Hey guys i made a 30ml bottle 2 days ago the company i used used was from chefs flavours (UK). At first the juice tasted great after a 24hr steep but the following day the juice tastes like perfume. The percentage of flavours are 6% rainbow candy %4 lemon. 2% raspberry and 2% bubblegum. ( Sounds bad but actually tasted really good and fruity) . This is not the first time it has happened just wondering if anyone has any tips or has had this happen to them. Thanks.
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Oh and the NIC was 1.5mg with 70/30 vg/pg and flavours was tfa
It may improve with age. 2 days is a very short time period. If the flavors have alcohol base try leaving the cap off for a few hours so it can evaporate. Try it again in a week to two weeks.
I left the cap off for 2hrs in a dark cupboard then put cap back on then left in the dark for another 24hrs. At first it tasted amazing but today the flavour has kinds disappeared. I make 10ml bottles and sometimes it happens aswell not all the time tho. The bottles has ingredients on it that are. Pg/flavouring and water but nothing says about alcohol.
Most fruit flavors don't take a long time to steep but a few do. Some other flavors take a long time. Some that I have mixed taste horrible and perfume like until they have aged for a month or two.
Not unusual for flavor to mute then come back during steeping. Don't breathe the mix anymore than you already have. Perfume is probably coming from the raspberry and will go away. Put away and forget about it for a week. Lemon and rainbow candy can keep you going as a snv.
Breathing a mix should only be done in short bursts, not days.
It's not unusual to "taste" a flavor initially, and then have it change into something unvapable....Then something really "great". That initial "taste" well, if it doesn't linger you need to just steep. At least a week, shaking maybe once a day.
I don't even taste my initial testers at the beginning. I've been doing DIY long enough to know that there is little point, unless it is specifically a "shake and vape." I enjoy most of my mixes at the age of 3 weeks or older. It can be tough starting out to make sure that liquids get "aged" enough. I'd suggest sticking to storebought for a while, and not tasting any new flavors for at least a week, and I would not be surprised if they continued to improve after that time.
In my opinion (everyone is different) there is no substitute for time. I do not heat steep, I don't agitate my mixes much other than shaking them vigorously from time to time. You just can't really "speed" the process much, has been my experience. Occasionally, I will do a "quick and dirty" heat steep for someone I am mixing for, but I still caution them to wait at least a week, if they can. Or I use really bold out of the gate flavors as primary, I'm talking stuff like blue raspberry or forest fruit.
Best of luck, patience will be your best friend here.
Anna
It's not unusual to "taste" a flavor initially, and then have it change into something unvapable....Then something really "great". That initial "taste" well, if it doesn't linger you need to just steep. At least a week, shaking maybe once a day.
I don't even taste my initial testers at the beginning. I've been doing DIY long enough to know that there is little point, unless it is specifically a "shake and vape." I enjoy most of my mixes at the age of 3 weeks or older. It can be tough starting out to make sure that liquids get "aged" enough. I'd suggest sticking to storebought for a while, and not tasting any new flavors for at least a week, and I would not be surprised if they continued to improve after that time.
In my opinion (everyone is different) there is no substitute for time. I do not heat steep, I don't agitate my mixes much other than shaking them vigorously from time to time. You just can't really "speed" the process much, has been my experience. Occasionally, I will do a "quick and dirty" heat steep for someone I am mixing for, but I still caution them to wait at least a week, if they can. Or I use really bold out of the gate flavors as primary, I'm talking stuff like blue raspberry or forest fruit.
Best of luck, patience will be your best friend here.
Anna
TFA Raspberry tastes and smells like acetone (fingernail polish remover) to me, no matter how long it steeps or breathes. That might or might not be your problem, as everyone perceives smells and tastes differently. I personally can't/don't want to use it.
Just me, 14% total flavorings sounds quite high.
IMO too much flavoring is worse than not enough.
IMO too much flavoring is worse than not enough.
Welcome and glad you joined.
Sounds like you make a bad Shake n Vape (SnV).
Could look at:
Shake n vape list?
Everything you wanted to know about steeping and then some. | E-Cigarette Forum
PS, The raspberry's can be very tricky, using blueberries are safer.
Guys thanks for the replies and am only mixing my flavours around 14-20% coz my concentrates are from chefs flavours which are watered and pg down but still have good flavour
I agree, try Sweet Raspberry. Raspberry is gross maybe 1% would help. Black Raspberry tastes more like rotten mangos to me and Blue Raspberry tastes like what I imagine the Tide challenge tastes like. Soap and bleach or something.
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