Confusion using a DIY Calc

[Justin Proctor]

Im using the calculator thats stickied on the forum and need some confirmation on the results. Haven't tried to mix yet, equipment should come in a couple of days and wanna be able to jump right into it

In section 2 it says to use 4.67ml of (PG no nicotine) but i thought all i needed was my base nicotine in PG and VG to dilute it ? And ofc flavouring. Do i just add an extra 4.67ml of my nicotine solution in there or does it have to be No nicotine PG ? Surely with this two liquids i should be able to get the strength i need without a no nicotine PG solution ?

Also am i right in thinking that 10ml flavouring will only last for about 90ml ? Using it at 10%. Might try a bit lower to make it last longer but is this about right ?

Thx for the help

 

[Rin13]

From what you added in the calculator, it appears you are using a 36mg nicotine pg based solution and the target is a 70pg/30vg mix with the end result being 18mg strength nicotine? If this is correct, you would have to add no nicotine PG to get the pg/vg ratio you desire. If you were to add more nicotine base to equal the no nicotine PG required, your nicotine strength would be too high.
THe only way you will be able to get the 18mg strength you desire would be to either add more no nicotine PG or add more VG to compensate, which would increase your VG to PG ratio. (would be closer to a 50/50 mix I would imagine)
I hope that's not confusing.
As far as the flavoring goes, yes you could use a lower percentage of flavoring to make it last longer, however, depending on the flavor it could be too weak. You can always start low percentage wise and increase it until it's the desired taste but if the flavoring is best at 10%, there's nothing you can do to make it go further than it will.

 

[Justin Proctor]

Thanks for the detailed response I understand now. At this point it looks like it would have been more sensible for me to buy 16mg strength nicotine base off the bat to avoid this problem.

My choices are either go for 21mg strength nicotine, up my vg percentage to 45% or buy some pg. Cant handle 21mg str for my all day vape (makes me loopy), used up all my vape money this week buying supplies...So it looks like im going for a 55/45 mix A lot of people seem to like a 50/50 vape so will give it a try

I hear some people mix in vodka to increase the throat hit....Could i use vodka in the gap instead ? (4.67ml out of 30ml) to increase the throat hit or would that be to much.....And i dont much like the taste of straight vodka, im thinking it would ruin the taste. Or maybe water would be a better substitute although i imagine that would do more for the vapor than the throat hit.