So this doesn't really count as "DIY" but what I'm doing is I have these nine bottles of 0mg liquid, that I want to make (roughly) 6mg by adding small amounts of 100mg nic. I figure by using 100mg nic, I can add just a tiny bit and hopefully not affect the flavor too much. Now that my supplies are here, I'm about ready to get started. In the interest of "getting it right the first time," I thought I'd run by you guys what I plan on doing, and see if it sounds like I have the right idea before I dive in.
The liquids are in 15ml glass dropper bottles. I've already gone through a tankful (about 1.5ml) of each, to make room in the bottles for the nic I'll be adding. I may draw out another dropperful while I have them open so there's a little more airspace to shake stuff around. I'll either squirt the dropper contents back into the bottles when I'm done, or else I'll just recap them with the droppers still full, and have my first squirt be nic-free the first time I use them.
The nicotine is 15ml of 100mg/ml. It's in a conical-tipped vial, so it won't stand up when it's open -- I have cut a hole in the box my supplies came in, for a makeshift vial rack. I've got some nitrile gloves and safety glasses. I'll be working on my kitchen counter, next to a sink and an open window. I will line up the nine bottles, remove the caps and draw a dropperful of each, and lay the droppers on a paper towel(s) behind the bottles. I will put on my glasses and my gloves, and I will unscrew the nicotine.
I will probably sniff the nicotine to see what, if anything, it smells like, but I won't stick my nose in the vial, rather I will "waft" it towards me from arm's length. I will take my 1ml syringe with 1.5" 14ga needle and, one at a time, draw 0.9ml of nicotine and squirt it into one of the bottles. Then I will slide each bottle back as I fill it, so I know which ones have been done already. When I am done with all nine bottles, I will place the syringe in a glass of warm water, recap the remaining nicotine, and rinse out the syringe with a few draw-shake-squirts of the water.
Then I will take each bottle in turn, put my thumb or finger over the opening and shake it up real good. In between bottles I will wipe my fingertips off on a damp paper towel I have nearby to minimize any cross-contamination. I will also probably arrange them in an order so that any cross-contamination which does occur should not be too unpalatable. If they don't shake up well, I may cut up some plastic drinking straws and use them to stir. Once all the bottles are mixed, I will remove the glasses and the gloves, put the caps back on the bottles, and then clean up my workspace.
Does that look about right to all of you? Have I missed anything important?
The liquids are in 15ml glass dropper bottles. I've already gone through a tankful (about 1.5ml) of each, to make room in the bottles for the nic I'll be adding. I may draw out another dropperful while I have them open so there's a little more airspace to shake stuff around. I'll either squirt the dropper contents back into the bottles when I'm done, or else I'll just recap them with the droppers still full, and have my first squirt be nic-free the first time I use them.
The nicotine is 15ml of 100mg/ml. It's in a conical-tipped vial, so it won't stand up when it's open -- I have cut a hole in the box my supplies came in, for a makeshift vial rack. I've got some nitrile gloves and safety glasses. I'll be working on my kitchen counter, next to a sink and an open window. I will line up the nine bottles, remove the caps and draw a dropperful of each, and lay the droppers on a paper towel(s) behind the bottles. I will put on my glasses and my gloves, and I will unscrew the nicotine.
I will probably sniff the nicotine to see what, if anything, it smells like, but I won't stick my nose in the vial, rather I will "waft" it towards me from arm's length. I will take my 1ml syringe with 1.5" 14ga needle and, one at a time, draw 0.9ml of nicotine and squirt it into one of the bottles. Then I will slide each bottle back as I fill it, so I know which ones have been done already. When I am done with all nine bottles, I will place the syringe in a glass of warm water, recap the remaining nicotine, and rinse out the syringe with a few draw-shake-squirts of the water.
Then I will take each bottle in turn, put my thumb or finger over the opening and shake it up real good. In between bottles I will wipe my fingertips off on a damp paper towel I have nearby to minimize any cross-contamination. I will also probably arrange them in an order so that any cross-contamination which does occur should not be too unpalatable. If they don't shake up well, I may cut up some plastic drinking straws and use them to stir. Once all the bottles are mixed, I will remove the glasses and the gloves, put the caps back on the bottles, and then clean up my workspace.
Does that look about right to all of you? Have I missed anything important?
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