A little lost.. How about the basics

[Dusif]

The easy way to mix with % is to know how much 1% is for each size bottle and then multiplying with the % you want to add... When making 10ml 0,1ml aroma is 1% so if you want to add 20% aroma its just 0,1x20...

For a 30ml bottle 1% would be 0,3ml so 0,3x20
Its very simple, now mix away


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[MissMcVayp]

Maybe I should just look to mix everything in a 10 ml bottle, lol...

When you DIY and make a LOT of stuff... what do you do if your nic level changes? Mine right now is at 9, but it had been at 12... so what do you do if you make up 30 bottles of something and your nic level changes to 6 or 8?

 

[Hoosier]

PIF 'em.
Mix new halfway between the old and new level and mix the old and new 50/50.
Stop making 30 bottles of the exact thing in the future and use up existing as desired.

First 3 thoughts that came to my head.


I've got more than 30 bottles of juice sitting around, but they are all different flavors and nic levels because I mix my own and can mix whatever I like whenever I like, having a large number of the exact same thing is an alien concept to me.
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[DeloresRose]

Maybe I should just look to mix everything in a 10 ml bottle, lol...

When you DIY and make a LOT of stuff... what do you do if your nic level changes? Mine right now is at 9, but it had been at 12... so what do you do if you make up 30 bottles of something and your nic level changes to 6 or 8?

I make up a batch - maybe 5 or 6 - of 10 mls if it's a new flavor to me, or 30mls if I've already tested it and know how I want it. I can use up quite a lot of it before I want lower nic. My juices have changed several times since I started both in nic levels and pg/vg ratios, so I don't make tons of it.

But like Hoosier says, it's nice to have a variety around because I sometimes need a little more nic. The only ones I threw out were those that tasted bad enough I couldn't vape them. The ones that cam out so-so, I usually goof around with, adding this, mixing with that, until it's not so bad. There are days when I can barely taste anything, and I can use those then.

 

[PtrG]

Am pretty new to diy juices.
Took some advice from some others more knowledgeable and bought premixed 50/50 pg/vg 12 nic since wanted to drop down from 16 nic from B&m juices used earlier.
got a few flavors from 3 sources. so far, only mixing single flavors (found several keepers!).
first mixed 5 ml samples but found difficult to accurately measure ml or drops so went to 10 ml samples for easier measuring.
not much math involved, no diy computer/mixing app needed--keep it simple, easy, fewer mistakes.
several vendors offer premixed pg/vg/nic in various levels, just add flavor, shake, vape, steep, vape.
if i am doing something wrong, be happy to be corrected . . .

 

[Heabob]

Am pretty new to diy juices.
Took some advice from some others more knowledgeable and bought premixed 50/50 pg/vg 12 nic since wanted to drop down from 16 nic from B&m juices used earlier.
got a few flavors from 3 sources. so far, only mixing single flavors (found several keepers!).
first mixed 5 ml samples but found difficult to accurately measure ml or drops so went to 10 ml samples for easier measuring.
not much math involved, no diy computer/mixing app needed--keep it simple, easy, fewer mistakes.
several vendors offer premixed pg/vg/nic in various levels, just add flavor, shake, vape, steep, vape.
if i am doing something wrong, be happy to be corrected . . .

Easy PC app for mixing will help in the long run:
eJuice Me Up - Best eJuice Calculator
You can also save your recipes on it, plus it has some "built in" recipes.
What are you using now to measure with?
1ml Insulin Syringes work great, paint the numbers with clear fingernail polish to keep from wearing off.
They are in increments down to .1ml (that's 1% in a 10ml batch), but the .02 marks are hard to see.
If you drip the drops into the syringe from the top, count how many drops to equal .1ml (usually 3 or 4).
Then you can cut the drops in half for a 5ml batch, if desired.
Each bottle/topper flavor have different size drops usually, so keep this in mind.

 

[MissMcVayp]

I have ordered a bottle of unflavored pre-mixed juice in my nic level, but I just thought of something... when I add flavor I'm going to be diluting it to below my nic level, so I guess that's not gonna work out too well

Soooooo... back to the drawing board and I am going to have to deal with mixing nic which I didn't really want to get into. I was thinking about wither 50/50 or 75/25 vg/pg... if I get the higher vg do I have to dilute it with something? And does it matter what level you get your nic at as long as it's more than you need so that when you mix you get what you want and don't over-dilute?

 

[MissMcVayp]

Okay... I just got that e juice calculator thingie, lol.... now have to look for a good place to buy the diy stuff pg, vg, nic basse, etc...

 

[klynnn]

I tend to like my mixes at 70/30 pg/vg so I buy my nic in pg and buy a bottle of vg plain to mix.

 

[MissMcVayp]

For any new DIYer reading this: Download the calculator app first.

I was just about to click on "order" my supplies and I decided to do a test run through a recipe first and I'm glad I did. I found that with what I like to vape I couldn't do it ordering my nic in a PG base so I had to change it to a VG base. Would have been a TOTAL pain in the patootie if I'd found out while excitedly mixing my first juice that I had the wrong base. So do a test run before you click "order" lol.

 

[MissMcVayp]

And thanks to the guys who posted the link to the calculator, lol!!!!

 

[Dusif]

Maybe I should just look to mix everything in a 10 ml bottle, lol...

When you DIY and make a LOT of stuff... what do you do if your nic level changes? Mine right now is at 9, but it had been at 12... so what do you do if you make up 30 bottles of something and your nic level changes to 6 or 8?

Ok heres a walktrough to how i personally mix my liquids

Grab a bottle (duuh )
Add the nic, i vape 15mg and use 100mg nic base so i add 1,5ml to a 10ml bottle

Then i add my aroma thats 0,8ml grazzhopper aroma

And because i know my nic and aroma is PG based i add pg to halfway up the bottle and then add the vg for a close to 50/50 mix

For steeping i boil some water let it cool for 3 minutes... Then i put my bottle in a cup and pour water in the cup, let it sit till its room temp and vape away


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Hades 0,9 aqua/0,3 hades dripper
Hades 1,1 russian/0,4 stiletto
M16 helio 0,29
Galileo aqua 0,8
Bolt carto tank
Vamo vivi/protank
Kts+ igo-w 0,7