Can I mix brands of raw nicotine bases?

[ChelsB]

I have a couple of half filled bottles of 100 mg nicotine bases. I want to put them all in a larger container. And I'm wondering if it's OK to mix brands?


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[440BB]

I can't see any reason it would be a problem, unless one or more are much more oxidized (darker color) than the other bottles. I wouldn't want it to affect the other bases, as the entire batch would likely oxidize a bit faster.

 

[ChelsB]

I can't see any reason it would be a problem, unless one or more are much more oxidized (darker color) than the other bottles. I wouldn't want it to affect the other bases, as the entire batch would likely oxidize a bit faster.

Thanks! They are all less than 2 months old, so I should be okay?


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[440BB]

Yep, and having one pretty full bottle versus a few half empty ones means less available oxygen to degrade the blended base. You'll soon possess an artisanal custom nic blend so rare you have the only bottle!

 

[ChelsB]

Yep, and having one pretty full bottle versus a few half empty ones means less available oxygen to degrade the blended base. You'll soon possess an artisanal custom nic blend so rare you have the only bottle!

Nice, thanks so much for the quick reply![emoji1]


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[ChelsB]

Plus, it's easier to get the syringe in a bottle with a larger mouth


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[DaveP]

I don't see a problem. If all your partial bottles are the same PG/VG mix it should be fine. Otherwise, you might have to calculate the resulting pg/vg mix ratio for your recipe calculator to be absolutely accurate in mixing.

 

[ChelsB]

I don't see a problem. If all your partial bottles are the same PG/VG mix it should be fine. Otherwise, you might have to calculate the resulting pg/vg mix ratio for your recipe calculator to be absolutely accurate in mixing.

They are all PG based. I figured they are probably all the exact same ingredients but I wanted to check on the site to be sure! I am just getting into the DIY E juice


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[DaveP]

They are all PG based. I figured they are probably all the exact same ingredients but I wanted to check on the site to be sure! I am just getting into the DIY E juice


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PG and/or VG are 90% of a liter bottle of 100mg/ml nic. The actual nic that goes into most recipes isn't a huge factor in the result unless you do 24mg or some other high nic mix. Chances are that it wouldn't make a noticeable difference that you'd detect in the vape, anyway.

 

[ChelsB]

PG and/or VG are 90% of a liter bottle of 100mg/ml nic. The actual nic that goes into most recipes isn't a huge factor in the result unless you do 24mg or some other high nic mix. Chances are that it wouldn't make a noticeable difference that you'd detect in the vape, anyway.

Does it matter that one brand has a slight pink hue and the other is clear? I just want to be sure before I mix them as I have recently stocked up on nicotine before the tax increase


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[440BB]

That pinkish color is a result of the chemical process some use to extract nicotine from tobacco and shouldn't make a difference. Oxidized nic becomes light tan, then darker brown over time.

 

[DaveP]

Does it matter that one brand has a slight pink hue and the other is clear? I just want to be sure before I mix them as I have recently stocked up on nicotine before the tax increase


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Mine is clear after 4 months at room temp. As 440BB said, it's probably process related. Aging over a long time is said to increase nic bite a little. For some, that's a good thing and for others it may be not so good.

I like to be able to detect a little nic bite. When I moved down from 24mg to 3mg over time I could still detect a little nic bite. At zero nic that was gone, so I moved back up to 3mg/ml strength in my juices.

It's said that we either detect nic or not and strength isn't as much a factor. We seem to be able to detect that there's a little nic in the juice or not. That's the way it was with me.

 

[Fozzy71]

Yep, and having one pretty full bottle versus a few half empty ones means less available oxygen to degrade the blended base. You'll soon possess an artisanal custom nic blend so rare you have the only bottle!

getting them both into smaller bottles (before or after mixing them) would be better yet.

Plus, it's easier to get the syringe in a bottle with a larger mouth


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If you mix by weight you can put your nic into a small bottle (I use 60 or 120ml) with a yorker cap and just drip it into your mixing bottles and save on syringe cleanup/trash.