first diy experience

[swissfactor]

vape mail today:
gallon of vg
15, 30, 50, 100 ml glass bottles
1 ml and 3 ml pipettes
5, 10, 30ml syringes
various wizard labs and flavor art flavors
10 ml plastic bottles

couldnt wait until i got the sweeteners pg nic sour mix and other stuff i got on another order, so i made my first mix today...recipe as follows:
8.5 ml vg
.5 ml peanut butter from mt baker
.5 ml butterscotch from mt baker
five drops cocoa from wizard labs
five drops chocolate from wizard labs

originally it was too butterscotchy to me so i kept shaking and shaking and shaking.....for three hours now....the butterscotch has muted and i can sense the chocolate tones and the pb has arisen as a dominant scent....gonna continue shaking for a while, then probably break down and drip it...kinda reminds me of the scent of kahlua now....happy vaping!

 

[FACE MEAT]

Get yourself some 1mL syringes. They're so much easier to use than pipettes and they waste less flavor concentrate.

Congrats on your first DIY! There's a long, gloriously frustrating road ahead of you. Enjoy the ride.

 

[Chimney34]

Yeaaaa! Congrats! Sounds yummy!

I agree...ditch the pipettes

 

[swissfactor]

Thanks for the advice.....i think i have a bunch of three ml syringes...quick question and i know it was in another thread...any salt flavoring? This juice could prob use a salt flavor...wonder if they sell it and if it works

 

[FACE MEAT]

People have talked about using sterile 0.9% saline solution in their liquids in the DIY sub-forum. I've not tried it and can't attest to its effectiveness or potential to damage hardware.

 

[chrisw21]

vape mail today:
gallon of vg

At least you're doing it right.... Starting off slow.... 8-o Roughly 4000ml should last you (and a small town) through the next zombie apocalypse.

 

[chrisw21]

BTW.... Love how you went all out and started out with a GIANT 10ml mix. Don't want to run through your supplies in one night! Seriously though, good luck with it!!!! And always remember to share you victories (and hide you defeats...)!!

 

[Renolizzie]

Oh boy, you are going to have fun with DIY. Sounds like you got a pretty good mix right out of the starting gate.

 

[swissfactor]

Saline solution huh? Im concerned it may gunk up a wick...my honest thoughts were to heat up a bit of pg and mix in kosher salt..thought it might gunk up a clearo...gonna try it with sone junk clearos

 

[FACE MEAT]

I could be wrong, but I don't think the salt would vaporize along with the e-liquid and would build up on the coil.

 

[dannyv45]

Saline solution huh? Im concerned it may gunk up a wick...my honest thoughts were to heat up a bit of pg and mix in kosher salt..thought it might gunk up a clearo...gonna try it with sone junk clearos

My only concern is that salt is corrosive and may cause a coil to degrade prematurly.

 

[michaelsil1]

My only concern is that salt is corrosive and may cause a coil to degrade prematurly.

I think I read a thread about using Salt and he didn't get any Salt taste. The only thing I've seen is the Saline suggestion. Anyone tried it yet?

 

[swissfactor]

Salt wont completely dissolve in pg/vg? I guess theres only one way to find out...besides how fun would this be if everythimg you tried came out perfect...ive got some old clearos i wanted to get rid of anyway...

 

[swissfactor]

All in the name of science

 

[zoiDman]

... originally it was too butterscotchy to me so i kept shaking and shaking and shaking.....for three hours now...

I have to Applaud you for Shaking a DIY Mix for Three Hours. This type of Dedication is Seldom Seen.

 

[swissfactor]

More like anticipation...cant wait to try this stuff

 

[zoiDman]

More like anticipation...cant wait to try this stuff

I hear you.

When I First Started doing DIY, I couldn't wait for 3 or 4 Days either.

I would test my Mixes after a couple of Hours and they Didn't Taste strong enough. So I would add More Flavoring. They would then Taste Great. So I would mix up 60ml or so.

But as I would use the e-Liquid, it would start to taste Meh. Strong Aftertaste of Chemicals. I thought it was the Wrong Brand of Flavoring. Chased my Tail for about 3 Months trying to make it work.

Then I found a 10ml Bottle that I had mixed and had Not Added more Flavor to. It had gotten Push to the Back of the Drawer and had just sat for a Week. Tasted Fantastic. Strong Flavor with No Chemical Aftertaste. And it had about 1/2 of the Flavoring that my other Mixes did.

So I learned about Steeping the Hard way.

 

[swissfactor]

Yea...i kept my first 10ml in my pocket for 24 hrs and every ten min or so i would pull it out and shake the ever loving crap out of ...now its tucked away for a week to steep ....."My Precious!" (in the best Gollum voice i can reproduce)

 

[zoiDman]

Yea...i kept my first 10ml in my pocket for 24 hrs and every ten min or so i would pull it out and shake the ever loving crap out of ...

Maybe it would just be Easier to Tape the bottle to the Washing Machine and do 3 Loads of Laundry?

LOL

 

[swissfactor]

I like the gollum approach better...no offense...i hate laundry