Buying VG from the supermarket?

[darkhood]

I usually buy a little flavorless VG when I order juice to flush out my dripping atty between flavors and add a little more vapor to PG mixes - I just read that you can buy VG from a chemist (pharmacy?) or supermarket...is this true? Anyone do this? I only have rite aid, target and giant near me, anyone know if these places carry VG?

 

[cskent]

I buy mine from Walmart. It's Humco brand, pharmaceutical grade, and quite inexpensive. I think the last 6 oz bottle I bought cost around $3.88. Look for it right around the rubbing alcohol and hydrogen pyroxide.

 

[Riggsy]

This is true that you can buy VG but it contains another ingredient that i cannot recommend vaping. Jump on amazon and hit up essentials brand. You can get like a quart for maybe 10 bucks

 

[cskent]

The ingredients list on my Humco bottle says "Glycerine 99.5%, anhydrous".

 

[darkhood]

cool. tx for replies. wonder what the other 0.5% is...lol

 

[DaveP]

Look for the USP Pharmaceutical grade VG marking rather than the plain old food grade when you buy.

 

[440BB]

The Humco VG at walmart works great, but it isn't thinned for vaping when you bring it home. I dilute with 15% distilled water to get the flow rate I prefer. It's worked well for us for over a year of mixing.

 

[440BB]

CVS also sells it, relabeled as their house brand. Both are marked USP grade.

 

[mightymen]

I have a bottle of GLYCERIN USP purchased at Good Neighbor Phamacy says skin protection
Use Helps prevent and tempoarily protects chafrd, chapped, cracked or windburned skin and lips.
Glycerin 99.5% Anhydrous.
Labeled & sold as skin care.
It protects, must cover the skin with something but what?
Your breathing this stuff in!

 

[akatina]

Glycerin is a humectant: it draws moisture from its environment and holds it in (fwiw honey does the same thing, on a smaller scale). When you rub glycerin onto your skin it will do two things: provide a protective barrier between your skin and the environment, and draw moisture from the air around you and deliver it to your skin. It's a wonderful thing to have on hand (ha hahah, very punny!) during the winter months.

This property of being a humectant is why vaping gives newbies a sore throat: the glycerin vapor draws moisture away from your throat tissue. Drinking water will help counteract that. This quality is also why vaping isn't recommended for anyone with lung disorders.

Brought to you buy your friendly former soap maker, a cottage industry that also relies heavily on glycerin.

 

[darkhood]

from what i've read as long as it's USP grade it's the same VG that's in all the 100% VG juice you buy from vendors. Idk why it says 99.5% but I'm not gonna worry about it...next time I'm in the area I'm gonna hit up CVS for a big ol' jug o' VG for $4 or whatever...it's a lil better than $3 for a tiny 5ml bottle...

 

[mainevaper]

The .5% is water.
I bought some from right aid, and its no different than the stuff we buy from vendors as far as I can tell.

 

[Spasticos]

Would 99.7% kosher USP/FCC grade Glycerin be the most purest form for vaping use?

 

[markfm]

Rite Aid carries the Glycerin USP Skin Protectant, near the bandaids. A squat, clear, 6 ounce bottle of it is nominally about $5. Ingredients should only state Glycerin 99.5%, possibly "(anhydrous)". It's another relabel of Humco glycerin, fine to use for DIY.

I've used the Rite Aid and CVS (another Humco relabel) for multiple years.

Look here: DIY E-Liquid , in particular http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/diy-e-liquid/52669-pg-vg-labeling-purity-please-read.html

 

[the_vape_nerd]

i buy this stuff all the time...you dilute with pg when you mix so diluting with water is unnecessary

bonus fact: if you use KY or astroglide lubricants, guess what the main component is? yep, good old VG