A Few Quick DIY Tips

[alexmot]

These work for me, they may not work for you.

1. Pre-mix your base. There will be less to screw up at recipe time. For example, I currently use 60% PG/40% VG and aim for a target nic of ~12mg in my juice. Knowing that most of my recipes hit in the 15-20% flavor range, I adjust the nic content up by 15-20% and create the base at 60/40 with 14mg nic (12mg * 1.175 = ~ 14mg). I usually make base 240ml at a time. When it comes time to mix a recipe, I add the flavors to my cylinder, then fill to the desired level with my pre-made nic base. Not exact science, but close enough and removes three mixing ingredients from the "lab work."

2. Measure in syringes with droppers. Instead of assembling the entire syringe (syringe, plunger, needle) and sucking flavors from the bottles, I hold the syringe body in my left hand with my thumb over the top (where the needle portion would go). With my right hand, I fill the syringe up to desired measurement from the dropper bottle. When it comes time to dump the flavor into the mix, I cover the plunger hole on the syringe with my right index finger to create a vacuum, remove my thumb, position the syringe body over the cylinder and remove the index finger to release the flavor. Only one syringe body to clean and zero chance of cross contaminating your flavors.

3. If you're really cheap like I am, clear packing tape wrapped around a syringe body will stop the ink on the measurements from getting rubbed off while cleaning. With proper cleaning a single syringe can last a very long time.

 

[Alter]

I don't premix my base but I do pop the plunger out and measure my mls out that way and its a lot easier than dipping needles into a flavor jug.
I tried to use clear tape on my 1ml syringes but it came off after time along with the painted on numbers. I painted the numbers with varathane and a foam brush, a few coats and my 1ml syringe gets used all the time, its a few months old and the lettering is still as sharp as it was new. All my other syringes are marked with indentations so they don't require to be painted as of yet.
I get my syringes from our vet so they have to be accurate since they are used to medicate livestock. I read that the el cheapo syringes you get out of places like ebay or china aren't accurate and have to be calibrated along with numbers being painted on rather than etched into the syringe body so the bit extra I pay is worth in getting a accurate mix in the end.

 

[KattMamma]

#1 - I do this and find it a nice time saver. I also keep some of this premix on hand to dilute a juice that came out too strong - I don't want to dilute the nic!! The amounts we're talking about typically won't result in a nic content that's too high for me.

#2 - I haven't tried this. I'm undecided whether I will.

#3 - I originally tried clear nail polish (suggested somewhere on ECF) and must warn others - DON'T USE NAIL POLISH ON SYRINGES! After only a few washings it started flaking off, making me worried that the flakes would end up in my juice. For now, I'm not doing anything to the syringes, but might try the packing tape.

 

[jbok]

I use packing tap to cover the print on syringes works pretty well


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