Diluting with water; yay or nay?

[JohnnyElsewhere]

After having a liquid that was too thick and constantly clogging up my atty, I thought about diluting it with water. Not by much, but allowing it to thin out so it would drip a little easier and have less chances of clogging my atty.

It worked to an extent, but it takes a little bit more time for the liquid to vaporize (I haven't tried with my LR atty, yet. But I just want to make sure I got the right amount of flavoring/water in there.). Of course, it's a VG base, so it's going to be a little thick.

So far, so good. It takes a little more time, but the vapor production is still great, and the flavor is still there, but a little more subtle.

Do you guys put any water in your e-juice/liquid recipes? Discuss!

 

[teslastick]

No I don't.

 

[JohnnyElsewhere]

Well, I did it as an experiment, and it seems to be working wonderfully. The flavor, like I said, is a little less apparent, but once you get it going, it's great.

 

[zees09]

I was wondering about this too. I am a total newb but i have a SD MKII with the Tornado tank kit. I have read that the tank system/tank attys dont like 100% VG. I just ordered some Alien Visions Boba's Bounty and also Alien Visions Root Beer, both of which is 100% VG. To avoid damaging my atty and in order to achieve an optimal vaping experience, i was thinking of diluting with some Everclear. Is this a viable option or am i just a stupid newb? I would appreciate some insight. TIA.

 

[DuncanDisordely]

The best is to harvest some ice from the back of the freezer, hey presto clean distilled water

Saying that I've never done this, I just add some pg or pg based flavouring, I can see where people may need to do this though, but I have been DIY from the start.

 

[David Bruno]

No, I don't. If a VG juice is to thick, I'll cut it down with a little PG. I hate to cut any juice so the flavor is lost.

 

[SuziesMom]

I add a little distilled water into some of my cloggier juices. I like it better than PGA because too much of that leaves me a little foggy, and I can't do PG at all.

It seems to make the vape a little bit warmer, but I agree with the slower too.

 

[markfm]

A little distilled water ($1 a gallon at supermarkets), or pure grain alcohol (160 unflavored vodka works) helps. If you DIY you'll notice a fair amount of the VG nic base sold is cut with PGA, to get it a bit thinner, easier to work with.

 

[JohnnyElsewhere]

Thanks a lot for the helpful information, guys. I tried using about 2 mils of water to cut down a 15 ml bottle of really thick VG based root beer, and it seems to be working quite okay. But I'll be sure to use some PG next time.