Does anyone know what might cause a mixture to have a burnt smell out of the bottle, without even putting it into the clearomizer?
I made my first tobacco liquid. The commercial flavor I bought was pre-mixed, so it was not concentrate. I figured that I might need a higher amount.
This is what I used. It's simple.
Nicotine 60 mg in 100% PG - 2 ml - 20%
PG - 3.5 ml - 35%
VG - 3 ml - 30%
Seedman's Commercial tobacco (non-concentrate) - 1.5 ml - 15%
After running through an ultrasonic cleaner for 2 hours, the liquid has a strong burnt scent (I don't think the water temperature was too high. I turned it on and off as the water warmed and cooled). I tried to vape it just to be sure, and it still has that burnt flavor. It isn't the clearomizer. I checked the wick and coil before using: white and clear.
I just added 0.5 ml of TFA Cotton Candy, 0.5% ml TFA Coconut, and 0.2 ml french vanilla. This seems to have blunted the burnt scent that was coming off it, but I smelled it before steeping in the ultrasonic cleaner. It's in there now, so I'll check again after a few cycles.
The odd thing is, the burnt smell wasn't there before I steeped the first batch. It had a hint of licorice. After steeping, that was almost completely gone. This same burnt smell has happened to other liquids I've tried to create with or without steeping in the ultrasonic cleaner. This is essentially why I hated any sweet mixtures I've made. The taste was horrid. The only liquid I've made that did not have that burnt smell/taste was the Type N Menthol tobacco from RTS Vapes - it's a Chinese flavor. Maybe the flavor itself overrides the burnt flavor?
I'm beginning to think that maybe I've gotten a hold of some bad nicotine? How would I test just the nicotine? I couldn't very well vape it alone, too dangerous.
If anyone has any ideas about what might be causing this, I would really appreciate it.
Note that the nicotine is not out of date. The expiration date runs out in January of 2014.
Edit to add: Well, I think I may have found the problem. It's the nicotine. I've gone through and smelled my plain PG, plain VG, and the nicotine in 100% PG. The nicotine has a very strong burnt smell to it. Arg, I could spit after buying 1000 ml of this *%&^!
Sorry for the implied profanity.
I made my first tobacco liquid. The commercial flavor I bought was pre-mixed, so it was not concentrate. I figured that I might need a higher amount.
This is what I used. It's simple.
Nicotine 60 mg in 100% PG - 2 ml - 20%
PG - 3.5 ml - 35%
VG - 3 ml - 30%
Seedman's Commercial tobacco (non-concentrate) - 1.5 ml - 15%
After running through an ultrasonic cleaner for 2 hours, the liquid has a strong burnt scent (I don't think the water temperature was too high. I turned it on and off as the water warmed and cooled). I tried to vape it just to be sure, and it still has that burnt flavor. It isn't the clearomizer. I checked the wick and coil before using: white and clear.
I just added 0.5 ml of TFA Cotton Candy, 0.5% ml TFA Coconut, and 0.2 ml french vanilla. This seems to have blunted the burnt scent that was coming off it, but I smelled it before steeping in the ultrasonic cleaner. It's in there now, so I'll check again after a few cycles.
The odd thing is, the burnt smell wasn't there before I steeped the first batch. It had a hint of licorice. After steeping, that was almost completely gone. This same burnt smell has happened to other liquids I've tried to create with or without steeping in the ultrasonic cleaner. This is essentially why I hated any sweet mixtures I've made. The taste was horrid. The only liquid I've made that did not have that burnt smell/taste was the Type N Menthol tobacco from RTS Vapes - it's a Chinese flavor. Maybe the flavor itself overrides the burnt flavor?
I'm beginning to think that maybe I've gotten a hold of some bad nicotine? How would I test just the nicotine? I couldn't very well vape it alone, too dangerous.
If anyone has any ideas about what might be causing this, I would really appreciate it.
Note that the nicotine is not out of date. The expiration date runs out in January of 2014.
Edit to add: Well, I think I may have found the problem. It's the nicotine. I've gone through and smelled my plain PG, plain VG, and the nicotine in 100% PG. The nicotine has a very strong burnt smell to it. Arg, I could spit after buying 1000 ml of this *%&^!
Sorry for the implied profanity.
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