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till your 14g's arrive.. if you warm it a bit it will be easier ;p
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I just found these yorker's - thanks!
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As for weighing... How do you know the weight of your flavors, etc.? Weigh them when you receive them?
Say I tare a 100ml graduated cylinder, add 50ml flavoring, divide weight/ml and that's the weight per milliliter?
Or is there an easier way?
Say I tare a 100ml graduated cylinder, add 50ml flavoring, divide weight/ml and that's the weight per milliliter?
Or is there an easier way?
Most, for simplicity, just use 1mL=1g or the weight of pg 1.03 which most flavors come in. I think 1.04 is closer to most flavors and is what I use. Consistancy is more important than the actual weight which others who may disagree track down individually.
I read the other day that most flavors are close enough to 1g/ml to make variance almost, but not quite negligible - there's a list floating around in a big thread on weight mixing, seems the average numbers I recall being tossed around were between 0.97 and 1.07.
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dunno how they compare in price, but heartlandvapes.com has 'em (yorkers) in 4oz, 8oz, 16oz, and 32oz http://wholesale.heartlandvapes.com/eliquid-bottles.html (you pick the bottle and then select cap style)
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google specific gravity of "whatever brand of flavor you are using"
the manufacturer's website may have the specific gravity as well
specific gravity is how many grams 1ml of a liquid weighs
MANY people use 1g =1ml for flavorings and this is close enough . If you are using someone else's recipes that use the EXACT specific gravity you maybe off SLIGHTLY but not by much
Its important to get your nic, pg and vg specific gravities correct.
using the calculator in that VU thread makes that EASY, it does it for you
google specific gravity of "whatever brand of flavor you are using"
the manufacturer's website may have the specific gravity as well
specific gravity is how many grams 1ml of a liquid weighs
MANY people use 1g =1ml for flavorings and this is close enough . If you are using someone else's recipes that use the EXACT specific gravity you maybe off SLIGHTLY but not by much
Its important to get your nic, pg and vg specific gravities correct.
using the calculator in that VU thread makes that EASY, it does it for you
Ive been using a syringe (without the needle) to draw VG from the bottle but, once it gets down far enough its not gonna happen and to be honest it can be messy sometimes....I have a 50ml beaker "cup" to just pour the VG into from now on.
+ pre-dilute VG with 10% demineralized water... and see the difference.
Distilled water..But now youre playing with you over all PG VG mix...The water does however thin it out but i wouldnt suggest more than 15 percent...Not the same as PG as a mixer...If you mixed 50 percent distilled water with VG you basicly have water with very little to no Vapor production....Been there done that..wasted 100ml of VG..I used the wasted mix to dilute my VG..lol
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50% ? No... 5% to 10% for VG part is ok. If you pre-dilute your VG, you don't need to add water in your final mix. Vg thinned with 10% water is the same consistency than PG.
And it is much easier to manipulate with syringe.
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I want these. Even if I go to weight, will still need something to transfer nic, and would love to go to VG nic, just can't stand the viscosity even after warmed to room temperature, and I don't think it's wise to excessively warm/cool nic base, though I could be crazy...
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Added to my "Vape Stuff" Amazon wish list to be ordered next time I'm up to $35 for the free shipping. Thanks!
I just diluted a liter of 100 mg nic the other day by just pouring. With a scale I don't need anything other than my bottles and a beaker.
Same, I've found mini funnels more useful since pouring, barely small enough for my 30ml bottles. I still use a big 60ml syringe sometimes to split a big batch between bottles smaller than that, so the 12 gauge comes in handy, all SS is easy to sterilize with a butane torch lol
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I hope the 14's work for you, but I'm scared that if you are using syringes for VG..that's still gonna suck..lol On rare occasions when I use syringes for VG...the only needs that work (slowly I might add) are 12 guage. Let us know how it goes
Edit: Sorry..I hadn't read the whole thread and someone already gave you the same advice. Good luck
Edit: Sorry..I hadn't read the whole thread and someone already gave you the same advice. Good luck
I just pull out the plunger and then add the required amount of "warmed" VG in the top.
14GA, Luer Lock so they don't blow off, and yes, 12GA would be even better.
Keep your "pinky" covering the end of the needle until you stick it in the juice bottle.
Then insert the plunger.
Best to use something to keep the juice bottle from tipping over, even a short 2x4 with a hole in it will do.
Pushing VG is easier than pulling it.
14GA, Luer Lock so they don't blow off, and yes, 12GA would be even better.
Keep your "pinky" covering the end of the needle until you stick it in the juice bottle.
Then insert the plunger.
Best to use something to keep the juice bottle from tipping over, even a short 2x4 with a hole in it will do.
Pushing VG is easier than pulling it.
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Syringes w/o needles only reach down far enough half the time. I got some Yorker tops, too, recently, and was dismayed to find that the dropper doesn't release fluid much faster than a a regular ejuice dropper top. At first I thought if I cut the tips I would no longer be able to snap the little red top onto them, which would diminish their functionality a lot--but as long as you stay above that little protruding band near the tip, the caps still pop on and stay put. With cut tips they've been a great solution for me.
I have these funnels too--very handy, but just a little too big for a lot of things.
I think @RocketPuppy has mentioned some really small ones she uses, but I haven't been able to locate anything smaller that isn't ten times the price. (I also haven't looked in a while).
The first time I ever mixed base, I blew the 18 gauge needle off of my syringe trying to push VG through it and that needle lived in my base receptacle for the lifetime of the batch.
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These look like some good inexpensive funnel options
YORKERS!!! still shopping ... def have to pull the trigger and get some... Thinking to get the HDPE rather than the cheaper LDPE .. also some come like the ketchup / mustard dispensers.. wider cap at the base .. I'm trying to stay away from those.. too many years in food service .. seen too many of those tops pop off lol ! (yeahhhhh so i can be heavy handed a bit from time to time ) but just feel better with the smaller base yorker tops ..it's tough to be a 'discriminating' type individual i guess ( read as: 'picky' or 'OCD' lol) of course reserve the right to be a slacker as the mood strikes .. ;p
Great Tip! [pun intended]
) but just feel better with the smaller base yorker tops ..it's tough to be a 'discriminating' type individual i guess ( read as: 'picky' or 'OCD' lol) of course reserve the right to be a slacker as the mood strikes .. ;p Great Tip! [pun intended]
boy, can I relate to this, lol
I dispense my vg base nic with 12g stainless needle luer lock. Found them at kidney puncher. Only needed one at its my dedicated nic dispenser. Works great! !!!
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