Distilled Water - Good Practice?

[madmartyr72]

Hello everyone,

Got a question. Would always adding a few drops of distilled water to any juice with a 30% or higher VG base be considered good practice? I have never used distilled water to thin out any of my juices before (month old vaper here), but I see a lot of people suggesting it with the thicker juices from time to time. I use the Echo-e cartos for my eGo and every juice I own and order has at least 50% VG in it, and I have noticed I tend to get a 'burnt rubber taste' often with certain juices, even on new cartos. Could this be because of the high VG content not allowing it to wick right? If I were to start adding distilled water to thin out my juices, what is a good ratio to use and would it be better to add as I fill a carto or just thin an entire bottle at a time? I have my first order of Boba's Bounty on the way and it is 100% VG so I am a little worried what it might do to my $5 carto.

Thanks everyone!

 

[Zurd]

Good question. Never tried thinning my juice with water. I heard a lot of people did it tho without problem.

 

[dspin]

Boba's Bounty isn't that thick even being all VG. You will lose flavor and nic.once you start adding water to a pre-made juice

 

[cricket1176]

I am also interested to hear the answer to this...

 

[tybin]

I use distilled water when I diy. I don't tend to add water to juice i buy on line unless I see that it is too thick to use in the particular device I'm using. if it's a 3 ml bottle I'm using on a bottom feeding sytem that needs a better flow rate, I might add 2 drops

 

[Switched]

Hello everyone,

Got a question. Would always adding a few drops of distilled water to any juice with a 30% or higher VG base be considered good practice? I have never used distilled water to thin out any of my juices before (month old vaper here), but I see a lot of people suggesting it with the thicker juices from time to time. I use the Echo-e cartos for my eGo and every juice I own and order has at least 50% VG in it, and I have noticed I tend to get a 'burnt rubber taste' often with certain juices, even on new cartos. Could this be because of the high VG content not allowing it to wick right? If I were to start adding distilled water to thin out my juices, what is a good ratio to use and would it be better to add as I fill a carto or just thin an entire bottle at a time? I have my first order of Boba's Bounty on the way and it is 100% VG so I am a little worried what it might do to my $5 carto.

Thanks everyone!

VG is thick and as you have experienced does not wick well in cartos. I dilute at 20% with distilled water (100% VG here not by choice) but many recommend 15-20%. A point to note diluting your liquid will also decrease the flavour and nic content.

 

[madmartyr72]

Boba's Bounty isn't that thick even being all VG. You will lose flavor and nic.once you start adding water to a pre-made juice

VG is thick and as you have experienced does not wick well in cartos. I dilute at 20% with distilled water (100% VG here not by choice) but many recommend 15-20%. A point to note diluting your liquid will also decrease the flavour and nic content.

Gotcha. This is exactly what I want to avoid. I knew diluting with pure VG Glycerin (which I don't like to do period) would take away from the flavor and nicotine content, but I thought the distilled water would only thin it out and not take anything away. I am glad you both clarified this for me.