Ok, I just ordered my first DIY kit from One Stop DIY Shop and am eager to try my hand at making my own juices. Does anyone have any tips for a newbie? Is it worth the hassle and is it cheaper to make your own on average?
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...haven't made my own yet so suggest going to the DIY section and learning more...I am presently buying my juice from a low cost vendor at around 33cents per/ml...DIY should be around a nickel/per(+-)..............
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DIY is definitely cheaper, although building up your stock of flavors and finding a mix that you are happy with can be a little costly at first. The one tip I always repeat is take notes! Even when you are just experimenting with your first mixes, be sure to write down exactly what you put in them. Sometimes flavors take some time to grow on you or steep, and not knowing what you put into a mix that you love can be very frustrating. I number bottles and keep a corresponding index card for every mix I make.
Beyond that, it depends on what flavors you like and what you will be trying to mix.
Beyond that, it depends on what flavors you like and what you will be trying to mix.
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I envy cyberwolf. I'm way too disorganized. You need to go to the DIY forum. If you don't have a flavor for a recipe, you can substitute something similar. It usually works. 
One good calculator w/ recipes
eJuice Me Up - e-Juice e-Liquid Recipe Calculator
First make a little 1ml or 3ml sample with no nicotine - just PG and flavor and get your flavoring the way you like it. Then redo with nicotine. Saves money.
eJuice Me Up - e-Juice e-Liquid Recipe Calculator
First make a little 1ml or 3ml sample with no nicotine - just PG and flavor and get your flavoring the way you like it. Then redo with nicotine. Saves money.
Read until you're blurry-eyed in the DIY threads. Take notes. They use a lot of acronyms you'll want to learn. I had to make a cheat sheet. Start a chemist's notebook with every recipe you try with exact measurements, when the juice was born and a rating system. You never know what combos will be a winner for you. It's not cheap to get started. I'm in about $400 with two winning juices so far. Not to discourage you. That's a drop in the bucket over a year buying commercially and I won't need to buy gear again. Get lots and lots of little 3 or 6 ml bottles. Six are easier to work with and the same price.
There are good flavors from each flavor house. Capella's is the most forgiving for new DIYers. Many of their flavors are delish simply added to your base. Tobaccos need to steep (it's not an urban legend). Most importanly, have fun. If you wear out your tastebuds with too many flavors, vape flavorless for a couple of days. Works wonders. I'm loving the DIY experience. Hope you do, too
There are good flavors from each flavor house. Capella's is the most forgiving for new DIYers. Many of their flavors are delish simply added to your base. Tobaccos need to steep (it's not an urban legend). Most importanly, have fun. If you wear out your tastebuds with too many flavors, vape flavorless for a couple of days. Works wonders. I'm loving the DIY experience. Hope you do, too
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I just dove off the deep in right in the middle of the DIY. It is much cheaper and a lot more fun mixing and matching the flavors.
I also dove right in. I didn't really save any money at first, but now that I have a few recipes I know I like I can buy my favorite flavors in bigger bottles, which saves money. And I buy the nic in bigger bottles and at stronger concentrations, which also saves money. I'm down to about 0.10/ml.
Not only do tobacco flavors need to steep, creamy flavors also need to steep. I DIY all of my juice and when I make anything with chocolate, bavarian cream or dulce le leche they always need to steep. They vapable right away, but after a few days of being left alone they're fantastic!
DIY is like cooking. It takes practice and patience to master. Even then, you're still going to mix up some stuff that demands being dumped down the drain. This is why you mix new flavors in little batches with no nicotine to start. OneStop has some great mixing tips on the site and some yummy recipes, too.
You might also want to check out this:
E-Liquid Recipe Book
It was created by one of our members and has lots of great recipes! Experiment, try out new flavor creations and have fun!
DIY is like cooking. It takes practice and patience to master. Even then, you're still going to mix up some stuff that demands being dumped down the drain. This is why you mix new flavors in little batches with no nicotine to start. OneStop has some great mixing tips on the site and some yummy recipes, too.
You might also want to check out this:
E-Liquid Recipe Book
It was created by one of our members and has lots of great recipes! Experiment, try out new flavor creations and have fun!
I like to make small batches in case it taste bad.
10ml glass dropper bottles are handy.
I put atty/carto in alcohol between flavor tests.
Darker eliquids often foul wick quicker.
Super strong flavorings tend to be more wick friendly.
Mixing mono flavored juices is a good way to weed out bad flavorings.
10ml glass dropper bottles are handy.
I put atty/carto in alcohol between flavor tests.
Darker eliquids often foul wick quicker.
Super strong flavorings tend to be more wick friendly.
Mixing mono flavored juices is a good way to weed out bad flavorings.
I'm in the process of buying supplies myself. All that's left is the flavorings, and I'm going to try and shop for those locally.
Thanks for all the advice! I'm hoping my kit comes soon so I can get started. I also found an ejuice app for my iphone that looks interesting. My hubby says I'm like a junkie with all my ecig parts and numerous juices! It's addicting and so much better than smoking!
I dove right in, too. Honestly, steeping doesn't make that much of a difference. At least not for me It will take you some time to find just the right flavors. You don't really have to mix any flavors (most of my mixes were awful! lol). When you see a list of available flavors, just ask yourself if you could EAT / DRINK the foods they're named after all day long. If the answer is yes for a flavor, get it. If it's no, you probably won't like it and/or you'll get sick of it real fast.
As far as the math goes, it's really simple actually. Let's say you have a bottle of 52 mg nic juice and you want to make 10 ml of 14 mg liquid. That's 140 mg of nic total. 140 / 52 = 2.7 Ta-da! You need 2.7 ml of your nic juice in the mix. The rest should be propylene glycol and/or glycerin. If you're going with glycerin, be sure to add some water and/or everclear. You only need 5% water/eveclear for an aqueous glycerin based mix. I'd recommend doing 12.5% - 15% water (or 7.5 - 10% water and 5% everclear) for an anhydrous glycerin based mix. Good luck!
It will take you some time to find just the right flavors. You don't really have to mix any flavors (most of my mixes were awful! lol). When you see a list of available flavors, just ask yourself if you could EAT / DRINK the foods they're named after all day long. If the answer is yes for a flavor, get it. If it's no, you probably won't like it and/or you'll get sick of it real fast.As far as the math goes, it's really simple actually. Let's say you have a bottle of 52 mg nic juice and you want to make 10 ml of 14 mg liquid. That's 140 mg of nic total. 140 / 52 = 2.7 Ta-da! You need 2.7 ml of your nic juice in the mix. The rest should be propylene glycol and/or glycerin. If you're going with glycerin, be sure to add some water and/or everclear. You only need 5% water/eveclear for an aqueous glycerin based mix. I'd recommend doing 12.5% - 15% water (or 7.5 - 10% water and 5% everclear) for an anhydrous glycerin based mix. Good luck!
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I finally got my kit but quickly realized that I didn't really get a mix of flavorings that could be mixed to create anything unique or so I thought: Rootbeer, Vanilla Butternut, English Toffee, Butterscotch. I started out with a Rootbeer with using a 50/50 36ml, 0.4 ml PG and approx. 0.6 ml rootbeer. I derived the mixtures from the ejuice app (very cool!) As expected, I got a basic rootbeer flavored juice. Pretty basic and not a disaster for my first attempt. Being the curious sort that I am, I made another batch using the same nic base, PG but this time I mixed in rootbeer and the vanilla butternut. It turned out great but I'm not sure of my exact flavoring mix-didn't write it down of course since I was just experimenting. Also not sure what that did to my nic level. With the first recipe, the calculator said I would achieve a 24mg nic level-I probably added more flavoring than 0.6 ml so it brought the nic level down but not sure how much. It really doesn't matter, however, because I'm still achieving a good throat hit, good vapor and great taste. This is fun!
I'm new and have been looking at the different suppliers and the flavors of liquid available and have thourght of several that I would like to see, but are not there or I just have not found them yet.
Thanks for the thread, the questions and the answers - this might be a direction that I may try also...
Thanks for the thread, the questions and the answers - this might be a direction that I may try also...
start simple, small batches. maybe little to no nicotine. pick a flavor you wanna try and just make it till it tastes right for YOU. then once youve done that try adding you nicotine till its just right for YOU. then try mixing another flavor with your favorite that might sound interesting. dont expect to get it exactly right the first few times. have fun with it. if anything it will be a learning experience and will make you appreciate your favorite juice vendors products even more. ive been vaping for just over four months and have been DIYing for three of the four months
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