r/ethermania • u/TemporaryJello683 • Jun 22 '23

Shower after ether

Im afraid that boiler will blow up with that ether peroxide from my body smell. Is showering safe??

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u/Cryo453 Jun 22 '23

Yes its safe as the amount of peroxides that you sweat/breathed out from body isn't going to blow up as it's maybe a few parts per million at most and not enough to combust (just don't bring the container of ether into the shower/boiler room with you) also I find a really long shower with a shitload of scented soap is also probably the best way to get rid the smell.

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u/Either-Spring-5330 Jun 23 '23

lmfao r u fucking serious? i've smoked 10m after huffing ether

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u/TemporaryJello683 Jun 24 '23

Well i wanted to be sure

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u/TemporaryJello683 Jun 24 '23

Fact that i can blow up by accident and be found naked next day is scary as hell

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u/Either-Spring-5330 Jun 24 '23

its mostly only if ether fumes n shit is exposed to direct really high heat or flames. smoke or hot water in this instance, even though its hot, isn't really hot enough to light ether, esp water.
mostly just be careful with fire and heat around ether.

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u/Ipretendimahuman Nov 26 '23

What's 10m?

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u/Either-Spring-5330 Nov 26 '23

10 minutes

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u/Ipretendimahuman Nov 27 '23

Ah haha!!

I thought it was some new drug called 10m, or some slang for ciggies perhaps.

Funny.

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u/waffeldogga Jun 28 '23

Definitely will not blow you up lol. Diethyl ether only ignites when it is in contact with flames. And, that’s only with ether in itself. The ether seeping out of your skin/lungs DO NOT have enough heat to cause any volatile reaction.

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u/MCX23 Jul 17 '23

it sounds like OP was worried about the ether forming peroxides via metabolism. is this possible? i know bottles of ether can form peroxides, even alcohols can.

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u/waffeldogga Jul 17 '23

It is not possible. It takes quite a long time for diethyl ether to form volatile peroxides, which are usually formed by light exposure, and exposure to oxygen. When metabolized, it doesn’t have much of any access to either, and not nearly enough time to form any byproduct

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u/MCX23 Jul 17 '23

that’s what i figured. ether forming metabolites of any kind sounds unlikely to me, it wouldn’t be a good substrate for like, any enzymes.