DIY Taste Testing and the 'Quick Steep'

[Cullin Kin]

Heylo DIY'ers,

I have a couple of questions:

1) I recently made some new batches of DIY juice that I am eager to try. In the past I have rewicked an RDA to try each new flavor but that is a lot of work just to try flavors so I'm looking for a new method.

I've seen several threads on here covering this topic, however, they are from 2010 and 2012 so I believe they are a little outdated. I recently heard someone speaking of building a coil using thick gauge wire and putting it deep in the juice well and not using cotton.

Do you guys have any recommendations as to how to test 10 different DIY juice flavors efficiently? Without having to change the wick every time? Or without even using wick? Recommendations on a specialized build for doing this?

2) Let me preface this by saying I fully plan on steeping these juices correctly for at least 30 days.

I just read about this 'quick steep' that gives you a preview of what your juices will taste like after a good steep. It's where you fill a bowl with warm water from the faucet, then take your juice in the bottles, and float the bottles in the bowl of warm water and let it sit until it cools.

Has anyone tried this? Do you recommend it? Positives/negatives?

Please let me know any advice you have to offer, it will be massively appreciated!

Thanks for taking the time to read, and hopefully respond!

Vape Happy,
Cullin Kin

 

[Mrdaputer]

Heylo DIY'ers,

I have a couple of questions:

1) I recently made some new batches of DIY juice that I am eager to try. In the past I have rewicked an RDA to try each new flavor but that is a lot of work just to try flavors so I'm looking for a new method.

I've seen several threads on here covering this topic, however, they are from 2010 and 2012 so I believe they are a little outdated. I recently heard someone speaking of building a coil using thick gauge wire and putting it deep in the juice well and not using cotton.

Do you guys have any recommendations as to how to test 10 different DIY juice flavors efficiently? Without having to change the wick every time? Or without even using wick? Recommendations on a specialized build for doing this?

2) Let me preface this by saying I fully plan on steeping these juices correctly for at least 30 days.

I just read about this 'quick steep' that gives you a preview of what your juices will taste like after a good steep. It's where you fill a bowl with warm water from the faucet, then take your juice in the bottles, and float the bottles in the bowl of warm water and let it sit until it cools.

Has anyone tried this? Do you recommend it? Positives/negatives?

Please let me know any advice you have to offer, it will be massively appreciated!

Thanks for taking the time to read, and hopefully respond!

Vape Happy,
Cullin Kin

I have a few 510 attys that I use to test juices that I just made up..You can youtube it. here is one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIs_2yXH-Ow. A lot of juices do not need to be steeped they taste good right from the start. I have really never had a bad juice at the start become a great juice later by steeping. Some good juices have gotten better as well as some lose their flavor in a short time. You can give it a warm bath to sorta reproduce steeping. I have done that as well as put a glass bottle in a soup thermos which keeps the water hot. If you need more info I as well as many others can give you our opinion. Remember taste is subjective.

 

[Cullin Kin]

Thank you for responding! Unfortunately, I don't have any 510 atty's right now. I have a few older RDA's though. Have you heard of the builds I was talking about?

So you think I should taste first then judge whether to try the quick steep?

 

[Boletus]

Thank you for responding! Unfortunately, I don't have any 510 atty's right now. I have a few older RDA's though. Have you heard of the builds I was talking about?

So you think I should taste first then judge whether to try the quick steep?

Definitely taste first, and several times during the steeping process. There have been several comments from people that want to try to prevent the steeping process for certain juices and keep the fresh-mixed taste. Not everything benefits from sitting around.

For the 510 attys, all you really need is something like this with a drip tip stuck in it:
https://www.myfreedomsmokes.com/tan.../standard-atomizer/joyetech-510-atomizer.html
I do not build coils at this time, but these Joye attys can be rinsed and dry burned seemingly forever; no wick or recoiling required. Just throw a couple/few drops in and vape.

 

[Mr.Mann]

I use 510s. I prefer to use Cisco Specs from Avidvaper, but for a few years I only used these: BULK 901 801 Joye 510 and 306 atomizers Right now they are having 10 PKs on sale for $9.99. One Cisco Spec will cost me about that, but one Cisco Spec has lasted me for about 5 months so far, and I use it daily -- although Joyes ave last me that long (and longer), they are also hit or miss with the quality.

As far as RBAs though, it'll be tough without having a lot of flavor-carry-over. Maybe try some 306s.

 

[Norrin]

Just google wickless coils and you'll get a few options. Basically they use twisted wire so that they can wick, not 100% convinced it works well although I have tried it and you can test with it. As to the steeping I don't bother just test as is if you want to try straight away. Steeping only seems to work well with complicated juices and even then it's more about bringing out the more subtle flavours so you can get an idea without steeping if your on the right track or it's going to suck

 

[Cullin Kin]

Perfect, thanks everyone! Do any of you have any good recipe's for cappella flavors that you would be willing to share?

 

[Rat2chat2]

When I first started DIY'ing I pulled the fiber out of my little beginner cartomizers and used them to test flavors. I have been mixing for a little over a year now and if I need to test a flavor (after a while you just start freemixing) I use the little inexpensive igo-L. ($6 at Fasttech) Serves my purpose very well for me. I'm sure you will get better suggestions than mine but good luck to you and happy mixing.

 

[AndriaD]

Dunno what to tell you about the wicks; I use an Igo-S, and I just re-wick when I want to change the flavor, but so far I only mix one flavor at a time, so it works for me.

I do the 'quick heat steep' thing -- I save all the small ziplocks that my vape gear comes in, particularly the really heavy-duty ones; I'll take whatever bottle the new mix is in, put it into a small ziplock with some kind of weight -- my husband has a ton of big heavy nuts (the kind that go on bolts, get your minds out of the gutter! ); then put that ziplock into one slightly larger with another big huge nut at the botton of it; then put that in a small deep bowl, and keep it full of hot water; I do this for several hours, so I have to change the water every half hour or so, but it's right here in the kitchen with me, so no biggie. The weights, obviously, are to keep the bags submerged, because otherwise they just float, and I don't feel they're really getting the benefit of the hot water.

Andria

 

[sketchness]

You just build a micro coil low to the deck and put a piece of cotton under it. Douse the coil and the cotton underneath a little and your set. This is how the vape shop I frequent does it. Works pretty well. Remove cotton, dry burn and go again. Very occasionally certain flavors will require a dry burn and dash in Distilled Water. I have a gingerbread that is pretty clingy.

The igo-L is pretty ideal for this as mentioned above.

 

[CoilMeister]

Heylo DIY'ers,

I have a couple of questions:

1) I recently made some new batches of DIY juice that I am eager to try. In the past I have rewicked an RDA to try each new flavor but that is a lot of work just to try flavors so I'm looking for a new method.

I've seen several threads on here covering this topic, however, they are from 2010 and 2012 so I believe they are a little outdated. I recently heard someone speaking of building a coil using thick gauge wire and putting it deep in the juice well and not using cotton.

Do you guys have any recommendations as to how to test 10 different DIY juice flavors efficiently? Without having to change the wick every time? Or without even using wick? Recommendations on a specialized build for doing this?

2) Let me preface this by saying I fully plan on steeping these juices correctly for at least 30 days.

I just read about this 'quick steep' that gives you a preview of what your juices will taste like after a good steep. It's where you fill a bowl with warm water from the faucet, then take your juice in the bottles, and float the bottles in the bowl of warm water and let it sit until it cools.

Has anyone tried this? Do you recommend it? Positives/negatives?

Please let me know any advice you have to offer, it will be massively appreciated!

Thanks for taking the time to read, and hopefully respond!

Vape Happy,
Cullin Kin

The cotton cloud technique works best for fast flavor changes as Sketchness pointed out. piece of cotton under coil just touching using a rda.

Kurt