E-Liquid Flavor mixing question.

[Photorise]

Hello everyone!

I have read and watched many e-liquid mixing tutorials and there's one thing that I just can't figure out..

[FONT=arial, sans-serif]How can we talk about flavors in aspect of percentages when they come in completely different concentrations? For example, 1 drop of LorAnn Oil Key Lime concentrate overwhelms 10ml of unflavored e-juice. That's 0.5% flavoring. This makes me wonder why flavors are even part of the calculation process? I hear people using 10% and even 20% of flavoring in their mixing. How can a calculator possibly know the strength of the concentrate when all you are inputing is percentage? Couldn't 1% of one brand of flavoring be stronger than 20% of another brand's?

Am I missing something?

Thank you!
Gene

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[WillyZee]

welcome to ECF Gene ... no you are not missing much ... it all boils down to practice.

Each concentrate will be different ... I am new at DIY, so I am working with single flavours only right now.

I made 5 different flavours ... 10ml bottle of ea with 10% flavour @50/50 PG 12mg nic

only the Blueberry Extra from TFA was a little weak ... so I bumped it to 15%

I now have 50ml of vapeable juice ... been vaping this Blueberry all day so far

bottom line ... practice with small Qtys and small percentages

 

[Photorise]

Thank you WillyZ,

I'll experiment and keep a record of what I'm going I guess.

Gene

 

[DetraMental]

I agree with you Photorise....I like using the drop system but most people say it isn't accurate enough because it's dependent upon what you're using to drop the liquid with. I always use a micro pipette. So they use percentages.

 

[StormFinch]

Willy's right, and you do it by percentages because you want the nicotine to be at a correct amount. If you don't figure in the percentage of flavoring you added, your nicotine might be too strong or too weak, depending on the strength of the flavor you use.

 

[hobotek]

Just got an ounce of LorAnn Oil Key Lime concentrate today, I had to mix at 12% and 2% Sucralose, 16mg nic. and a 50/50 pg/vg base to get the taste I'm looking for. I only made up a 5ml test batch, I'll be making a 30ml bottle tomorrow, I dig this stuff.