A little overwhelmed...

[K-Nall]

Hi there! So I'm a newbie. I just wanted to say thank you in advance for humoring me for the plethora of questions I have no doubt I'll be harassing you all with.

I'm actually more than a little overwhelmed by all of the information here. I'm not intimidated, just a little panicked because clearly I have SOOOOO much to catch up on. The crazy name flavors alone have my head spinning!

My husband and I are going to attempt to make our own juice tonight. I'm a little nervous but excited. I figure if we mess it up, we'll pitch it and start over, right? I was wondering if anyone had any words of wisdom for me?

Hope to hear from you all and get to know you all better!!

Katie

 

[BigLebowski]

There is a DIY e-liquid section, don't think you can post there until you hit 5 posts but there is a lot of information regarding DIY.

 

[Screamin Eagle]

Well not sure what your mixing with but a couple of things I can advise you in is find an e-juic calculator. Here are a few:

E-Liquid Recipe Name

dot1ml | Eliquid calculator & recipe repository

Another thing I can advise you to do is write down what you do. A recipe more or less. Then keep track of any changes you make to it.
If your just starting out. Make single flavor mixes. Then once you get the hang of getting those right then move on to two flavor mixes and so on.
Not all flavors will mix at the same %. Some flavors are very strong (such as cinnamon, peppermint, caramel), while other may be very light (some apple, pear). Most mixes you can get away with starting with 5%-10%. The strong flavors I would suggest you start at 2%-3%. Where as the light flavors you can start at 10%-15%. You'll have to get the hang of which are strong and which are light but you can normaly go by smell. Or you can rub a tad bit of it on your tongue to see how heavy the taste is.

And lastly, don't give up. If you don't get it the first time figgure out what went wrong, adjust your recipe, and try it again.

Good Luck!!

 

[OlDogNewTricks]

Be careful with your mixing, mix clean and don't try to start off making a complex flavor. Getting a few single flavors that taste good will do wonders for your confidence.

 

[crxess]

DIY mixing - Less is more

If it taste good now it may age to be better
If it taste bad now - steep for a week or two. if it is still nasty - pitch it.

Start your flavors low - most advise 5-8% and work up
To much can cancel any taste at all.

 

[K-Nall]

Thank you so much for all the advice! I admit I'm a little leary about this, but what the heck right? Thank you for the link, that is exactly what I was looking for!

All ive been able to find is very complicated recipes, but what I need is very basic, run-of-the-mill beginner stuff. Talk about feeling like a noob, I'm sitting here and researching and thinking, all I want is to know how to make banana or strawberry! Lol

I'm just hoping everyone starts out this way...

 

[Screamin Eagle]

Well if it's simple recipes your looking for try looking here at this thread.

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/e-liquid-recipes/439217-simple-recipes.html

Use some of the recipes to "play around" in the calculators until you get a feel for how they work. Then have fun.