Failed at strengthening flavor. Why? (Help?)

[Junebug79]

I posted this in DIY, but there's more viewers here. I'm going through a lot of the one flavor of liquid i have that's strong enough...

I'm using 70 VG/30 DW juices I got from Mt Baker. Even with extra shots, there's not enough flavor for me. I bought Super Concentrated flavors, alcohol based from VapingZone. Added a few drops of Apricot VZ to the bottle of Mt Baker Apricot I had. It's acting like oil and water, not mixing at all.

I can't find or remember who recommended doing this. Is it just the apricot? I'm not really ready for DIY (obviously) - I thought if it wasn't water soluable it would say so.

What am I missing?

I'm assuming this bottle of eliquid is trash now

 

[klynnn]

How much flavor did you use? Vg does not carry it as well as pg. Sometimes you can use too much flavor and will not get any flavor at all. It can be a delicate balance. Check out the diy eliquid section. Sometimes the flavor gets stronger after steeping. Too many variables.

 

[The Ocelot]

You can put it the back of a cabinet and ignore it. I had a flavor that was pretty awful, but 4 months later was yummy.

 

[Vapoor eyes er]

I'm using 70 VG/30 DW juices I got from Mt Baker. Even with extra shots, there's not enough flavor for me.

PG will enhance flavor while VG will mute flavors so there's 2 ingredients or lack thereof that is messing with the flavor. Are you sensitive to PG? I once tasted some 100% VG from Virgin Vapors and it was very flavorful.

 

[Junebug79]

OK, i get all that - but why would an alcohol based flavoring make it look like it's oil and water mixing? What happened there is what i really want to know?

The two most important aspects to me for vaping is a) flavor, and b) as little pg as possible.

 

[Thompson]

Alcohol is exceptionally light in comparison to the viscous PG & VG. If the flavor is mostly alcohol, its not going to want to blend well naturally.

Either shake the hell out of it often, maybe try a hot water bath and see if that'll help it blend, PG as its thinner than VG may take more kindly to the alcohol, or leave the cap off and let as much of the alcohol evaporate as possible.

 

[Junebug79]

That makes more sense. I tried warm/hot water, but not really hot water.

I asked VapingZone about it. The reply I got was a "If you don't mind my asking, why did you add distilled water?"

 

[Junebug79]

It mixed! Oh my goodness! Yay! (hot water, lots of shaking, patience.) Still waiting for an answer from VZ tho. A real answer

 

[Junebug79]

For those following, I did ask VZ flat out if their concentrated flavors contained oil. The response I got to that was "They are alcohol base. I would think that 30% distilled water is too much and is thinning your juice out too much. VG takes longer for the flavoring the blend well. I use a 10% distilled water mix with my VG juice and it is plenty enough to thin out and work well with my clearomizers, cartomizers, atomizers."

 

[Junebug79]

I was letting it steep.... went to test it today. It's all separated again.

Crap. Is that how it goes? If i i try to add VZ drops to any of my other juices will it be the same results? 'Cause i'm not gonna do this.

I know how to work a lighter and i know how to inhale!