'Getting ready to mix up around 70 flavors in 4ml batches tonight (VZ, TFA & FA). We're going for 100% VG (give/take the amount of VG in the concentrated flavors, and the dw/pga we'll use to dilute the VG). Frustratingly, we only have 150 proof Everclear instead of 190 proof - but that'll do for this batch (we'll be doing another big batch next week when our order arrives from Wizard Labs, and I'll have the 190 proof by then...yay! 
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We made sample batches last night of unflavored nic juice (to equal 12% nic, diluted with blend of dw & 150 proof of each:15%, 20%, 25% & 30%...with the water being 2/3 and the 150 proof being 1/3). After an extensive 'vaping test', we decided on the 25% dilution (the 15%/20% yielded too harsh of a TH).
Question: has anyone else determined that increasing the water or alcohol volume in their juices increases the nicotine bioavailability? We alternated randomly between the 4 samples (allowing our heads to clear between each), and CONSISTENTLY the 25% & 30% dilution induced 'nicotine head spins'...but the measurement of nic juice in the 4 samples was exactly the same.
I'm thinking it's the alcohol making the nic more bioavailable due to the increased solvency...any thoughts? experiences? data?
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By the way, we're ultimately working toward maximum dilution (as little VG/PG/chemicals as possible). After vaping for a month, the dehydration intensity is both unnacceptable & intolerable - and even eliminating the PG has had very little positive effect...so we'll be pushing the 'dilution factor' to the limit with our DIY juices (and eventually creating our own 'flavors').
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I'd like to mix our powders with 150 or 190 proof (rather than the typical PG or VG). I'm not finding much of anything that's "concrete" in the way of ~'grams of powder' to 'mls of alcohol'~ for a standard solution of EM, malic/citric acid & vanillin powders. "Saturated" isn't an option, because that will yield variable intensities due to various factors.
Question: Do y'all just 'throw one together'? or is there a 'standard' that most people use when creating alcohol-based solutions of EM, vanillin & malic/citric acid?
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Again & always - I just can't thank y'all enough for all your help (and past posts/blogs). We're in this for the long haul, and those of you that insist on accuracy & consistency (and know how to achieve it) are our heros! (Hubby n' me are both 'artists', and we realize the importance of 'mastering the basics' and 'controlling the variables' in order to reach the masterful end-point of every art - where one OWNS their artistry and can create anything they can imagine...and creating masterful, artistically unique flavors is definitely our goal).
.We made sample batches last night of unflavored nic juice (to equal 12% nic, diluted with blend of dw & 150 proof of each:15%, 20%, 25% & 30%...with the water being 2/3 and the 150 proof being 1/3). After an extensive 'vaping test', we decided on the 25% dilution (the 15%/20% yielded too harsh of a TH).
Question: has anyone else determined that increasing the water or alcohol volume in their juices increases the nicotine bioavailability? We alternated randomly between the 4 samples (allowing our heads to clear between each), and CONSISTENTLY the 25% & 30% dilution induced 'nicotine head spins'...but the measurement of nic juice in the 4 samples was exactly the same.
I'm thinking it's the alcohol making the nic more bioavailable due to the increased solvency...any thoughts? experiences? data?
***
By the way, we're ultimately working toward maximum dilution (as little VG/PG/chemicals as possible). After vaping for a month, the dehydration intensity is both unnacceptable & intolerable - and even eliminating the PG has had very little positive effect...so we'll be pushing the 'dilution factor' to the limit with our DIY juices (and eventually creating our own 'flavors').
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I'd like to mix our powders with 150 or 190 proof (rather than the typical PG or VG). I'm not finding much of anything that's "concrete" in the way of ~'grams of powder' to 'mls of alcohol'~ for a standard solution of EM, malic/citric acid & vanillin powders. "Saturated" isn't an option, because that will yield variable intensities due to various factors.
Question: Do y'all just 'throw one together'? or is there a 'standard' that most people use when creating alcohol-based solutions of EM, vanillin & malic/citric acid?
***
Again & always - I just can't thank y'all enough for all your help (and past posts/blogs). We're in this for the long haul, and those of you that insist on accuracy & consistency (and know how to achieve it) are our heros! (Hubby n' me are both 'artists', and we realize the importance of 'mastering the basics' and 'controlling the variables' in order to reach the masterful end-point of every art - where one OWNS their artistry and can create anything they can imagine...and creating masterful, artistically unique flavors is definitely our goal).
