Breaking/Cutting down Nicotine

[Myah_June2014]

I thought my nicotine was possibly bad. I called the vendor & she asked lots of questions which I all understood being new to this. She asked if I cut it down or break it down. I ordered the 100mg/ml bottle in 50-50 base. Before I could ask I was put on hold, she then came back & said a new one will be sent. Am I missing something? My glass bottles are lost in the mail so I never transferred it over & to the fridge. She said unless it's sitting out for 3-4 months refrigerator doesn't do much. I can see if I bought the huge bottle to make it into a bunch of littler bottles, which is only thing I can assume by cutting down? Ppl say nicotine shouldn't be in a clear bottle, well they ship in clear bottles & I always keep in a dark room anyway.. Any thoughts plz?
Oh, it smells kinda like a little bit of car oil scent. I've read where it shouldn't have any smell.
Ty

 

[dannyv45]

It depends on what strenght you usually vape. You NEVER use 100mg NIC straight thats a major hazard to your health, you must cut it down to your desired strength with PG, VG or a combination of both. So if your vaping straight 100mg nicotime stop at once.

If you vape 24mg its approx 1ml NIC to 3ML pg/vg.

Get yourself the e-juice me up calculator to do the calculations and read my blogs.

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Read my blogs before getting started

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then read hoosier's blogs.

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then read the stickies at the top of the page.

this will explain a lot of the how's and why's.

 

[Myah_June2014]

It depends on what strenght you usually vape. You NEVER use 100mg NIC straight thats a major hazard to your health, you must cut it down to your desired strength with PG, VG or a combination of both.

If you vape 24mg its approx 1ml NIC to 3ML pg/vg.

Get yourself the e-juice me up calculator to do the calculations and read my blogs.

eJuice Me Up - Best eJuice Calculator

Read my blogs before getting started

E-Cigarette Forum - dannyv45 - Blogs

then read hoosier's blogs.

E-Cigarette Forum - Hoosier - Blogs

then read the stickies at the top of the page.

this will explain a lot of the how's and why's.

If I make a 40/60 blend of 10 ml @ 24 MG nicotine calculator says 2.4 ml, nicotine, 1.3 ml PG & 4.8 ml VG. Is this correct?

 

[Myah_June2014]

I've ALWAYS mixed with PG & VG! Just wondering if she meant something else? Thanks

 

[dannyv45]

How much flavoring are you using. You need to enter that as well it adds to the PG content. Those calculations seem OK and looks like your using about 15% flavoring

 

[dannyv45]

I've ALWAYS mixed with PG & VG! Just wondering if she meant something else? Thanks

No actually you made it sound like you were mixing with straight NIC you said I have "100mg/ml in a 50/50 base". You never actually said you were diluting it with anything.

 

[Myah_June2014]

No actually you made it sound like you were mixing with straight NIC you said I have "100mg/ml in a 50/50 base". You never actually said you were diluting it with anything.[/QUOTE

I worded something wrong, forgive me plz! Your post said never mix w/o PG & VG & I was just informing I do incase it was something else I was missing. I can see how my initial post was taken wrong, my bad for not clarifying, no need to attack the fact I was letting u know I do mix with them... This is a forum to help teach or learn, not critique the typing of a post!!

 

[Hoosier]

Dannyv45 was just making sure an important safe point was very clearly covered.

You know there are non-registered lurkers who read things here and then act on them without asking questions? Most of us are sure to make sure everyone can understand the details about handling nicotine. If danny hadn't pointed it out, I would have, or someone else would have. If this upsets you, this sub-forum may not be the best place for your mental health. We can get very picky about precise wording about some things and I don't expect that to change suddenly.

If you're talking about the way something tastes, then all kinds of weird things are perfectly acceptable. Most of us are fairly weird as it is...

 

[Myah_June2014]

Dannyv45 was just making sure an important safe point was very clearly covered.

You know there are non-registered lurkers who read things here and then act on them without asking questions? Most of us are sure to make sure everyone can understand the details about handling nicotine. If danny hadn't pointed it out, I would have, or someone else would have. If this upsets you, this sub-forum may not be the best place for your mental health. We can get very picky about precise wording about some things and I don't expect that to change suddenly.

If you're talking about the way something tastes, then all kinds of weird things are perfectly acceptable. Most of us are fairly weird as it is...

Thanks you & I understand nicotine is very dangerous but, bringing how this could affect my mental health into a post about me answering a statement is absolutely ridiculous & unprofessional... IMHO....

 

[Hoosier]

You're very correct. I am very unprofessional. I'm a DIY'er.

I'm also very jovial and have a joking nature.

It may be best to ignore me now before I really say something to anger you.

 

[Myah_June2014]

You're very correct. I am very unprofessional. I'm a DIY'er.

I'm also very jovial and have a joking nature.

It may be best to ignore me now before I really say something to anger you.[/
I'm a very humorous person also but, there is a BIG line between sarcasm & attacking somebody. Obviously u said u are unprofessional so you could care less. Your a veteran on here?

 

[Hoosier]

Long time vet on here. Long time helping folks learn the in's and out's of mixing.

I thought I was being friendly and helpful. Figured if my take on help wasn't for you then it would be best for you to set me to ignore and you'd never have to be bothered by my way of helping folks.

I point things out. Guide folks to learn for themselves. Use a bunch of home-spun analogies. Joke and generally kid around. There are few things I take seriously and nicotine is one of them.

It seemed to me, as in just my unprofessional opinion, that you seemed to take offense at someone trying to make sure you and everyone understood an important aspect in handling nicotine. It seemed to me that you took further offense when I pointed out that it is common place on this sub for the "old hands" to make sure everyone understands the handling of nicotine and that we can get picky and precise on the whole matter, but for the rest of it is rather jocular. So if folks making sure the safety aspects of nicotine are well worded is offensive, then it just seems to follow that you will be offended often here. (I might be completely missing your viewpoint here.)

I'm a product designer/developer for products that are part of the infrastructure and industrial processes. I have to be very serious at work as everything I touch, if not precisely detailed and calculated, can result in serious injury...at best. As long as we are not talking about that kind of stuff, I'm very unprofessional because it's not my profession. Heck, I even smile and laugh while I dance badly too. So, yeah, I could care less that some stranger called me unprofessional on a forum about mixing your own juice. I'm not a professional juice mixer.

I did not see how I was attacking you, but you seem to imply that calling me unprofessional was an attempt to attack me? If so then it was an attempt to do what you were upset with me about to me. That's fine by me too.

Again, you won't have to read anything I type if you place me on ignore. Seems to solve everything from my viewpoint.

 

[classwife]

hang on in here...

like I used to tell my kids...go outside and come back in again.


A lot of information is missing here...hence the concern.





A person would be in excellent care under Hoosier's guidance.

 

[Shilo]

I've gotten nic that smelled like car oil or kerosene before and I got a refund. There are a lot of variances in the smells to different vendors nicotine. Hopefully the next bottle will be better.

 

[dannyv45]

I worded something wrong, forgive me plz! Your post said never mix w/o PG & VG & I was just informing I do incase it was something else I was missing. I can see how my initial post was taken wrong, my bad for not clarifying, no need to attack the fact I was letting u know I do mix with them... This is a forum to help teach or learn, not critique the typing of a post!!

I was not attacking you and I'm sorry if it came off that way. I was just concerned and wanted to make sure you were safe. And you are correct this is a forum for helping and I though I was doing exactly that. Clearly stating the issue is a big part of the process and helps to avoid misunderstandings.

Myself and Hoosier have no issues with you and we are only trying to help so at this point there is no advantage to any further negative dialogue so lets get back on track. We will be happy to help you resolve any further issues you may have with your nicotine.

 

[Quanius]

I think I just realized an ordering mistake. So if I ordered the 12mg/ml from Wizard Labs in PG then I am basically restricting my recipes to using the pure nicotine solution. Anything else will dilute the nicotine to below 12mg/ml. Oops! Should have ordered 100mg.

 

[Hoosier]

I think I just realized an ordering mistake. So if I ordered the 12mg/ml from Wizard Labs in PG then I am basically restricting my recipes to using the pure nicotine solution. Anything else will dilute the nicotine to below 12mg/ml. Oops! Should have ordered 100mg.

Yep. I hold the belief that if nicotine liquid was rated in mg/ml instead of that crappy shorthand "mg" it would be more obvious to folks.

If you don't absolutely need 12mg/ml, then it shouldn't be a problem. I'm a bit more sensitive than most on my nicotine level, so I'd notice if it was lower than I wanted because I'd have a devil of a time getting my PV away from my face. Many folks can easily work with it over a large range without any difference. Hopefully you're one of those folks and not like me.