Anyone have ideas/knowledge about pre-mixing PG/VG/Nic? I am new to DIY and wondered if it is ok to have everything "ready-to-go" and just add flavors as needed.
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Lots of people do that, cuts down on mixing time for sure. I don't because I mix for a few other people with different ratio/nic preferences, but it is easier if you're just mixing for yourself.
Thanks for the input. I just started and I think it will be worth the (minimal) effort (not to mention cost and knowing what I am vaping).
I do mix a base. Are you using an eliquid calculator? I use ejuicemeup, http://ejuice.breaktru.com/ It's free, does all the math for me. I plug in the values of my nic, my preferred nic strength, how much to be made and my preferred ratio. Hit calculate, and measure away.
Yes, I have found a few online and just need to figure out the one I like best. I made my first 5 ml bottle today and it was pretty flavorless (?). I'm gonna let it sit a couple days and see what happens. It will be a fun ride !!!
You've been bitten by the DIY bug! Flavorless, can go either way. Either too much, or not enough. It just takes a bit to learn your flavors, but you're already on you way now! It's a lot of fun
the only trick to this method is your nic content
if you make your premix 6mg
then when you add flavor it will be lower. depending on how much flavor you add. s if you use FA flavors which are super concentrated and add 5% flavor your 6mg nic is now 5.7mg if you use cap or tfa and end up adding 20% flavor your nic is now 4.8
you can try to compensate for that by making your base a little stronger in nic. but how much? depends if all your flavor mixes are the exact same percentage then you can figure that out. but if one flavor is 8% and another is 17% and another is 5% you can't figure it out.
but I have made up my pg/vg/nic ahead of time, LOts of people do. Some even make huge batches of the flavors in a premix, their pg/vg/nic in a premix, then just mix the 2 together when they need to.
if you make your premix 6mg
then when you add flavor it will be lower. depending on how much flavor you add. s if you use FA flavors which are super concentrated and add 5% flavor your 6mg nic is now 5.7mg if you use cap or tfa and end up adding 20% flavor your nic is now 4.8
you can try to compensate for that by making your base a little stronger in nic. but how much? depends if all your flavor mixes are the exact same percentage then you can figure that out. but if one flavor is 8% and another is 17% and another is 5% you can't figure it out.
but I have made up my pg/vg/nic ahead of time, LOts of people do. Some even make huge batches of the flavors in a premix, their pg/vg/nic in a premix, then just mix the 2 together when they need to.
This is true, but it doesn't bother me so much. Usually, fairly negligible, for me.
For my personal mixes, yes - I do up a few hundred ml of 3.5 mg nic in max-VG base every few weeks. After flavors, it comes out to about "3ish" nic, which is good enough for me...mixing for others I use a calculator and use precise measurements.
Ditto.