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    Instead of Ice Cleaner Acid...

    Here's their website: FILTER POUCH CLEANER on Coffee Dispenser Cleaner Company, LLC The problem with any of this stuff, is an issue of general common sense, and some education. I have a good deal of chemistry background, as well as safety in handling hazardous materials. I used to work...
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    First time in Dallas

    I went to lunch with a bunch of friends (we all used to work together and get together every few months for lunch). We went to on the border, and as most of us are either smokers or ex smokers (seems to be pretty common in the über tech geek set, must be something to do with the stress), I...
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    DIY & Repair: Local Resources

    I am currently trying the trick somebody posted today about using a tiny straw in the with the poly. (I got a 16oz bag at wall mart for $3). It seems to be working really well thus far. I used a coffee stirrer straw, and cut both ends at an angle (I did the top end to keep the straw away from...
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    Stocking Up

    Roger that. You should have heard my wife once she got ahold of mine. "I don't care what it costs, get a couple hundred of these before the RJ Reynolds lobbyists figure this **** out and con the FDA into banning them. Order a hundred gallons of the fluid." Scary. I'm mixing my own and...
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    Location for a Meetup?

    I can't exactly recommend Dallas. Nothing here but hot, flat and .... ugly. The hill country is nice, and we wouldn't have to worry about starting a fire due to dropped butts. =)
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    Easy "No Fail" Method to re-stuff Cartridges

    I tried the tea bag route yesterday. So so results. I took a lipton bag, cut it off at the top, dumped the tea into a filter and made iced tea with that. Then I separated the bag along it's folded seam, folded it down twice till it was a bit longer than a cart, rolled that up, and put it in...
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    Instead of Ice Cleaner Acid...

    Actually it was my original atomizer that I'd been using for a solid week. I just noticed the junk after using the grape stuff. That's not the same stuff. (They make a lot of products). This stuff has: Trisodium Phosphate, Sodium Metasilicate, Sodium Carbonate, Sodium Percarbonate, Sodium...
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    Instead of Ice Cleaner Acid...

    Something just dawned on me. I wasn't thinking, and mixed a batch using Loranne Grape (completely spacing off and missing the "blue dye #4 and red dye #1" in the ingrediants list) and within one cart had a whole mess of black crud around the coil on my Joye510C atomizer. Vapor output was...
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    Homebrewing a usb passthrough, question...

    I had a DOA 510 batt that I converted into a usb passthrough. I did a simple single resistor voltage divider to drop the USB to 5.2 VDC, found a small momentary switch to use as a manual, and cut up a USB extender for the cable. I pushed out the battery mechanism via a drill press with a...
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    Tobacco Flavorings and Enhancers?

    After a bunch of web research since getting my rig, I'm going to hazard a guess that the majority of the "cigarette flavored" juices are probably being made with stuff from these guys: Yunnan Dekang Biotechnology Co., Ltd I did some "enjoying with your new sunshine DVD most happy they are"...
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    Interesting comment left on one of my e-Juice reviews...

    I'm a diabetic. When I get some time I'll do a series of blood sugars before and after vaping. I rather doubt it will have any impact, but it's worth a finger in the air test.
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    Inhaling Flavouring Chemicals

    And on a side note (as I don't have enough posts to do my own topic yet): I noticed that SOME (not all) of the Lorann flavorings have an additional line on the side of the bottle's warnings: "Do not allow mucous membranes to come into contact with this product" (or something like that)...
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    Tips for carrying e-cigs

    For just clipping it to your shirt? I don't know about the other models, but the Joye510/Janty Dura/Titan has almost exactly the same diameter as an AKG or Audio Technica Lavalier microphone. And those mics have this spiffy little clip that goes around the mic, is practically invisible and...
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    Cut with Glycerin

    I'll chime in here. I've had two guys who work for me, both of whom were at one point employees at VariLight (the company that makes and runs the motion lighting equipment used by practically every major touring band on the planet). At any rate, they both were subjected to boatloads of...
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    LorAnn's Strength-O-Meter

    My $0.02 and a word of caution: In addition to filtering the list of Lorann's for the ones that have oils, based off what I've read here, I found another potential concern on some of them: Several of the Lorann's flavors have an additional warning on the side of the bottle: "Avoid...
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    Pharmacy frustration

    Be very careful with this stuff. Read the ingredients yourself. One of the places I went to and asked for propylene glycol almost handed me poly propylene glycol (not even remotely close to the same thing, and one that produces VERY bad stuff to breath when subjected to heat). I ended up...
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    Need less nicotine, help with math

    Understood. My solution for that bit was to buy Lorann's at the local hobby lobby in flavors that matched what I originally bought in my "starter" order from Parked. As I dilute them down (which I'm now using a 50/50 mix of PG/VG to do so), I add in a few drops of the matching Lorann to...
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    Cartridge filler materials

    Oh, and I'm definitely going to try the teabag thing Monday. I usually make a gallon of iced tea every day at work via lipton bags, and the tea maker has such a crappy design that it clogs and overflows when I use the bags and have been thinking of cutting them and just using coffee filters to...
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    Cartridge filler materials

    Big roger on that. As a result of my first week of vaping... A few pharmacies (looking for PG) I've been in Tractor Supply (found PG) Hobby Lobby (VG & Flavorings) Homeless depot (looking for storage widgets) Countless grocery stores (looking for Lorann stuff) Electronics supply store...
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    Liquid for DIYers

    Thus far I've only noodled with the Lorann stuff (bought at Hobby Lobby). In addition to the check for ingredients to rule out oils, I've also noticed that some of the Lorann stuff has a "keep out of contact with mucous membranes", and I file "lungs" under mucous membranes, so I'm steering...