First Try=Home Run! And a Few Questions

[JonnyB88]

I've been lurking in the DIY forum for a while now. Reading and rereading all of the stickies and lots of posts.
Finally, I decided it was time.
I loaded up carts at both WL and MFS. It was a few days ago, when WL was out of most things. So I got my nic, PG, VG and a few flavors from MFS. And that order came in yesterday (WL is coming tomorrow).

So, of course, the first thing I did was cut open the box and attempt my first mix.
Used the EJMU calculator. End result: 50/50, 6mg nic.

8% TFA Raspberry
4% LA Cherry
4% TFA Bavarian Cream
4% TFA Sweetener

And because I'm impatient, I had to try it as soon as I was done.
It tastes like a creamy Cherry/Raspberry Kool-Aid. And it's delicious!!!

A big thanks to all of you that have unknowingly helped me out with all of your posts/threads. And a HUGE thanks to glasseye for her continuing help. And breaktru for his amazing calculator.


Now, onto my questions:
How can I tell what base my flavorings are and at what percentages? I just left the EJMU at default saying that my flavors were 100%PG, but how do I know the actual answer?
For example, the bottle of cream just says TFA-Bavarian Cream. On MFS, PG is listed as an ingredient. So, should I have left that flavor as 100%PG like I did?
And, what would I do if I didn't find that PG was an ingredient? How would I know what to put?

Thanks in advance for all the help, everyone!

 

[DetraMental]

Are the base of the flavorings not put on the label? Mine usually are in small type. I don't even mess with the pg or vg setting in the EJMU calculator for the flavorings it's never affected the flavoring or the calcualation. I only enter what percent of each juice I want. This is just the way I use it.

 

[JonnyB88]

Are the base of the flavorings not put on the label? Mine usually are in small type. I don't even mess with the pg or vg setting in the EJMU calculator for the flavorings it's never affected the flavoring or the calcualation. This is just the way I use it.

I searched, but saw nothing. Perhaps I somehow missed it? At work right now, though.
Anyone with physical access to MFS-bought flavorings able to confirm or deny?

 

[zoiDman]

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Now, onto my questions:
How can I tell what base my flavorings are and at what percentages? I just left the EJMU at default saying that my flavors were 100%PG, but how do I know the actual answer?
For example, the bottle of cream just says TFA-Bavarian Cream. On MFS, PG is listed as an ingredient. So, should I have left that flavor as 100%PG like I did?
And, what would I do if I didn't find that PG was an ingredient? How would I know what to put?

Thanks in advance for all the help, everyone!

If you are Striving for PG to VG ratio perfection, you might consider your PG Based Flavorings to be 90% PG.

 

[Chas_L]

You can go to the TFA site and ingredents are listed however most do not list percentage of each. A few are listed as 5 ot 10% flavoring in such and such a base.

Perfumers Apprentice - Bavarian Cream Flavor

I leave ejuice me up calculator set at 100% PG for the flavors and do not worry about the possible slight errors which may happen.

 

[dannyv45]

Congrats on your first successful mix.
Most of the TFA flavorings are PG and I would just leave it at 100% PG. On TFA's site they do list what they are. They have a separate section for VG flavoring. So all you need to be concerned with is if the flavor is 100% PG or 100% VG. Sounds to me like you calculated it correctly.

If you really want to get exact most flavors are 10% flavor molecule desolved in a 90% PG solution. So you can set it to 90% but that's not really nessessary and actually a bit over the top.

 

[Landosnotasystem]

20% flavor seems pretty high (given my little experience). You might try keeping the same ratios and cut back the flavor a little(maybe 15 % flavor total); I'm guessing you wouldn't notice a flavor difference, and probably saving a little money over the long run.

Just a thought