Cracking tanks

[Chickenstrip]

Does anyone have any experience with cracking tanks? I’m talking specifically about plastic tanks.

I’ve been stuck with a lemon based vape since lockdown started. I was under the impression that citrus would crack or melt my tank but I’ve had no issues since I started using lemon around 2 months ago.

Is it a slow process? Or is my lemon a lucky lemon?

 

[Jengz]

Icy vapes or menthol vapes tend to do this, havent really experienced anything happen with lemon profiles or citrus profiles.

 

[Silver]

Hi @Chickenstrip , I think you either have a case of lucky lemon or chuck Norris plastic !

I think some citrus flavours don’t crack the tanks
And some plastic polymers crack while others don’t, I just don’t know which ones

 

[Resistance]

Hi @Chickenstrip , I think you either have a case of lucky lemon or chuck Norris plastic !

I think some citrus flavours don’t crack the tanks
And some plastic polymers crack while others don’t, I just don’t know which ones

It's probably a Tupperware!

 

[Chickenstrip]

Hi @Chickenstrip , I think you either have a case of lucky lemon or chuck Norris plastic !

I think some citrus flavours don’t crack the tanks
And some plastic polymers crack while others don’t, I just don’t know which ones

Perhaps it’s a case of both! I have no idea what kind of plastic it is in any case so can’t research it further.

 

[M.Adhir]

I know that icy or citrusy juices in the steamtuners (I think they are polycarbonate) clear plastic tanks are a no go. Some say cinammon also causes it but I dunno
I went through three tank sections like that. Costly exercise.

 

[vicTor]

even one of my clear RDA caps cracked and my money is on the ice as the culprit

 

[Resistance]

I have a clone Dvarw 16, ultem tank and nothing wrong yet. I had just about every juice profile in there. Sometimes adding menthol straight into the tank.

 

[Rob Fisher]

I have a clone Dvarw 16, ultem tank and nothing wrong yet. I had just about every juice profile in there. Sometimes adding menthol straight into the tank.

Ultem has no problem with tank cracking juice.

 

[M.Adhir]

I have a clone Dvarw 16, ultem tank and nothing wrong yet. I had just about every juice profile in there. Sometimes adding menthol straight into the tank.

Ultem (PEI) doesn't crack with these juices.
Clear plastic tanks (PC) does crack.

 

[Resistance]

Ultem has no problem with tank cracking juice.

Ultem (PEI) doesn't crack with these juices.
Clear plastic tanks (PC) does crack.

So the clear acrylic type tanks has this issue.
I only had glass tanks this is the only ultem tank and was looking to replace some of the Zeus glass with this for durability. I had a few glass tanks break.

 

[Chickenstrip]

So the clear acrylic type tanks has this issue.
I only had glass tanks this is the only item tank and was looking to replace some of the Zeus glass with this for durability. I had a few glass tanks break.

Apparently not all of them as mine is frosted and hasn’t cracked at all. Then again, it could be related to the lemon I have, which doesn’t give off the typical “zest” flavour.

 

[Stranger]

I use menthol, Koolada or ws23 in all of my mixes. The only cracked tank I had was an acrylic replacement for my Melo 3 tank.