Brand new DIY'er..OMG I'm so dumb...

[jdmaddy]

So I'm trying to prepare for any FDA regs that may come down and was looking into making my own ejuice. I was going to buy a bottle of Nic from Wizard Labs and also bottles of VG and PG. I normally vape 24mg juice.

I've been looking through this thread and have come across some very impressive calculators but I just don't understand them - boy I feel stupid. My question is very basic. If I normally vape 24mg nic with PG80/VG20, how would I make a 30ml bottle. Do I buy a higher nic level and dilute it or what?

I'm not picky. If I had a really basic recipe saying "this much nic juice, this much PG and this much VG plus this much flavor" and abracadabra - here's your 30ml bottle of 24mg 80/20 ejuice.

Could someone help me out or point me to a really basic thread that may explain this??

I would like to buy the ingredients soon before they are out of stock again, so any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[DetraMental]

30ml bottle at 24mg of Nicotine:
If you purchase 100mg nicotine the recipe is as follows:
Nicotine: 7.2ml 144 drops 24%
PG 80%: 17.4ml 348 drops 58%
VG 20%: 2.4ml 48 drops 8%

The remaining 10% is for flavor (3ml,60 Drops)

 

[Levitas]

Since you prefer more pg over vg, ideally, you should purchase a pg nic-base.

Were I you, I'd purchase 60mg PG nic-base, and cut it down with VG, and/or nicotine-free PG to get desired results.

 

[jdmaddy]

Wow thank you so much for the quick respone DetraMental - actually seeing the breakdown helps a lot. I think I get it now. Thanks so much!!! This should be fun...

30ml bottle at 24mg of Nicotine:
If you purchase 100mg nicotine the recipe is as follows:
Nicotine: 7.2ml 144 drops 24%
PG 80%: 17.4ml 348 drops 58%
VG 20%: 2.4ml 48 drops 8%

The remaining 10% is for flavor (3ml,60 Drops)

 

[jdmaddy]

Thanks for the reply Levitas - this is a good idea. I saw the nic with the pg base. Perhaps I'll give it a try - thanks a lot...

Since you prefer more pg over vg, ideally, you should purchase a pg nic-base.

Were I you, I'd purchase 60mg PG nic-base, and cut it down with VG, and/or nicotine-free PG to get desired results.

 

[Train2]

And I'd TRY the EJuiceMeUp calculator.
You tell it:
1) What's your nicotine source (PG, 60 mg/ml for example)
2) What's your target PG/VG (80/20 for example)
3) What flavors are you using in what % (the flavors are almost all PG)
4) How much juice are you trying to make (30 ml for example)

And BOOM - it tells you how many ML of each ingredient to put in the bottle!

 

[jdmaddy]

Thanks Train2 - this is exactly what I was looking for...There is soo much good stuff on this site it's overwhelming! Thanks for this link - now I can get busy!!

And I'd TRY the EJuiceMeUp calculator.
You tell it:
1) What's your nicotine source (PG, 60 mg/ml for example)
2) What's your target PG/VG (80/20 for example)
3) What flavors are you using in what % (the flavors are almost all PG)
4) How much juice are you trying to make (30 ml for example)

And BOOM - it tells you how many ML of each ingredient to put in the bottle!

 

[pamdis]

30ml bottle at 24mg of Nicotine:
If you purchase 100mg nicotine the recipe is as follows:
Nicotine: 7.2ml 144 drops 24%
PG 80%: 17.4ml 348 drops 58%
VG 20%: 2.4ml 48 drops 8%

The remaining 10% is for flavor (3ml,60 Drops)

These are wrong, sorry. If flavor is PG (most are) and the Nic is PG, you end up with 92/8 PG/VG. If the nic is VG you end up with 68/32 PG/VG.

If you enter these same numbers into the ejuicmeup calculator with a target 80/20 PG/VG and 24mg strength, you should get these numbers (examples are using 100mg base with 10% flavor, and 60mg base with 20% flavor, both assuming nic and flavor are in PG):


Nicotine PG (100mg/ml) 7.2ml
PG 13.8ml
VG 6ml
10% flavor PG 3ml

or

Nicotine PG (60mg/ml) 12ml
PG 6ml
VG 6ml
20% flavor PG 6ml

Play around with the calculator until you understand it very very well.