Blue distillate: Is it safe to inhale?

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Blue distillate: Is it safe to inhale?

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This isn't your usual "Can I drink blue distillate" post. Rather, I want to know if blue distillate is safe to inhale. I'm currently cleaning my worm still with a 50/50 vinegar/water wash, which is producing some blue distillate and a lot of vapors. If the copper salts that cause the distillate to be blue are unsafe to drink, would they also be unsafe to inhale? Should I be wearing a respirator?
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Copper is a heavy element, it requires a lot of energy to volatilize, so if you aren't drying it to powder to sniff it, it's safe to smell the distilate
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Re: Blue distillate: Is it safe to inhale?

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JesseMarques wrote: Fri Nov 13, 2020 3:13 pm I'm currently cleaning my worm still with a 50/50 vinegar/water wash,
You only need to do it once .
Then rinse it immediately in fresh water .

Run a sacrificial alcohol run . There should be little to no blue if you rinsed it clean .

Don’t use vinegar again .

As far as the vapour goes ,are you talking about while you are doing the clean or after when doing a Sacrificial run ?
If its the Sac run , then you are running too much power for the worm
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Re: Blue distillate: Is it safe to inhale?

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JesseMarques wrote: Fri Nov 13, 2020 3:13 pm Copper is a heavy element, it requires a lot of energy to volatilize, so if you aren't drying it to powder to sniff it, it's safe to smell the distilate
Thanks. This answers my question.
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