diy problem

[weezymagic]

hey all, you may remember this thread http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/diy-e-liquid/535795-my-first-mix.html

after testing, i thought that the problem had to be the nic. long story short, contacted wl and they sent me another bottle. freshly made and everything. took about 2 days to ship.
did the basic tests...
pg - seems fine still
vg - seems fine still
new nic mixed down to 6mg in only vg (6mg is my normal vaping level) - idk because i dont have a good baseline to compare it. had some throat hit to it but nothing terrible.

mixed up a batch (3ml) of pg/vg/nic at 75%vg and 6mg... has a strong throat hit on exhale. after much thinking, i have figured out a way to describe the feeling that i recieve from this nic and the previous (what i thought is bad) nic. its like the dry hit or hit right before its dry. the inhale isnt bad but the exhale is very dry and forces me to take a drink before another hit. i'm testing on like a .8 ohm single coil build. this is quite discouraging because i dont know what else i can do and i dont want to sink money into this if it just wont work. tried adding some flavour gradually to it and it lessened the bad feeling but its still there

at this point, id like to know any suggestions without spending much more money. maybe someone has the time to test my liquids locally or is able to allow me to ship them what i have and see if they can make sense of it.

meiaefrlingo...this is my disappointment at the moment towards the situation

 

[k702]

Are you adding flavor?

 

[weezymagic]

First test mix had no flavor. Out of curiosity, I added flavor because I was frustrated and I wanted to Cape something. About 10 percent flavor gave some taste of banana but not much and the bad feeling lessened but not enough to make it unnoticeable.

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[penstyle]

My unflavored nic blend tastes funky (earthy). I know cause the PG/VG tastes rather good. If I dont let my recipe steep a while or if underflavored I can taste the funky nic. Did you say what flavoring you use. Do you still have your old mixes available. You use a UC but have you let them steep naturally.

 

[weezymagic]

I used a lorann banana to flavor this mix. I will let this naturally steep. I did a 15 min uc bath when I first mixed it. It's not that it had a funky taste, it just gave a terrible exhale sensation, like a dryish hit.

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[k702]

What are you vaping on, atomizer, Pv, resistance? Could it be a wicking problem with your setup and not just the juice? VG is thick and can be tricky wicking especially with some tanks

 

[weezymagic]

Testing on a .8 Ohm 28g single micro coil on igow4 and nemesis clone mod. Just vg was fine so I doubt it's a wicking problem. I'll try it on my all day setup (.24 Ohm 28g dual parallel micro coil) tomorrow.

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[Dogeggs]

Try adding 10% distilled water.

 

[weezymagic]

Sorry for the dumb question but I assume any distilled water will work? I was just going to get some from Walmart.
I only ask because I want to make sure I stack the deck in my favor with the issues I've been having (be it user error or otherwise)

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[Dogeggs]

As long as it's just distilled water without any additives you will be fine, have a look at this thread: http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...ques-flavor-add-ons-em-vw-bw-mts-acv-ect.html for lots of info on water/saline.

 

[Soylent_Seal]

Testing on a .8 Ohm 28g single micro coil on igow4 and nemesis clone mod. Just vg was fine so I doubt it's a wicking problem. I'll try it on my all day setup (.24 Ohm 28g dual parallel micro coil) tomorrow.

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I'm guessing you've already ruled out the possibility of a hot leg or hot spot?

 

[twgbonehead]

Did you shake the concentrated nic before using it?

And mix well after adding it to the PG/VG?

 

[k702]

this is a kindof dumb one but when I did my first diy I screwed up and put a vg base into the calculator I was using rather than a pg base which I had at the time. It threw my whole calculation off and made the mix come out completely wrong. Is there any possibility of something like that going on? Probably not, just throwing stuff against the wall to see if anything sticks.

If you vaped plain ol' vg by itself with your current setup and it was ok then it wouldn't be the wicking most likely...

Did you shake the concentrated nic before using it?

And mix well after adding it to the PG/VG?

^^ That too!

 

[dannyv45]

Have you tried a coil above sub ohm. I did sub ohm at 28 awg .6 - .8 and it was just to hot and burned the mix. I went to awg 30 micro coil at about 1.6ohm running it on a VB at 3.2 - 3.7v and it reduced the harsh exhale drastically. I think your running the coil to hot and this may be causing it.