Cutting down 100mg PG nic

[vapspaz]

I need some advise. I'm about to receive my DIY supplies and I plan on putting 3 of the 4 (120ml) bottles of 100 mg PG nic in the freezer for long storage and cutting down this 1st bottle. Originally I planned on cutting this 1st 120ml bottle of 100mg PG nic down to 50mg using PG. Well.... Now I'm not sure as I "think" I'm starting to experience some health problems possibly relating to vapping. So now I'm thinking I should experiment with different PG/VG mixes and see if that helps. Up until now I have only used custom supplier juice and from what I've been told it's all 70/30 PG/VG.

I have purchased several Amber European Dropper Bottles to get ready for this DIY and was wondering if I should cut down the entire 120ml bottle of 100mg PG nic into various 50mg PG/VG ratios? or would it be better to just cut down what we need at the time and then lock this stuff up.

FYI, The reason I wanted to cut this stuff down ASAP into a somewhat safe level was to eliminate any possibility that my wife (or I) could make a bad mistake and use to much nic in our recipes. I know 50mg could mess us up for a while but it won't kill us. lol

Also if it helps, our final nic level target is 18mg.

Hope all that makes sense. And thanks for any advise.

 

[Switched]

Since it is the additives that causes liquids to go bad, I wouldn't cut the bulk of the order. I would clearly mark the stored (freezed) bottles with its content e.g 100mg.

Then I would cut 60ml of the remaining bottle to 50mg and store the remaining 60ml of 100mg (labelled) in the freezer as well.

I developed a sensitivity to PG as well and know vape 100% VG cut 4 to one with distilled water (what I add)

 

[Hoosier]

Not sure I'm the guy to answer this. I like using 100mg. It makes double checking my recipe calcs quick. Less likely to mix wrong, as it were.

See, for 18mg juice I know, without a calculator that a 10ml bottle is going to have 1.8ml of 100mg nic in it. So, that leaves me plenty of room to adjust PG/VG ratios. Let's say I'm shooting for 20% flavor for 10ml of 18mg juice. I have 1.8ml of 100mg PG nic, 2ml of flavor that is also counted as PG, so my 10ml of juice still has 6.2ml that I could put my VG in there. I end up with a 38/62 PG/VG mix and my numbers are easy to double and triple check.

Now, if there was any chance a small child could get their hands on my nic, I may do things differently, but I like 100mg nic because it makes it easy to check myself while mixing just in case I enter the wrong data in my calculator.

 

[vapspaz]

Since it is the additives that causes liquids to go bad, I wouldn't cut the bulk of the order. I would clearly mark the stored (freezed) bottles with its content e.g 100mg.
Then I would cut 60ml of the remaining bottle to 50mg and store the remaining 60ml of 100mg (labeled) in the freezer as well.
I developed a sensitivity to PG as well and know vape 100% VG cut 4 to one with distilled water (what I add)

So your thinking I should use half a bottle (60ml) and then cut it down to 50mg using various PG/VG ratios in separate bottles to experiment with? If that's correct, what PG/VG ratios do you think I should try?
It's too late for me to go with 100% VG because 62% VG (based on 20% flavor & 18mg nic) is as close as I can get. Just out of curiosity, did you loose a lot of flavor when you switch to 100% VG?

Thanks for the help!

 

[vapspaz]

Hoosier I like your method! That does make a lot of sense to keep it simple like that. I think I might go that route once the wife and I are comfortable with this DIY mixing but for right now I'm a little nervous about the possible messes my wife can make in a heart beat. lol (I leave the kitchen when she's cooking) Plus we do have a couple of little monster grand kids running around once in a while and 3 dogs in the house. We plan on keeping this stuff locked up of course but it still makes me a little twitchy. lol

Thanks for the help!

 

[Switched]

So your thinking I should use half a bottle (60ml) and then cut it down to 50mg using various PG/VG ratios in separate bottles to experiment with? If that's correct, what PG/VG ratios do you think I should try?
It's too late for me to go with 100% VG because 62% VG (based on 20% flavor & 18mg nic) is as close as I can get. Just out of curiosity, did you loose a lot of flavor when you switch to 100% VG?

Thanks for the help!

Oooops! I thought it said 100mg VG, my bad. Flavour has lost some on all VG juice, but it is smoother less harsh, more mellow. So I better vape as far as I am concerned. I had to adjust my recipes by 1-2% but other than that I am pleased with the results.

One thing I did notice, 2-3 days dont' cut it any more. Juice has to sit for a week or more to truly develop using straight VG.