DIY e-juice in SA

[jamo_durban]

Hi

I am new to vaping and In an effort to reduce my costs, I am very keen to try making my own juice. Is this an option in SA? I don't think it will be too hard to get hold of PG, VG or flavoring but I am not sure where to source the nicotine liquid from. Is there somewhere we can get it from locally or do we have to import. Also, if we import, will our friends at customs let it through?

Is anyone doing this?

 

[gavin]

You can get 36mg nic liquid from eciggies otherwise I've imported from USA, MyFreedomSmokes and China, Greenhouse One. Just ask them not to label it as nicotine, and it seems to come through, my last bottle was opened by the police at customs, it had SAPS sticky tape all over, but they let it through.

Also read up on handling high nicotine concentrations in DIY liquids.

 

[jamo_durban]

Thanks Gavin. MyFreedomSmokes looks like a good option. Do you buy your other ingredients from them too, or just the Nicotine. Thanks for the tip on high concentrations as well. I have kids and pets so will need to be very careful.

 

[gavin]

I get my PG, glycerine and menthol crystals from my local pharmacy, I only vape menthol now. I bought flavouring from Health Cabin before, they are also a good option for bulk hardware. Just know PG can be toxic to pets if they drink it.

I order nicotine on its own to minimise shipping costs and losses in case it is seized by customs, I got 250ml of 100mg liquid from MyFreedomSmokes for $85.90 US which will last me nearly a year, again this concentration of nicotine can be dangerous so be careful.

 

[jamo_durban]

Hi,
Everything I read talks about USP grade Vegetable Glycerine but when I ask for this at my local Dischem and pharmacy they just look at me funny. All they had was Glycerine BP. Is this the same thing ?

 

[gavin]

That's what I use.

 

[eSomker]

Hi, Gavin I Am in Pretoria and believe me, I cannot get hold of VG... :-( Any pointers... ?

 

[gavin]

I just use glycerine BP, available in all pharmacies. If you are making high glycerine juice dilute with 10-20 percent distilled water.

 

[eSomker]

I just use glycerine BP, available in all pharmacies. If you are making high glycerine juice dilute with 10-20 percent distilled water.

Thanks, gavin... Funny that they don't know the difference between Vegetable Glycerine and normal Glycerine BP...Ok, I am stocked. Now to start mixing

 

[meli.]

Originally from Jnb, currently living in the UK and here they also sell it as Glycerine BP. The term Vegetable is probably used to differentiate between that which was made from Vegetable oils and that from Animal fats, today Pharmaceutical Grade is largely Synthetic or Vegetable based. I suspect mfr's changed the name to avoid confusion.
But Food Grades also have BP, EP, USP classification, commonly available in the Baking Aisles at twice the price, these do not have the same high level of Purity as the grade purchased from your Chemist.