Using up too-strong e-liquid

[RoseJ]

When I first started vaping, I was advised to start at a much higher nicotine level than what I had been smoking. I was smoking Ultra-Lights, but I started with 1.8 which I couldn't use, then 1.2 which was also too strong. I got some 0.6, and it's perfect for me.

BUT - I now have a lot of too-strong e-liquid just sitting around doing nothing. Yesterday I ordered a DIY e-liquid Kit, and I was wondering if I could use it to do something with those too-strong liquids I have. At $15 per bottle, it would be nice to dilute them somehow so that I can use them up.

Any ideas?

 

[daleron]

You can dilute with an unflavored liquid or with the PG/VG in your DIY kit ... however you will lose some flavor. How much will depend on how much diluting you do.

 

[KY_Rob]

If you like the flavor of the liquid that's too strong, you can get more of the same liquid in a lesser (or zero) nic strength, and cut it with the stronger stuff. I've done this successfully in the past.

 

[Kaezziel]

As daleron said, you can cut it with PG or VG, or a mixture of both. You can also cut it with a 0nic flavored liquid.
To get the 1.2 down to 0.6, obviously you'd cut that one in half. (equal parts of the liquid and the diluent)
To get the 1.8 down to 0.6, you'd use two parts diluent to one part of the liquid.

 

[suprtrkr]

+1. No problem at all. Just get some 0 nic in the same flavor and dilute by volume.

 

[RoseJ]

That all makes perfect sense, thanks peoples!

As it happens, I also got the flavoring too strong, not knowing any better. So cutting them with zero-nic will be perfect.

 

[Kaezziel]

That all makes perfect sense, thanks peoples!

As it happens, I also got the flavoring too strong, not knowing any better. So cutting them with zero-nic will be perfect.

Perfect! Then all you'll need to do is cut it with PG/VG... it's good to note, what atomizer you're planning on running it in. A lot of the older style clearomizers don't handle high VG very well, so you'd want to keep the liquid relatively thin after mixing it down.

 

[RoseJ]

Perfect! Then all you'll need to do is cut it with PG/VG... it's good to note, what atomizer you're planning on running it in. A lot of the older style clearomizers don't handle high VG very well, so you'd want to keep the liquid relatively thin after mixing it down.

Thanks, will do.

 

[zoiDman]

That all makes perfect sense, thanks peoples!

As it happens, I also got the flavoring too strong, not knowing any better. So cutting them with zero-nic will be perfect.

This is a Very Handy item to have for Mixing/Measuring.

50ml Glass Graduated Cylinder.

 

[Kaezziel]

This is a Very Handy item to have for Mixing/Measuring.

50ml Glass Graduated Cylinder.

And cheap! $5.39 on Amazon and it has Prime shipping:
50ml Glass Graduated Cylinder

I have several of these at home in various sizes. Then I mix all of my DIY juice in blue mason jars.

 

[RoseJ]

Thanks for the tip and Amazon link. I do have one of those coming in my kit, but I think it's plastic. I should get another one.

 

[Kaezziel]

If I remember correctly, I got them in 5ml, 10ml, 50ml, 100ml, 250ml, and 500ml... all glass. I just fill the various cylinders with nic, vg, and various flavors, then pour everything into a mason jar. Put the lid on and shake it all up. I've been making juice a quart at a time for a while now...

 

[Two_Bears]

When I first started vaping, I was advised to start at a much higher nicotine level than what I had been smoking. I was smoking Ultra-Lights, but I started with 1.8 which I couldn't use, then 1.2 which was also too strong. I got some 0.6, and it's perfect for me.

BUT - I now have a lot of too-strong e-liquid just sitting around doing nothing. Yesterday I ordered a DIY e-liquid Kit, and I was wondering if I could use it to do something with those too-strong liquids I have. At $15 per bottle, it would be nice to dilute them somehow so that I can use them up.

Any ideas?

Two ideas.

1. Get the same flavor in 0 nic. Mix the 0 and 18 together and you have a bigger bottle of 9 mg.

Mix the 12 with 0 and you have @ bigger bottle of 6 mg.

2. If you can't get the the same flavor mix with VG to do the same thing but the flavor will be muted.

3. Get another flavir in 0 nic. The flavor may not be something you like but at least you could use it.

 

[zoiDman]

Thanks for the tip and Amazon link. I do have one of those coming in my kit, but I think it's plastic. I should get another one.

I would get a Glass one. But I like Glass for all my Mixing Gear.

But If it is Polypropylene or Polyethylene, then it will be Fine.

 

[Two_Bears]

I would get a Glass one. But I like Glass for all my Mixing Gear.

But If it is Polypropylene or Polyethylene, then it will be Fine.

Agree 100% plastic absorbs flavors much more than glass.

 

[93gc40]

Are you sure the juice is your problem.... It's very likely your juice problem is the atomizer and power levels you are running....

 

[zoiDman]

Agree 100% plastic absorbs flavors much more than glass.

Some "Plastics" do. Some "Plastics" not so much. Plastic is such a Generic Term to describe a Huge Family of Materials.

To me, using Glass takes the Guess Work out of what I Can and Can Not use. And which "Plastics May or May Not absorb a Flavor. Or undergo Chemical Breakdown when exposed to Chemical Compounds like those found in Flavorings.

 

[sorrynomore]

I find most flavored juices way too flavored for my taste so I purposely buy them at 24mg.nicotene then thin it down to 6mg nicotene with a big bottle of 50/50 pg.,vg.mix.I get my pg and vg at the local pharmacy for a fairly decent price.

 

[RoseJ]

If I remember correctly, I got them in 5ml, 10ml, 50ml, 100ml, 250ml, and 500ml... all glass. I just fill the various cylinders with nic, vg, and various flavors, then pour everything into a mason jar. Put the lid on and shake it all up. I've been making juice a quart at a time for a while now...

Ha! I think it would take me a year to go through a quart.

 

[RoseJ]

I find most flavored juices way too flavored for my taste so I purposely buy them at 24mg.nicotene then thin it down to 6mg nicotene with a big bottle of 50/50 pg.,vg.mix.I get my pg and vg at the local pharmacy for a fairly decent price.

This is one of the reasons I want to mix my own. I like my flavor to be very muted, barely able to taste it. Most are way too strong for my taste.