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[Faethe]

Well I just ordered a couple cans of Odin's.

Gonna try this out. With the luck of I'm having with my atomizers, I am guessing that this won't kill them any faster (and hoping too!). Maybe making my own juice will free up some dollars that can be spent on more hardware... that'd be great (as Tony the Tiger says it).

Now to just wait for it's arrival.

The reason why I used a fine mesh metal strainer after the snu juice was ready is that I read here somewhere that coffee filters take some of the other stuff out. Like flavor. I'm not sure. I know my strainer *appears* to have got everything?

I also need to do the candle test thing to see what kind of residue I get from snu juice - like someone else started up thread.

And thank you so much for all the tobacco info and links, people! I think we all are looking for alternative where we can brew this stuff up ourselves Awesome

[let,there,be,vaping]

I also need to do the candle test thing to see what kind of residue I get from snu juice - like someone else started up thread.

I missed that. Mind giving a brief description of it? Hold the juice in front of a candle and observe? What? lol<< at self

[Faethe]

I missed that. Mind giving a brief description of it? Hold the juice in front of a candle and observe? What? lol<< at self

Lol there's a thread in here somewhere from a while ago where someone tested different liquids for residue. You put a bit of liquid on a spoon then hold the spoon over a lighter or a candle. As the liquid burns off, it can leave a residue. This is what clogs atomizers. So yeah - you can do it with anything you have.

[let,there,be,vaping]

Lol there's a thread in here somewhere from a while ago where someone tested different liquids for residue. You put a bit of liquid on a spoon then hold the spoon over a lighter or a candle. As the liquid burns off, it can leave a residue. This is what clogs atomizers. So yeah - you can do it with anything you have.

Oh yeah. I did see that, and promptly forgot about it, since well... I hadn't fully decided to do this.

Thanks for the reminder! It is a good thing to do.

I think I'll re-read the thread to see what other good ideas I neglected to remember, and or make a note of.

[duncantiv]

I don't trust my unsteady hands, so I used a small pan on the oven for my residue test. That way you maintain a uniform distance between metal and heat no matter how many times you run the test. The more variables you eliminate, the more you can trust your results, IMO.

If anybody out there knows any reason why this small change could skew the results, please speak up!

[let,there,be,vaping]

I don't trust my unsteady hands, so I used a small pan on the oven for my residue test. That way you maintain a uniform distance between metal and heat no matter how many times you run the test. The more variables you eliminate, the more you can trust your results, IMO.

If anybody out there knows any reason why this small change could skew the results, please speak up!

Seems like your method would yield more accurate readings from test to test due to the uniformity.

How did your tests turn out?

Just in case you might know... earlier it was mentioned that coffee filters removes too much of something, maybe flavor. I've re-read this entire thread and didn't find mention of what coffee filters removed besides the possibility of flavor. Have you read anything on this, and know what is being removed?

Thanks!

[duncantiv]

Let,There,Be,Vaping, here ya go...

For the second test, I took a small pot, maybe 1 quart size, and put five drops of each liquid on either side of the pan, about the same distance from the center. The homemade juice evaporated much more quickly, leaving a light residue over the entire area the 'puddle' had sat. The RY4 surprised me, though. It took a LOT longer to cook off all the liquid, and when it was all done, I was left with a deep brown "scab" that took up maybe 25% of the area the liquid initially occupied. After letting the pot cool for a bit, I ran hot water into the pot, and like the spoon, the homemade juice residue rinsed away almost completely with just water, but I had to go in with a scrubber brush to get rid of the RY4 scab. It was relatively easy to get rid of the scab, but my fingers are currently crossed that I haven't ruined my favourite Ramen pot! (Damn, just realized I should have taken some pictures of the results. Sometimes I'm SUCH a .....!)

I still need to find my camera and repeat the experiment.

Faethe's post is the first I've heard about coffee filters removing flavour. Given she's probably got more experience in this than I do, I'm inclined to trust her word. Given how much flavour I've been getting from a 24+ hour soak, though, I'm not overly worried about it. When I have a few extra bucks, I will probably go get myself a strainer though, just in case.

If you want to go back to page 11 of this thread, you should find the start of the documentation of my experiments with soaking Snus in PG. So far, all the results have looked positive.

[Pratch]

Truly it's a small world, Faethe.

Haven't been active as part of the FHS in a few years, but you'd know me as El B over on Fark.

Looking into the DIY fluid, so this thread has been an interesting read.

[Faethe]

Truly it's a small world, Faethe.

Haven't been active as part of the FHS in a few years, but you'd know me as El B over on Fark.

Looking into the DIY fluid, so this thread has been an interesting read.

Oh hey I know you I moved over to Bannination.com. A lot of fark people went there after the first design change

yeah isn't this crazy I love this stuff!

By the way people - about the leaving out the coffee filter bit - don't. Use a coffee filter. I happily almost aced my Janty atomizer because it filled up with fungee (fungee being the technical name for snu juice residue). I soaked my atomizers in Pepsi, rinsed them in a weak vinegar rinse, blew them out, all is well.

Forgive me! I tried the steel mesh but it's just not straining enough. I think someone recommended dropping the coffee filter thing because it absorbs stuff as much as it strains. Well, that's OK. If that's the case, everybody just going to have to compensate for that prior to straining it through the filter. Because if you do not, the fungee is righteous.

[WerkIt]

I am interested in vaping as an alternative to the various cancerous chemicals that are included in tobacco, these home extraction methods of commercial tobacco products just seem to provide a different way of getting those same nasty chemicals into the system. Am i missing something here?

Stick with Swedish snus (not Camel SNUS) if you wish to avoid the cancer causing TSNAs. Explanation with supporting documentation found here.