DANGER - 100mg e-liquid

[purelyscientific]

Many reports have come in that nicotine sold by a US pharma vendor is many times stronger than the label states. A 100mg sample is said to have tested at 245mg strength. This means any resulting e-liquid made will be over double the expected strength. This may mean that 36mg liquid you make in good faith could actually be 88mg. You should not touch concentrated poisons like this without safety equipment and a nicotine assay kit to determine the final mix strength. PG VG Nicotine Test Kit Bromothymol Blue .12N Sulfuric Acid | eBay You should not be doing this in any case unless you have some background knowledge, and know how to work safely with poisons. When the vendor is obviously incompetent, you are in real danger unless you know how to work safely and test the materials. update 2011-11-16 The materials were tested by a chemist and found to be incorrectly labelled, varying from 48% to 272% of the marked strength. No tests for contamination were performed. This material should be avoided as it is not of merchantable quality.- Rolygate

I'd like to know which vendor.

[salemgold]

I believe that post was talking about Box Elder. They are no longer in business. Do a search here and you will find a very long thread pertaining to all of that.

Here you go Houston, we have a problem...BE nic titration results

[salemgold]

I have this test kit and I do spot check my nicotine e-Cigarette e-Juice Nicotine Test Kit Bromothymol .12N | eBay

[favor1]

I think I should do one of those tests on some of RTS VG nic, it seems slightly stronger than it should be imo, although that is sort of a good thing When I make 12mg liquid, it hits as hard as some 18mg liquids I have, or maybe it's just the stuff I'm adding to the liquid that makes the TH stronger?

[salemgold]

I think I should do one of those tests on some of RTS VG nic, it seems slightly stronger than it should be imo, although that is sort of a good thing When I make 12mg liquid, it hits as hard as some 18mg liquids I have, or maybe it's just the stuff I'm adding to the liquid that makes the TH stronger?

I have been using RTS for over a year now and have not had any come up too high but I encourage you to check yours too. I found that the nic seemed stronger when I started DIY but have suspected that some of the vendor juice that I was buying may have been lower than what I ordered.

[thinkingaboutit]

TY salemgold. I just started as you know and have wondered if people check levels. I think I will also. Maybe simply one test per nic order. Does that make sense?

[favor1]

Hmm, it might be that the vendors I bought from have lower nic concentrations; seems very plausible. I know that the Rawr Vapor 12 mg Serenity juice is slightly weaker than my 12mg DIY, and I measure with the 1cc syringes. It's noticeably an 12mg-18mg type of discrepancy, although my benchmark is the Rawr Vapor juice so who knows, anyways, if it is 20% more nicotine, that's not a problem for me, I don't have to worry about selling the stuff

[WallyO]

I have this test kit and I do spot check my nicotine e-Cigarette e-Juice Nicotine Test Kit Bromothymol .12N | eBay

As I looked for more info I found that this test is really just for nicotene base liquids. Correct? Not really accurate for testing ready mixed due to flavorings. I hate feeling at a vendors mercy not REALLY knowing what I am getting.

[YorkieGirl1]

I have been using RTS for over a year now and have not had any come up too high but I encourage you to check yours too. I found that the nic seemed stronger when I started DIY but have suspected that some of the vendor juice that I was buying may have been lower than what I ordered.

I test all my nicotine when i order it, always has been acurate so far. In regards to what Salem wrote - I too have found this with one particular vendor often in the past. To think of it, i should run a nic test on it just to see.hmmm.

[salemgold]

As I looked for more info I found that this test is really just for nicotene base liquids. Correct? Not really accurate for testing ready mixed due to flavorings. I hate feeling at a vendors mercy not REALLY knowing what I am getting.

Exactly what got me into DIY. I think that you can come pretty close with the flavored juice. It has been discussed. Check the threads at the top of the DIY section out. It may be mentioned there.