Is it "bad" to pre-mix unflavored ejuice?
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Nothing bad about it....LOL..... I do it all the time and its a time saver for me. I just figured when I had the frozen bottle out and defrosted, to go ahead and mix up whatever amt of unflavored nic base I wanted and then rebottle what is left of the original into a smaller bottle before re-freezing.
Works for me. Oh, and I keep my newly unflavored nic base in the fridge drawer wrapped in several layers of paper towels to keep light out. Much easier to bring that amt to room temp also.
I'd prolly mix up to like 6 months in advance. With flavoring it's good to let it sit/steep. I don't think you'd get anything out of unflavored but I don't think it will hurt anything ..
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We mix bug bottles of 3 nic, and add flavors... just remember that adding flavors will dilute your nic...
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Thanks! What's a bug bottle? Or did you mean big bottle?
I vape unflavored half of the time.
I mix 8-9 months of unflavored base using (1) 125ml,100mg nic.
The (14) 125ml bottles of base go back in the freezer.
Take them out as needed for mixing in flavors or unflavored.
You'll see on the ELF calculator, it gives the total weight of your base, you can use that as a guide for mixing.
I mix 8-9 months of unflavored base using (1) 125ml,100mg nic.
The (14) 125ml bottles of base go back in the freezer.
Take them out as needed for mixing in flavors or unflavored.
You'll see on the ELF calculator, it gives the total weight of your base, you can use that as a guide for mixing.
No... it's a bottle shaped like a giant dung beetle lol
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Like Shawn said, you won't have an exact nic %.
I mix the base to 7mg.
With 15% flavor it's around 6mg
I mix the base to 7mg.
With 15% flavor it's around 6mg
I mixed up a bottle higher than what I vape at for making testers. Much more convenient than getting the 100mg out of the freezer and waiting for it to warm up when I want to make a 10ml tester.
I wouldn't do it if I was making several hundred ml at a time.
I wouldn't do it if I was making several hundred ml at a time.
I only mix when I am making a complete recipe because although it might be minor I go for accuracy and I do not need to play with my e-Liquids.
My premix is my VG bottle lol. The only PG I add is my nic and flavorings and with every recipe being different I cant really do much in the way of premixing, except I add the nic about a day before Im ready to vape my long steepers because Im never entirely sure when Im mixing which ones Im going to want nic in or not. (I alternate between 0mg and 2mg all day)
If you're mixing unflavored base to use as unflavored eliquid...I don't see anything wrong with it.
But, if you know you're going to be adding flavorings to it later, I personally wouldn't do it. I'd rather not have my nic content changed from what I intended it to be, and adding flavorings would do just that.
Also, adding flavorings later will also change the final PG/VG ratio from what the unflavored base was. If only maybe 1-2% total flavoring was used, and small batch sizes (10-20mL or so) were being made, not a big deal then, IMO. But, if a recipe has maybe 10-20% or more total flavoring...and a 50mL or larger batch is being made, it would alter the PG/VG ratio more than I'd personally like it to.
But, if you know you're going to be adding flavorings to it later, I personally wouldn't do it. I'd rather not have my nic content changed from what I intended it to be, and adding flavorings would do just that.
Also, adding flavorings later will also change the final PG/VG ratio from what the unflavored base was. If only maybe 1-2% total flavoring was used, and small batch sizes (10-20mL or so) were being made, not a big deal then, IMO. But, if a recipe has maybe 10-20% or more total flavoring...and a 50mL or larger batch is being made, it would alter the PG/VG ratio more than I'd personally like it to.
I exactly that as well, except I'm mixing at about double the nic strength you are, so I only get about half the 120ml bottles.
I do vape a lot of unflavored, but when I do use flavors, it's typically around 3% and never more than 5%, so I don't worry about the decrease in nic or increase in PG at all.
As you can see lots of us pre-mix BIG batches. I typically make 240ml of juice to last me about 2-3 months. Half goes in the freezer and half is bottled and left out in a cool dark place. Use a good juice calculator to get the base right. As some have said adding flavoring does change the % of nic, so make your batch stronger then you vape. And do not forget that some flavors may need some steep time(usually the tobacco flavors). After 5 years of vaping I am still at 20mg/ml. I tried lower mg but vaped too much. So, higher mg works for me.
I make 30ml batches at a time![emoji4]
Give it a try. To me, unflavored has become a flavor. It has practical benefits too. There's very little gunking of you wicks and coils, so they last a long time, and there's virtually no smell for non-vapers to complain about.
True that. Even if I squirt a little store bought flavor with it, I still get a month out of a Nautilus coil. Nice to have a wick last that long. And, not have to Build for flavor.
My mix calculator doesn't disturb the nic content between unflavored and flavored. It does change the PG amount to compensate for PG in the flavorings.
Adding after the fact would add to the pg just because the flavor contains pg and the mix would be diluted by that amount.
Adding after the fact would add to the pg just because the flavor contains pg and the mix would be diluted by that amount.
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I make it in a 0.5L bottle. Good for 50 days for me. No need to refrigerate.
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