DIY mixing

[Coolsiggy]

I do 30 to100 ml lots using weight into Gorilla bottles, shake for 30s and then everyday for 10s for 7-14 steeping days, the kiss method. This means less mess and cleanup. I think in small batches a shake is all that's needed...for a liter or greater I guess a mixer would be needed.

 

[smacuser]

I don't even shake after the day I mix it until I'm ready to try it. If I want to try it it again, I'll shake it again.

 

[AngeNZ]

I'm new to DIY but I thought shaking the bottle was good enough. Of course I'm only making 30 to 60ml at a time. My arm gets tired sometimes but I take a break and shake some more. I just don't know when I've shook it enough so I tend to shake it alot.

You are doing it right - but you don't need to shake the living .... out of it

For my 50ml mixes, I just shake the bottle for a minute - then shake it once a day while steeping, and finally shake before using it

 

[ppeeble]

I tape the bottle to the cats tail and then annoy the hell out of it.
(also works with dogs but don't bother with the annoying bit)...

 

[Anise]

You are doing it right - but you don't need to shake the living .... out of it

For my 50ml mixes, I just shake the bottle for a minute - then shake it once a day while steeping, and finally shake before using it

Guess I've been shaking it a little too much. thanks for letting me know.

 

[quadraginta]

How i make 80ml of 24mg juice.

First, i use a fifty ml measuring cylinder and measure approximately 26 and 1/3 ml of 50/50 PG-VG nicotine base liquid, then pour that into a 100ml bottle.

Second, I use a 10ml measuring cylinder to measure 6ml of flavourings, pour that in too.

Third, i measure 47 and 2/3 ml of VG into the 50ml measuring cylinder, then pour that in.

Screw the lid on and shake 100 times, change hands and shake for another 100 times. I shake 500 times in total and i'm done.

All equates to approimately 25% PG / 75% VG. And only takes 10 minutes. For MTL use at 11.5 watts in a K4.

Just curious.

Since you're only going for "approximately", why do you even worry about 1/3 ml? In a 50 ml cylinder that's almost meaningless to measure, and just the amount of vg/pg left on the walls of the cylinder when you pour it out is going to make any such distinctions irrelevant anyway.

I gave up on measuring by volume, since the batches I make are too small for this to be anything but non-trivial (some flavors in a 30 ml batch measure in fractions of a ml, and using pipettes and switching them every flavor got to be a PITA), so I got an inexpensive scale - This one -

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01E6RE3A0/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

(Suggested in a thread on this board, I think.) for $12.99 and accurate to 0.01g - and never looked back.

I can see using volume for big batches, but for anything where a ml or two either way matters it's just too much hassle to pretend to get it right when I'm mixing up half a dozen flavors or so at one sitting.

Set the bottle on the scale and drip right into it, reset zero and go to the next ingredient. Simple. And no wash-up of cylinders, hypos and pipettes afterward.

And for batches up to 500g it works just the same.

If I'm going to mix bigger than that then I'll break out the cylinders.

 

[smacuser]

Then again, I keep my juices in my fanny pack and let my booty do the rest.

 

[PapawBrett]

I mix small quantities. 10ml, 30ml, and 50ml bottles.
But I usually have six to eight 50ml bottles, six or eight 30ml bottles, and anywhere from five to twenty 10ml mixed and steeping at a time. All different flavors.
Three or four times a week, I will grab two bottles in each hand and turn them upside down, then rightsize up maybe four times. The I grab two more in each hand, and repeat the process until they have all been turned.
And I very rarely ever vape anything less than a month old. But I have enough on hand to accommodate that, and whenever I am down to maybe 200- 300ml of e-liquid, I just spend an afternoon mixing up maybe ten more bottles.

 

[evan le'garde]

Just curious.

Since you're only going for "approximately", why do you even worry about 1/3 ml? In a 50 ml cylinder that's almost meaningless to measure, and just the amount of vg/pg left on the walls of the cylinder when you pour it out is going to make any such distinctions irrelevant anyway.

The 50ml cylinder i use for the nicotine liquid is then used again for the plain Vegetable Glycerine. I do it in that order specifically to rinse out the remaining nicotine liquid. It's not meaningless to measure, not when i always use the same cylinder for these ingredients, because the ratios always remain the same. I finally pour the flavouring into the 50ml cylinder and shake it around to dilute the vestiges of the VG. Then pour that. If i am making up more than one e liquid then i just give the cylinder a quick rinse in between.

I can see how using those scales would completely accurate to 0.01g though. If i were making e liquid for others then using cylinders would be a concern, but i don't ever do that.

 

[Pigs]

Guys I'm just dipping my toes in the water when it comes to making my own juice. The Vapegeddon has forced me but I'm also excited at the prospect. What thread should I go to to find a good custard recipe? Vapetasia Killer Kustard would be my ultimate goal.
Thanks!

 

[Anise]

Do an internet search for Vapetasia Killer Kustard recipe. You should be able to find what you're looking for that way.

 

[Pigs]

Do an internet search for Vapetasia Killer Kustard recipe. You should be able to find what you're looking for that way.

thanks

 

[Pigs]

Do an internet search for Vapetasia Killer Kustard recipe. You should be able to find what you're looking for that way.

Found a couple of good looking recipes right away. The main ingredients are available locally so I'm getting ready to roll the sleeves up and dust off the pipettes...