I had another username on here but havent used it in forever and forgot it, I got mailed this page from another "karma community site" I am a part of and im glad to be on here and a part of this discussion with some awesome people. On the forums I am smokey fish and am in real life im an organic science hobbyist and cannabis aficionado and am in love with how variant the chemistry of cannabis is.
As far as blowing on the New Oilslick pads and oilslick products in general from my understanding is they use top grade material and this is no problem. Some people get confused between about reactivity and swelling.
its true butane swells silicone , but it is not reactive with silicon since no change occurs. As a matter of fact Swellex a medical solvent used for heart stints and silicone IV's "
utilizes proprietary solvent technology to provide a superior solution for connecting silicone and polyurethane tubing to barbed fittings and other rigid parts". :) that was pasted from there website which can be found here " http://www.microcaremedical.com/products/product_detail/Swellex"
Reactivity in chemistry between two properties in a case like this can be defined as :
- it decomposes
- it forms new substances by addition of atoms from another reactant or reactants
- reactions in which it interacts with two or more other reactants to form two or more products
Oil slick uses
Platinum Catalyst Cured Silicone the same thing found in heart stints and some IV tubing so there are no machine oils or impurities within the silicon from manufacture that could potentially be expelled during swelling and purging process. Food grade silicone mats are not cured in this manner because people dont make bread with butane ;)
Degradation over time and temperature differential will wear down a pad and any flaw in the pad will be exposed and exploited by butane trying to escape so most people change out every 3-4 blows since they are so cheap compared to how much oil you save. IMO
I dont thing Oilslick will eagerly condone blowing on pads for legal reasons (not ok everywhere?? not ok federal?? ) but I know some of the crew and they only blast on pads.
let me know whats up ... back to inverting this ether/alcohol/water/oil solution lol