Ok, I've been researching how to make my own e-liquid. I have found a good source for food grade propylene glycol right here in Ottawa near where I live. It is available in different grades. 500ml will cost you 40$ to 100$ depending on the grade. So that's pretty cheap.
The next step is flavor, that's pretty easy, there is plenty of extracts available for sale, as long as they are either alcohol or propylene glycol based.
Now, for the nicotine. DANGEROUS STUFF!!! Below is 2 examples of what I found on the net. They all pretty much say the same thing. Basically boil tobacco in water or a solvent (solvents are flammable so very dangerous, not recommended) until you get a syrup. Then filter it. The resulting syrup is VERY POTENT POISON. Just getting it on your skin is dangerous. I still feel like trying my hand at this, but I wish I had the recipe and procedure from e-cig. Maybe if we all of us who are adventurous get together, we can figure it out? Here are the examples from the net.
1) The second answerer uses an out of the lab book type method here, but this is not necessary.
Firstly, xylene many other solvents are carginogenic, causing genetic point mutations (that may mean cancer) after metabolism by cytochrome p450 in the liver. This solvent is not safe. I do realize that coffee is decaffeinated with this stuff. However, I also realize that this is a process being carried out at home.
Water alone will do the job. Just at tobacco to hot water, HEAT it to boiling, strain off solids, and then filter the stuff.
Boil down the remaining water until it is supersaturated. Then, let it cool slowly. Add a seed crystal or scrape the sides of the smooth container with a glass stirring rod (or a spoon if nothing else is available).
Filter the crystals that form in the solution with vacuum filtration. A good way to do this is by putting a coffee filter in a funnel, then putting the funnel spout-down in a running wet/dry vac.
And don't eat it. Remember it is poison.
2)Pyrex beaker. Put the content of a rolling tobacoo pack in it. Put isopropyl alcohol halfway the height of the tobacco.
Put an aluminum foil on top of the beaker, heat gently until you obtain a slime-like solution. Remove and discard the aluminum and the tobacco. Allow to evaporate for 15 mins.
You now have pure nicotine. Take 2/3 drops with an eyedropper, put them on your finger and think about your life, you will only have about 5 minutes left
NOTE: DO NOT ATTEMPT THAT EXTRACTION. I did once and i accidentally spitted like HALF of a drop on my hand : I was dizzy, vomiting, unable to remain up or concentrate and had a monstruous disorienting headache, FOR 1 HOUR.
The next step is flavor, that's pretty easy, there is plenty of extracts available for sale, as long as they are either alcohol or propylene glycol based.
Now, for the nicotine. DANGEROUS STUFF!!! Below is 2 examples of what I found on the net. They all pretty much say the same thing. Basically boil tobacco in water or a solvent (solvents are flammable so very dangerous, not recommended) until you get a syrup. Then filter it. The resulting syrup is VERY POTENT POISON. Just getting it on your skin is dangerous. I still feel like trying my hand at this, but I wish I had the recipe and procedure from e-cig. Maybe if we all of us who are adventurous get together, we can figure it out? Here are the examples from the net.
1) The second answerer uses an out of the lab book type method here, but this is not necessary.
Firstly, xylene many other solvents are carginogenic, causing genetic point mutations (that may mean cancer) after metabolism by cytochrome p450 in the liver. This solvent is not safe. I do realize that coffee is decaffeinated with this stuff. However, I also realize that this is a process being carried out at home.
Water alone will do the job. Just at tobacco to hot water, HEAT it to boiling, strain off solids, and then filter the stuff.
Boil down the remaining water until it is supersaturated. Then, let it cool slowly. Add a seed crystal or scrape the sides of the smooth container with a glass stirring rod (or a spoon if nothing else is available).
Filter the crystals that form in the solution with vacuum filtration. A good way to do this is by putting a coffee filter in a funnel, then putting the funnel spout-down in a running wet/dry vac.
And don't eat it. Remember it is poison.
2)Pyrex beaker. Put the content of a rolling tobacoo pack in it. Put isopropyl alcohol halfway the height of the tobacco.
Put an aluminum foil on top of the beaker, heat gently until you obtain a slime-like solution. Remove and discard the aluminum and the tobacco. Allow to evaporate for 15 mins.
You now have pure nicotine. Take 2/3 drops with an eyedropper, put them on your finger and think about your life, you will only have about 5 minutes left
NOTE: DO NOT ATTEMPT THAT EXTRACTION. I did once and i accidentally spitted like HALF of a drop on my hand : I was dizzy, vomiting, unable to remain up or concentrate and had a monstruous disorienting headache, FOR 1 HOUR.
