because you don’t want expansion to cause issues.
When I FIRST started buying NIC, I topped the bottles almost all the way up, and had like 20 bottles I was breaking down into. Icy cold NIC, and obviously it started to thaw/warm as I was working my way through filling all the smaller bottles. I capped each on, and moved onto the next. I was almost done, had like 5 bottles left, and started sliding the other ones over, and the bottles clink, clinked against each other, and one SHATTERED !!!
YES.
So, hehe, leave around one inch of headspace in each bottle before capping.
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Good tip. Thanks .
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I LOVE sharing my mistakes @Oldguynew2diy, that way you, and others don’t have to re-live them yourselves.
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This is very true. Really liking this community.
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Why were you pressurizing a bottle?
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I always told new mixers using 100mg for the first time to be cautious but not scared. With 100mg you really want to pay attention and tey not to get it on your skin but dont be scared like it will kill you and be extra nervous around it.Being nerrvous using it is more likely to spill it. 100mg is not very dangerous if you get a drop or two on your skin. You wont notice any effect. If you spill a whole bottle on you prob a different story and you will prob feel sick for a little bit. Anything over 500mg though it getss pretty dangerous to handle. When companies like FA handle pure nic 1000mg they do so in dedicated ventilation rooms with suits and respirators.
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Can’t even imagine that high a mic content. I think I should be fine with the 100mg, basically 5x what I’m using now…5x more juice. I’ll definitely be careful…definitely not afraid of it for sure. Just have to respect the process.
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