I notice a lot of people posting here curious about getting into DIY. Some of the explanations and advice they receive is very simple and encouraging. Some I feel scares away the less adventurous types. In reading all the responses, I've noticed something. There are just as many styles of DIY as there are vaping styles.
There are those that are meticulous in their mixes. measuring flavorings and other ingredients to the 100th of a gram. They will say anything less will yield unacceptable results. They document every little aspect of the mixing process and steep times, etc. I liken these folks to those builders who insist that a double twisted, bleeding lion, claptoned, dual parallel, stapled coil coming in at .01 OHM is the only way to get a satisfying vape! lol
Then there are those who follow recipes as best they can, are willing to sub one companies flavorings for another and are satisfied with just something that tastes good and was easy and cheap to make. Some of these will never mix anything but a pre-determined recipe.
Of course there is also the "pinch of this dash of that" type of person. Sometimes by sheer luck they will come up with a great flavor that can never be reproduced, but they had fun doing it and that is all that matters to them.
My point to all this? Well, if you want to get into DIY, just do it. It isn't rocket science, unless you want it to be. I found the easiest way in was to find a clone recipe of juice you know you like. buy the flavors needed for that one or two juices first. You need the VG, PG and Nic regardless. Grab a couple syringes in 10 and 1 ML sizes and a few bottles for mixing and steeping. I would also buy all my first run of supplies in the smallest quantities I could. That alone will save a ton of "experimental" cash. When you decide that you know what you use more of, then buy them in larger quantities. There are scads of links to buy the staples like VG and PG throughout this sub-forum. Do some reading and get up and go.
There are those that are meticulous in their mixes. measuring flavorings and other ingredients to the 100th of a gram. They will say anything less will yield unacceptable results. They document every little aspect of the mixing process and steep times, etc. I liken these folks to those builders who insist that a double twisted, bleeding lion, claptoned, dual parallel, stapled coil coming in at .01 OHM is the only way to get a satisfying vape! lol
Then there are those who follow recipes as best they can, are willing to sub one companies flavorings for another and are satisfied with just something that tastes good and was easy and cheap to make. Some of these will never mix anything but a pre-determined recipe.
Of course there is also the "pinch of this dash of that" type of person. Sometimes by sheer luck they will come up with a great flavor that can never be reproduced, but they had fun doing it and that is all that matters to them.
My point to all this? Well, if you want to get into DIY, just do it. It isn't rocket science, unless you want it to be. I found the easiest way in was to find a clone recipe of juice you know you like. buy the flavors needed for that one or two juices first. You need the VG, PG and Nic regardless. Grab a couple syringes in 10 and 1 ML sizes and a few bottles for mixing and steeping. I would also buy all my first run of supplies in the smallest quantities I could. That alone will save a ton of "experimental" cash. When you decide that you know what you use more of, then buy them in larger quantities. There are scads of links to buy the staples like VG and PG throughout this sub-forum. Do some reading and get up and go.
