Failed DIY experiments

[haiqu]

Thought there might be a need for a place to list experiments that didn't quite have the desired effect.

Here's my first failure - Bushell's Coffee and Chicory Essence. I thought this would be a reasonable vape but honestly it's the worst taste I could imagine. Mixed it with PG and VG at 75/25 and 24mg/ml nic but it was just unbearable. I think the major problem was the amount of sugar and caramel present, just resulted in a dirty burnt flavour.

So, don't do that, hmmmk.

Any other failures you can think of out there?

 

[adeline]

My newb DIY error: Don't mix spearmint and wintergreen at 20% without any sweetener.

Could probably strip paint off a car...

 

[echofinder]

Hickory shade... pumpkin spice at 12%... lemon papaya...

 

[vsummer1]

If you are going to make a caramel apple, make sure your apple isn't JOLLY.

 

[Vappa]

Coconut and Caramel mixed 50/50 at 19%. I cannot even described what it tasted like, because i've never had something so disgusting as this. Probably comparing to the taste of an alien's liver, or kidney.

 

[Rule62]

My very first DIY attempt was TPA Caramel Cappuccino at 10%. Brutal!

 

[DigiManTX]

my 1st attempt was lorann's cherry at 20% 70/30 8mg nic... LMAO! now everything i vape out of that 1 atomizer tastes like cherry (have cleaned is 17 times with everclear)... i couldn't add enough sweetener to make it vapable...

 

[Discus10]

My 1st attempt was strawberry. Using lorann flavoring. Has no taste. I think it needs sweetener not really sure mixed at 40%

 

[adeline]

My 1st attempt was strawberry. Using lorann flavoring. Has no taste. I think it needs sweetener not really sure mixed at 40%

You need to start much much lower than 40%.. Maybe for LorAnns around 10%?

Funny thing happens when you add too much flavor, you can't taste it!

 

[springfieldarms]

Worst ever blend is anything using flavor art oriental RY4. Cannot get that one to look or smell like anything but urine. Bad stuff

 

[RichardV]

I haven't tried it but I have heard that "Bacon" is nasty & you cannot get the taste out of the atomizer!!

 

[recidivus]

I think ANYTHING mixed at 40% is going to be a bad vape...

My failures were all first round 5mls of various (single flavour) caps mixed at 20%. Either tasted like chemical or didn't taste at all.

My 1st attempt was strawberry. Using lorann flavoring. Has no taste. I think it needs sweetener not really sure mixed at 40%

 

[Kevin littell]

I started off vaping on a very rocky road........I ordered some JC juice that wasnt thrilling out of the bottle and tried to perk it up with some licorice extract....


When you pour 1/2 an oz of licorice flavor in 1/2 a 30ml bottle of already questionable Black cherry juice whilst waiting for a juice order to arrive you get alittle jittery.


Afterwards the fellow that got me started vaping also introduced me to a mix calculator which showed me the error of my ways!


I've also learned to vape a flavor by itself before trying to mix it. I was taught this by some really nasty white chocolate extract I was given. If it cant stand on its own you dont want to be mixing it!

 

[adeline]

I started off vaping on a very rocky road........I ordered some JC juice that wasnt thrilling out of the bottle and tried to perk it up with some licorice extract....


When you pour 1/2 an oz of licorice flavor in 1/2 a 30ml bottle of already questionable Black cherry juice whilst waiting for a juice order to arrive you get alittle jittery.


Afterwards the fellow that got me started vaping also introduced me to a mix calculator which showed me the error of my ways!


I've also learned to vape a flavor by itself before trying to mix it. I was taught this by some really nasty white chocolate extract I was given. If it cant stand on its own you dont want to be mixing it!

Oh my goodness.. That sounds absolutely horrible!! But then again, I don't enjoy licorice of any kind.


Ewwwwww...

 

[Vappa]

Worst ever blend is anything using flavor art oriental RY4. Cannot get that one to look or smell like anything but urine. Bad stuff

Hmm, must be that i like urine then (though i've never drank it) I'm vaping the FA RY4 at the moment and to me it doesn't taste bad at all.

 

[haiqu]

Righto then, this is a great start. Here's my next failure:

Used a Black Sambuca mixture intended for home liquour making. I dluted this with what I thought to be sufficient PG & VG but it still looked wrong, way too dark. Smelled a bit chemical like cough mixture at this stage and tasted foul. Bzzzzt.

On the other hand I still have 40ml of the original bottle left over, so I can make some Black Sambuca to drink.

 

[haiqu]

BTW I'm noticing a lot of messages about mixing errors here. This has probably been covered aplenty on the forum, but always start at 4-5% flavouring, try it and and work up from there. Concentrates added at 10-20% of total liquid volume usually taste bad.

Also, whilst mixing your own from a vendor's concentrates may be DIY in the strictest sense, I was hoping to see more emphasis on experimentation - using liquids not usually known for vaping, self-extraction from the fruit and so on.

 

[Vappa]

Also, whilst mixing your own from a vendor's concentrates may be DIY in the strictest sense, I was hoping to see more emphasis on experimentation - using liquids not usually known for vaping, self-extraction from the fruit and so on.

Haiqu, have a look on this thread then, from post 10 and up. I am doing a little experiment on extracting walnut flavor. This might just be my next failure to post here . But i will only know a few weeks from now, as i just started the experiment.

Anyway, some tips and suggestions are always welcome on that thread...

 

[haiqu]

Cool, I'll check it out.

 

[Wren]

It's not so much 'nasty' as...very very bacon'ey. I mixed that with maple and it tasted just like maple bacon...which, turns out, is not something I want to vape.

And it definately 'stained' the atty with bacon flavor.

I haven't tried it but I have heard that "Bacon" is nasty & you cannot get the taste out of the atomizer!!