DIY tips for DIY newbies anyone? :D

[Froggie]

Hi I'm still too new to post in DIY... I am guessing some of the good folks that read in here have some DIY experience they would like to share. =) I have some PG and VG on the way...a few bottles a syringe or two and a couple of flavors from flavor west. The goal being to make something I like.

 

[Unforeseen]

Hey Froggie, welcome to the forum. If no one answers your questions. Then welcome one more member and after an hour. You can make a thread here:

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/diy-e-liquid/

The people here are wonderful. Don't worry, they don't bite!

 

[yiddleboge6]

Hey Froggie, just say hello back to me and you've got your posts in

 

[Froggie]

YAY! Howdy! I've been looking in the DIY forum for a few days...now will try to find specifics before I post. Unforseen pointed out I have another hour from *now* before I can post there.
*hopping off to read more DIYness*

 

[WCSR]

Get a graduated cylinder that measures tenths of an ml. Creating a recipe, and not knowing how much of what you put in, only makes it hard to recreate it if you like it. I have 10ml, 25ml, 50ml, and 100ml graduated cylinders. That way I can mix large or small with relative ease.


Oh.... And take notes. I have a word file on my computer created just for recipes. I document all my recipes in 3ml quantities...and just multiply the ingredients if I want to make larger batches.

 

[chips]

I used an online "E Liquid Calculator" initially (google it) to work out how much of each ingredient to use. You just enter how much you want to make and at what strength and it will calculate the amounts of each you need.

The fun bit is experimenting with flavours.

 

[sailorman]

Download the free program "ejuicemeup". You can save your recipes, print them out, tweak them and save them again and take notes with it. It'll let you enter up to 5 flavors and combine different nicotine bases if you want. It's easy and flexible and, best of all, FREE. It also comes with a large database of recipes that you can tweak and save with your own preferences.

Also, get your nicotine, flavors and glassware at Wizardlabs.us Their prices are half of most other places, especially on nicotine and lab glassware like beakers and graduated cylinders. They'll save you a ton of money on DIY stuff.

 

[Warren D. Lockaby]

Bumb for "ejuicemeup" calculator for Windows. I ran into a new DIYer earlier this evening though who isn't using Windows - I had to move on & didn't find out which os she's running. I guess the online calculators would be operating system neutral wouldn't they? Just wondering....

 

[JHowe]

Ejuicemeup is awesome! I recently just started DIY mixes and it really helps out a ton.

 

[Warren D. Lockaby]

Ejuicemeup is awesome! I recently just started DIY mixes and it really helps out a ton.

I agree, it's my "go to" tool & does everything I need it to do. However I decided to try & answer my own earlier question, booted into Linux, tried this & it looks like it'll work: DIY E-Liquid (E-Juice) Mixing Station! Lots of stuff there (more than I need) but could be very handy for anyone who can't use ejuicemeup for whatever reason.
Happy vaping!

 

[Jalippo]

If you get bored of mixing VG and PG I can recommend Inawera VPG powerbaza (50PG/50VG with several different nicotine level available).