I just wanted to let you DIYer's know that we now have 30mL Unicorn bottles in stock for $0.89 each! 
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I am just starting to DIY, I read here and there about diluting the mix, why would one do that? and what should one dilute with?
do you mean diluting it some if you're using nearly all vg to make it thinner?
I guess that's what people mean, but I intend to do either 40PG 60VG or 30PG 70VG, would it need thinning?
probably not, but I vape high pg. The only reason it would need thinning is if whatever tank you're using isn't wicking well. Like if you're getting dry/burnt hits. Then you can thin it with just a couple drops of distilled water. Start with one drop if you're just doing a tankful.
Not exactly a chemist question........but would you be able to tell us if RTS is going to have any 4th of July sales on nic??
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Any possibility you'll get 120ml LDPE's (or 100ml - just standard bottle, not unicorn) anytime soon? Thanks!I just wanted to let you DIYer's know that we now have 30mL Unicorn bottles in stock for $0.89 each!
We are looking into this as a possibility, but I can't promise anything at this point.
I am.......just trying to get a plan since I'm going to be without internet from July 2nd til the 10th or 11th.
So with all the controversy about nicotine and vaping vs cigarettes, since you never were a smoker, why did you start vaping, and do you use nicotine in your juice?
Thanks for the question!
So I took this job right out of college and at the time knew basically nothing about vaping. I smoked about 6-8 cigars a year and dipped ocasionally when golfing or fishing. So upon taking the job, I bought a kanger EVOD starter kit because I wanted to learn more about the job and industry. I started with 0 nic because I had the "horrors" of nicotine addiction, but I enjoyed playing with the different flavor combinations. The only problem with this was all the e-juice made around the office had nicotine and so I would politely decline to try the juice. One day I made some 3 mg juice and enjoyed the experience, so I continued to use nicotine. I have been vaping 3 mg nic juice for about a year and a half now and have upgraded my devices more than my wife would like.
Vaping has become both a hobby and a passion of mine over the last 2 years and I help in any way that I can in the community.As far as the nicotine goes, I was basically a non-nicotine user my whole life and in the last two years of nic use through vaping I have found no "addiction" to the nicotine. If I leave my box mod at the office by accident over the weekend, I don't feel the need to run out to the store and get a "fix" from something else. This has been my experience and I have heard many other similar stories.
Neat story! You may want to check out this thread. If it's not ok to post this lemme know and I'll remove it.
Billion Lives Needs Help
we need to do all we can to support this documentary! It has the potential to really help the vaping industry
My apologies if this has been asked and answered already.
Web page reporting about someone who says they can make commercial quantities of synthetic nicotine at 13 times the cost of nic derived from tobacco.
E-Cigs Are Going Tobacco-Free With Synthetic Nicotine
Being a garage inventor (with some successes) I'm aware of the tendency for us to get overly enthusiastic about the promise of our latest great idea so I'm supposing there is a good reason why synthetic nic isn't around and probably this guy hasn't solved the problems or may be he has?
What can you tell us about the chemistry challenges of doing this?
P.S. Usually when an inventor discloses a product he can't sell to you there are problems that he never ends up solving.
Web page reporting about someone who says they can make commercial quantities of synthetic nicotine at 13 times the cost of nic derived from tobacco.
E-Cigs Are Going Tobacco-Free With Synthetic Nicotine
Being a garage inventor (with some successes) I'm aware of the tendency for us to get overly enthusiastic about the promise of our latest great idea so I'm supposing there is a good reason why synthetic nic isn't around and probably this guy hasn't solved the problems or may be he has?
What can you tell us about the chemistry challenges of doing this?
P.S. Usually when an inventor discloses a product he can't sell to you there are problems that he never ends up solving.
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From the very few mechanisms I have seen for the synthesis of nicotine, the reason that synthetic nicotine is so expensive is because of the yield problems. The only high yield mechanism I have seen was an enantioselective synthesis for R-nicotine, but natural nicotine from tobacco produces L-nicotine (the most effective enantiomer).
The other mechanism for the correct enantiomer of nicotine had a theoretical yield of about 25% (you ALWAYS get less than the theoretical yield) of the starting material. Then the product would have to be purified and more would be lost.
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