+ 5 Warming your oil safely
Its often mentioned that folks warm their gear so the oil thins. Easier dissipation from pinned area, less pip...etc. Long ago warming was pretty mandatory but as brewing became more mainstream theres been less pip forums or real need to warm or worry.
We dont want to get it hot to where it ruins the hormone or our own muscles by burning. Its simply to... thin the viscosity.
Rice bags!
I pop my bag warmer in the microwave for 90 seconds and simply wrap it around my vial so top is up and no chance of heat causing oil to come out prior pin holes spots. If i place my pin in the wrap i make sure to have cap on and i slide it back into the sterile wrapper first. I even pull in half cc so its not gonna expand and drip oil.
The oil should be only warm enough to thin as mentioned above. Our body temp is 98.6 and burning muscle fiber can hurt. If barrel to lips feels nice...its ready. Just same as we test baby bottle.
If theres PIP after any pin....use the rice bag to warm the muscle. Again, bloodflow does its job and youre not damaging fibers by massaging area. I like to pin early in the day so moving, Gym etc gets blood flow to pin area.
HAPPY PINNING
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An important note do not warm the oil before drawing into the syringe. Warming the oil causes it expand therefore you will effectively be decreasing your dosage. 1ml of heated oil is not equal to 1ml of room temp. Most of us are following dosage protocols which will otherwise get thrown off. What I do is heat up a cup of water. I then place the syringe in the cup with the needle facing up. The needle at no point is submerged under water. I make sure the plunger of the syringe is pulled all the way back to allow the oil to expand without pushing oil through the needle. I let it sit in the hot water for a few minutes. I then remove it when I am ready to inject. Do not dilly dally on injecting yourself. You should already have the injection site prepped before removing the syringe from the water. The reasoning for this is the oil cools down quickly which will make this entire exercise pointless.
RustyhookerIn bio class we took ordinary water and youd be amazed at what microbes are in there. Oil drawn into a syringe at 98 degrees will do nothing at all to measurements or components. Suringes are made to withstand autoclave procedures. Ive not seen 1 person in here have an isdue with 0.01ml gained or lost. The dead space alone is that much
Pathogens in drinking water....deadly
https://www.mecknc.gov/HealthDepartment/EnvironmentalHealth/GWS/Pages/Le....
https://www.health.state.mn.us/communities/environment/water/contaminant...
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2996186/
Now if microbes ingested can harm you....imagine injecting them and bypassing all forms of bodily protective measures
I boil the water for this process. I don't heat it to 98. I heat it to 212 degrees. Boiling the water will kill all pathogens. I want to have the lowest viscosity possible otherwise what is the point. When you heat the oil in the syringe at the temperatures that I do, it will most definitely throw off your dosage measurements. If all you're doing is 98 degrees, the discrepancy in dosage would be minimal. Now as I said before the oil cools down quickly so I am not injecting oil into me that is at high temperatures. I can't say for sure what the temperatures are but I don't feel any pain when injecting myself.
RustyhookerMct as an example expands by 1% for each 14°c. So thats roughly 4% (57f x 4 ~ 212).
So 1cc @ +/- 4% heat dependant.
250mg test is 10mg per CC difference.
Thats not visual by the eye and not a huge factor. The leftover oil in and pin (headspace) covers that easily.
Headspace loss is roughly 3%
https://pharmacy.unc.edu/2016/06/syringes-surprising-source-of-wasted-me...
But whatever method you chose to use...90 secobds microwave and done or boiling water......guess thats a different forum.
I think I remember a story problem like this in high school. Math is fun
Rustyhooker2 syringes ready for injection. One is a 21ga and the other is a 29. Both head south on a train at 45mph. Which one was on time? By how many minutes? Lol
Do any of them come with wings? Any plus sizes?
RustyhookerThe one with string attached didnt work right. I lit the fuse but no pop.
I like the one with the pink flowers.
RustyhookerCalming before that tren shot. Lol!
White rice, brown rice, or wild rice?
RustyhookerPreworkout...cutting...or bulking? Lol
I hadn't heard of this method before, but seems like it'd work great. Warm oil definitely runs smoother than cooler oil. Gotta love that comic book rice bag
RustyhookerSome days ya feel like a super hero! Lol!
Theres many ways to warm but this seems to be the simplests and worry free method. I used to use shot glass with hot water til water got into pin holes...yuck. Blowdryer til ya drop a hot bottle and it breaks etc. Lol
Learning curves.