Does it matter what order?

[haleysdadda]

I've been DIYing since the first of the year & I'm loving it! Was mixing some CNC machine coolant at work today(always water first then concentrate cuz it mixes better) & that got me thinking if I was putting my ingredients in my juice together in the proper order! I usually make a 40/60 pg/vg juice & I put my stuff together in the following order;
1) Flavoring
2) VG
3) Nic (vg base)
4)PG
Is this OK? Does it really matter? How do you guys do that voodoo that you do so well?

 

[Christian Sheasley]

i couldn't really see where it matters because as soon as you are done adding everything in, you are shaking the crap out of it to mix everything together.

 

[retired1]

Moved to DIY e-liquid.

Mix order doesn't matter to me as I use a high speed sheer mixer to blend my mixes.

 

[ufosnowcat]

i tend to do pg first then vg
the nic (pg) and flavours (mostly pg) i inject in the center

if i do vg first it tends to stick to the bottom of the measuring cup more making it a bit harder to mix the batch up in the cup
i do batches from 50 to 200ml

 

[Sloth Tonight]

I do flavoring first, but I doubt it matters.

 

[Robert Cromwell]

I do flavoring and nic first but I too do not think it matters.

 

[haleysdadda]

Tanx to all ya'all! Thought I'd read sumpin someware about mixing a certain way but I wasn't sure! I use a UC to mix/steep my juices that runs in 8 min. cycles & I chake da chit outta it between cycles for 10 or 20 cycles!

 

[Jdurand]

I do nic, PG, flavors and then VG last. I think all respondents have a different method. Guess it doesn't matter!

 

[Sloth Tonight]

Tanx to all ya'all! Thought I'd read sumpin someware about mixing a certain way but I wasn't sure! I use a UC to mix/steep my juices that runs in 8 min. cycles & I chake da chit outta it between cycles for 10 or 20 cycles!

Same, between the UC and shake-a-thon we're good to go

 

[dannyv45]

I don't see where it matters but I usually mix my base components first compensating for the amount of PG in the flavoring then add flavor. A good e-juice will calculate this for you. In short order don't matter.

 

[jb58]

I mix flavors and nic then shake, mix in PG, shake, mix in VG and shake. Don,t think it really matters, just the way I do it.

 

[Hoosier]

I have one recipe where I know for certain that order is important. The rest, no, does not matter.

And, yes, it's an unusual one...

 

[Capt.shay]

Personally I do flavor, nic. pg, vg. I do the VG last because a lot of time I just top off the bottle with VG and don't have to measure. Saves time.

Like most I don't think it really matters but I have seen some of Bills blogs where he really feels the order of adding flavors matters.

 

[haleysdadda]

Personally I do flavor, nic. pg, vg. I do the VG last because a lot of time I just top off the bottle with VG and don't have to measure. Saves time.

Like most I don't think it really matters but I have seen some of Bills blogs where he really feels the order of adding flavors matters.

Thanx! I knew I'd read it somewhere! @Bill's Magic Vapor Could you please reply in this humble little thread?

 

[Capt.shay]

Thanx! I knew I'd read it somewhere! @Bill's Magic Vapor Could you please reply in this humble little thread?

Well, you could go read his blogs

 

[sofarsogood]

nic, flavor, pg, shake the bottle, vg shake the bottle

 

[jambi]

I always do nic first. Even with multiple batches, I measure the nic into all of the bottles first. Not sure why I do it that way. I think I'm just more comfortable with the nic paraphernalia recapped and off the table as soon as possible.

After the nic, PG, VG, flavors, for no other reason than that's how it's ordered on my printouts.

 

[zoiDman]

I've been DIYing since the first of the year & I'm loving it! Was mixing some CNC machine coolant at work today(always water first then concentrate cuz it mixes better) & that got me thinking if I was putting my ingredients in my juice together in the proper order! I usually make a 40/60 pg/vg juice & I put my stuff together in the following order;
1) Flavoring
2) VG
3) Nic (vg base)
4)PG
Is this OK? Does it really matter? How do you guys do that voodoo that you do so well?

For this type of Mixing, I always add the Flavoring Last. My thinking is if I Kack somewhere in the Measurements I could Adjust things with the Flavoring.

If you mg/ml and PG|VG ratios aren't changing, you could use "Pre-Mix". I posted this in Another thread about 5 minutes ago...

It's going to work Fine.

And if you a Really Lazy, and your PG|VG Ratios don't change, you could make "Pre-Mix". Which is a Pre-Mixed Bottle of PG|VG (and maybe a little Water) in the Ratio that you like.

Then you Just pour Pre-Mix into a Small bottle and add Flavoring. Easy-Peasy.

You can Also use Pre-Mix with Recipes that call for Nicotine. As long as you mg/ml levels aren't Changing.

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BTW - Was that Coolant you were Mixing a Synthetic? Or perhaps Sulfur based Soluble Oil?

 

[haleysdadda]

For this type of Mixing, I always add the Flavoring Last. My thinking is if I Kack somewhere in the Measurements I could Adjust things with the Flavoring.

If you mg/ml and PG|VG ratios aren't changing, you could use "Pre-Mix". I posted this in Another thread about 5 minutes ago...



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BTW - Was that Coolant you were Mixing a Synthetic? Or perhaps Sulfur based Soluble Oil?

Soluble oil! Mfr suggested proceedure

 

[zoiDman]

Soluble oil! Mfr suggested proceedure

Gotcha.

For most Applications, I liked Soluble Oil over Synthetics.