DIY math help

[hildicat]

I have a recipe that uses a mixture of 6 ingredients as a 'base' flavor. I then add a 7th, dominant flavor on top of that. To date, I have been measuring out each individual flavor based on each one's percentage of the total mix. I would like to simplify my life by pre-combining my 6 base flavors, so once that's done all i have to do to whip up a new batch is measure out the 'base' then the additional 'flavor'.

Here's where my math is failing me. My main recipe looks like this...

6% Dominant flavor

Base
4.5% flavor 1
2% flavor 2
2% flavor 3
2% flavor 4
2% flavor 5
2% flavor 6

Total flavoring is 20.5%, 6% being the dominant and 14.5% the base. My goal is to mix up say 100ml of the BASE alone, then when I want to try out a different DOM flavor I just have to measure out 6% of it and 14.5% of the base.

Any ideas of how I would calculate that?

PS. I know, should have paid more attention in algebra class...

 

[stashbldr]

I like to work in even 100's, or as close as I can get to 100 .. just makes it easier for me.
If I understand your %'s and proportions correctly, to end up with 101.5 ml of your 6 ingredient base you can mix:

31.5 ml of flavor 1
14 ml of flavor 2
14 ml of flavor 3
14 ml of flavor 4
14 ml of flavor 5
14 ml of flavor 6

Then later, when you want to make a 100 ml bottle of your juice, you would mix:

79.5ml of PG+VG+nic .. plus 6ml of whatever dominant flavor you want .. plus 14.5ml of your 6 ingredient base mixture.

 

[hildicat]

I like to work in even 100's, or as close as I can get to 100 .. just makes it easier for me.
If I understand your %'s and proportions correctly, to end up with 101.5 ml of your 6 ingredient base you can mix:

31.5 ml of flavor 1
14 ml of flavor 2
14 ml of flavor 3
14 ml of flavor 4
14 ml of flavor 5
14 ml of flavor 6

Then later, when you want to make a 100 ml bottle of your juice, you would mix:

79.5ml of PG+VG+nic .. plus 6ml of whatever dominant flavor you want .. plus 14.5ml of your 6 ingredient base mixture.

That actually makes sense to me now! My head was starting to hurt thinking about this, but I think I can pull it off now.

Thanks so much for your input.

 

[ratchet62]

An easier way is multiply your base percentages by 10, then measure that volume in mls. So, flavor 1 would be 45 mls, and the rest would be 20 mls each. When mixed, yields 145 mls of base.

Then just do the correct percentages of PG/VG, NIC, base flavor,and dominant flavor when you mix your final batch.

Sent from somewhere on planet Earth.

 

[NancyB]

There are two e-juice calculator sites I've found in my random e-cig juice shoppppping for good flavors at great prices

Simple DIY E-Liquid (E-Juice) Recipe Calculator (combining program is towards the bottom of 'several' for different uses)

if this isn't a link - copy and paste into your browser's window and click enter... (grin)

and

eJuice Me Up - Best eJuice Calculator "e-juice-me-up" written by 'breaktru' who is also on ECF by same name...

hope these help with your situation and perhaps others who come to view and get an answer to their questions...
NancyB

 

[JD4x4]

I like to work in even 100's, or as close as I can get to 100 .. just makes it easier for me.
If I understand your %'s and proportions correctly, to end up with 101.5 ml of your 6 ingredient base you can mix:

31.5 ml of flavor 1
14 ml of flavor 2
14 ml of flavor 3
14 ml of flavor 4
14 ml of flavor 5
14 ml of flavor 6

Then later, when you want to make a 100 ml bottle of your juice, you would mix:

79.5ml of PG+VG+nic .. plus 6ml of whatever dominant flavor you want .. plus 14.5ml of your 6 ingredient base mixture.

Working in 100's is not only easier, it's flexible because it's really percentages.
If you look at your 'base mix' by itself and call it 100%, and find the smallest part (.5 ml) then you can come up with each flavor's percentage contribution to the 'base mix'. You'll find that flavor1 is 31% and flavors 2 through 6 are 13.8% each. So, if you only wanted to make 30 ml of your 'base mix' you would multiply 30*31%= 9.3 ml for flavor1 and 30*13.8%= 4.1 ml for 2 through 6. To keep it a bit easier, 32.5 ml base requires 10 ml flavor 1 and 4.5 ml of 2 through 6.

Confused? Yeah, it's late/early & I couldn't sleep.

 

[FinallyQuit]

Although it's been a while since I graduated, I recall doing well in math/algebra.

I'm still glad I have recipe calculators and Scuba's spreadsheet.

This math stuff blows my mind sometimes. . .