Eliminate Cloudiness in your mix by changing the order ingredients are mixed in

Bill's Magic Vapor;15653261 said:

ItTechy;15653110 said:

Okay ....

Without looking at all the flavors and what not...

Basic chemistry 101

Water and oil don't mix...

No there's no "oil " per say but here is a trick that can be applied to any compounding:

This can happen to any e-liquid you make when one of the components does not mix with the others.

Most if not all flavors will mix properly with PG, but not with VG, so here is what you do:

Mix all ingredients less you VG and thoroughly mix, 99% of the time there will be no issues, then add your VG last.

If your NIC is VG based this applies too, do not add it until after you have combined all the other ingredients.

The problem occurs from the water in the VG and certain components that naturally will not combine together. like gasoline and water!

If you add alcohol into the gasoline, it will bond with the water and make what's called a soluble solution and now the water will mix with the gasoline!

Likewise in e-liquids the same principal applies; you can also mix all components and figure in about 3-5% PGA which will help the ingredients to mix, then lastly add your VG', TADA!

No Clouds or mixture separation!



P.S. It's probably the order you mix the ingredients in....

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Interesting suggestion, and one that I have always used myself. I vape with a 30/70 PG/VG ratio, and almost always mix the 30% PG ingredients first, then add the 70% VG portion, of which I always use PG nicotine. While this has worked well for me, I have had times when I got a cloudy mix, and this may be due to the order of the mix, i.e., mixing the VG nicotine first, as it often appears on my calculator, then the PG on top of it, then the VG. I believe that could have been the cause of the cloudiness, but it happens rarely, because of the way I mix. I often mix only the PG components and don't add the VG until later, sometimes much later. If you've read my earliest posts, I made all my 30% PG flavorings in large quantities and only added the VG much later so I could control the amount of nicotine. Once upon a time, in my own household, three vapers all vaped with different nicotine amounts, so this method solved the problem. As I recall, I never had problems with the VG that was added later. So, I think I can say with some degree of certainty that your suggestion to change the order of ingredients mixed, i.e., PG first, then the VG later, has been born out of my own experiences. You should write a blog on these chemistry issues, my friend. Just press blog this post, and its all but done!

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