Ultrasonic Mixing

[MaxUT]

I've noticed it takes a long time for mixes with a large percentage of VG to assume their final flavors, so I was thinking about ways to speed this process up.

On Saturday I mixed a new batch of FlavourArt tobacco juice with a 50% VG base. Almost upon a whim, I filled my small ultrasonic cleaner with hot water and tossed in the sealed 10ml bottle of juice, then ran it for 15 minutes.

It seemed to have some effect. The flavors seemed to stand out more than before, but this could have been just from heating the juice.

I just thought I'd mention my little experiment to see if anyone else had tried it, or might want to.

[Kurt]

I've noticed it takes a long time for mixes with a large percentage of VG to assume their final flavors, so I was thinking about ways to speed this process up.

On Saturday I mixed a new batch of FlavourArt tobacco juice with a 50% VG base. Almost upon a whim, I filled my small ultrasonic cleaner with hot water and tossed in the sealed 10ml bottle of juice, then ran it for 15 minutes.

It seemed to have some effect. The flavors seemed to stand out more than before, but this could have been just from heating the juice.

I just thought I'd mention my little experiment to see if anyone else had tried it, or might want to.

Most interesting, maxut! My juices are all DIY VG juices, and I do find that they taste better the next day. I don't have a sonicator, but perhaps just throwing a freshly made juice sealed in its bottle into some warm water for a bit would do the same thing. Will give it a try! What you are saying does make a lot of sense, although I do not understand the chemistry behind such an effect...certainly have noticed it though, especially when I am keeping my house at 63 deg F.

[sjohnson]

Agree with time melding flavors. I just mix 2-3 days before use and let brownian motion do the work for free

I do wonder if there's some kind of chemical interaction between the PG, VG, PGA and flavoring I use. Whatever it is, most flavors seem to taste better, sometimes even different, after several days.