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Racehorse

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getting ready to start DIY....

I prefer to get everything from one site, myfreedomsmokes seems to have everything I need for the best price...just wondering if there's a cheaper site before I pull the trigger.

thanks guys.

AS you progress thru DIY, you will find that it's not really about finding the *cheapest* site, but about the site who carries the flavorings and supplies you want, etc. There are flavorings I need that one site doesn't have, and another does, OR, I don't like the taste of someone's nic solution, etc.

Start somewhere and then try to establish a good relationship with 1,2 or 3 vendors.

Hope you make a lot of neat stuff!
 

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thanks guys...I'm pretty easy to please....I don't really even like a lot of flavor...I've been buying my favorite juice at 18 nic, and diluting it with VG till its about 5... I figured I'd just start DIY, since I kind of do it already. lol

I went ahead and got the stuff from myfreedomsmokes, in small quantities and if I like it, I'll order bigger next time. a local vape shop has flavoring, they're more expensive, but they make a 50/50 mix with no NIC and let you try it before you buy it, which i think is pretty awesome. they have a pretty good selection too. gonna try to make Propaganda - Illuminati clone to begin with and go from there!

anyone know of a good stand alone natural grape flavor?
 
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I think you will be much happier if you find a site that sells high quality ingredients.cheap ingredients may be of low quality and contains things you do not want to be vaping. using high quality nicotine,PG,VG and flavors I am still able to make juice for around a dollar per ounce (30ml) and people who try my juice say it's smoother and more flavorful that what they buy at the vape shops. you get what you pay for and saving a few pennies on your juice may make your DIY experience very unpleasant I use wizard labs for flavors and rts vapes for nicotine but for one stop shopping wizard or rts vapes carries everything you need. be careful of cheap suppliers. there are many good suppliers that sell high quality USP products. I get my PG from a company that sell fog machines because USP kosher grade PG is not recommended for use in fog machines but the PG sold for this use is much purer ( USP kosher 99.5% pure, fog machine approved PG 99.9% pure) of course most of the impurity is just water
 
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I think you will be much happier if you find a site that sells high quality ingredients.cheap ingredients may be of low quality and contains things you do not want to be vaping. using high quality nicotine,PG,VG and flavors I am still able to make juice for around a dollar per ounce (30ml) and people who try my juice say it's smoother and more flavorful that what they buy at the vape shops. you get what you pay for and saving a few pennies on your juice may make your DIY experience very unpleasant I use wizard labs for flavors and rts vapes for nicotine but for one stop shopping wizard or rts vapes carries everything you need. be careful of cheap suppliers. there are many good suppliers that sell high quality USP products. I get my PG from a company that sell fog machines because USP kosher grade PG is not recommended for use in fog machines but the PG sold for this use is much purer ( USP kosher 99.5% pure, fog machine approved PG 99.9% pure) of course most of the impurity is just water

thanks for the heads up...I got a stupid question: how do I know if VG/PG is a better quality than another?
 
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I get my PG, VG, and Nic base from My Freedom Smokes, but for flavors, I use OSDIY. They are cheaper, have a good selection, and shipping is cheaper and faster. USPS 2 Day Priority, $5.25 for any order under $75. They also have some house flavorings that are great and don't need steeping.

I'll check em out, thanks.

I have a feeling I just replaced my mod buying habit with a flavor buying habit. lol
 

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I wish there was a site that carried everything I like, but unfortunately it doesnt exist for me.

-Nicotine/Syringes from NudeNicotine
-PG/VG from BullCityVapor or WizardLabs
-Flavors from BullCityVapor or WizardLabs (depending on who has what in stock)
-Diy equipment such as pippettes, graduated cylinders and glass dropper bottles from Amazon

Eventually you will figure out what suits you the best and will go from there. Best of luck with your mixing and above all be safe. You will enjoy mixing, though, and much more than modding.
 
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