Does anyone else save their empty e-liquid bottles?
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They will come in very handy if/when you get into DIY 
I never throw them away. I just remove the label and clean them.
I never throw them away. I just remove the label and clean them.
I throw mine away, unless I need to remember a certain flavor for re-order.
But mattiem makes a good point. I have purchased new empty e-liquid bottles from the store for the sake of mixing. I suppose I could utilize used e liquid bottles instead and save a dollar or two.
Alas, I am OCD and I would prefer to get a brand new empty bottle instead of rinsing out a used bottle. Wasteful and unnecessary? yes. Does it make a difference? No.
But mattiem makes a good point. I have purchased new empty e-liquid bottles from the store for the sake of mixing. I suppose I could utilize used e liquid bottles instead and save a dollar or two.
Alas, I am OCD and I would prefer to get a brand new empty bottle instead of rinsing out a used bottle. Wasteful and unnecessary? yes. Does it make a difference? No.
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This. I have about 30 bottles that I kept. They get warshed out and recycled for DIY. I mix & steep in big bottles (100 ml or so) then transfer to smaller bottles for portability.They will come in very handy if/when you get into DIY
I never throw them away. I just remove the label and clean them.
Yup. That's why I started DIY. Was spending $50 - $75 a week on juice. Was costing me as much as the analogs.Think about how much money was spent on whats in that box.
I actually just fished one out of the wastepaper basket that I threw in yesterday because I found use for it as a better device for very thick vg base liquid compared to my needle bottles.
But in general, if I see too many of one type of bottle racking up, my alarm number is 10:
I figure if there's 10 empty bottles that I haven't figured out a good use for, any more than that should be tossed; that's my method of control.
Same. I still buy some commercially until I can get several good recipes down that will take the place of them. It's a long process for me as I haven't much time to fiddle with DIY
. But what do they say...slow and steady wins the race! \o/
actually one concern of mine is the question of proper cleaning.
sometimes you *think* something is clean then it breaks and if you rub the inside of it with your finger you discover a rough surface when you rub it with your fingers.
I am saving mine because I am going to get into making my own juice and it will be nice to have the empty bottles. of course if anyone wants to send me theirs too feel free lol
If I had known it was going to be necessary to start DIY then I would have saved the glass bottles but I don't trust plastic not to hold on to the flavors they were originally filled with. I bought 4 glass bottles to start out and will probably end up getting a few more since they were not expensive at all. The plastics will all go to my accident prone wife.
yeah same here I went almost immediately into DIY and have to buy bottles. I do save empty flavoring bottles and such though.
Good to give friends ejuice in.
LOL I am new to this but might i suggest you use the plastics still and just make flavors close to what was in them. I mean if they were flavors you liked anyway that way you can still re-purpose all of them
that way you can still re-purpose all of them
@edyle has a point. New bottles really aren't that expensive and they are clean. When I first got into DIY I purchased 80 60ml bottles with poly caps for about $60 shipped from premium vials. Real nice bottles if I do say so myself. A lot of ejuice company's bottles I've found to be sub par in quality compared to the ones I purchased from them. I'm talking specifically about the caps and the way they screw on. Some don't even tighten all the way down and strip. It's almost like they try to find the cheapest bottle on the planet for their juices.
I have about 5 bottles in circulation. I use low-flavored juice, so I do not clean my bottles at all. PG and VG are much better at keeping bacteria away than water.
@kaahn Try OSDIY's Blue Raspberry Slushie. Just mix it up @ 20%, give it a good shake, and you're ready to go. It's like 65ish% VG so it's great for max VG mixes. It doesn't really need to steep, but it does get a lil smoother after about 2 days when the nic blends in completely. It's good @ 10%, but I like it strong.
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