% for testing single flavorings?

[Stacy1]

I've read that most people flavor their mixes with between 10-20% flavoring. I received an order of flavors and am mixing up 3ml bottles of each individual flavor just to see what each flavor tastes like before I jump into blending flavors. My question is, if the goal is to get a true test of what a particular flavor tastes like when mixed with nic, pg/vg, what is a good percentage of flavoring to use for the tests? Should I start on the low end and hope its strong enough to get a good idea of what the flavor tastes like, or start more on the high end and hope its not so strong that it takes away from the true flavor?

 

[Hoosier]

I've only been doing this for a little while, but I have single flavor recipes for 0.35% to 25%. So I have no idea what a reasonable starting percentage is without a better idea of what flavorings you're starting with.
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[k702]

I've read that most people flavor their mixes with between 10-20% flavoring. I received an order of flavors and am mixing up 3ml bottles of each individual flavor just to see what each flavor tastes like before I jump into blending flavors. My question is, if the goal is to get a true test of what a particular flavor tastes like when mixed with nic, pg/vg, what is a good percentage of flavoring to use for the tests? Should I start on the low end and hope its strong enough to get a good idea of what the flavor tastes like, or start more on the high end and hope its not so strong that it takes away from the true flavor?

start low go up. Some flavors are delicious at 2% while others could need 15% 20% or more to really be effective.. search for single flavor percentages threads. There are a couple of them for different flavoring companies. They are just other people's opinions but it at least gives you a good starting point.

 

[Art Mustel]

10% flavoring is pretty high for most flavors! please get this spreadsheet, it could give you an starting point:
https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AkX4_hQ6Fu8HdEwwR2dLRUJlVjlabEN1NG1ucktuUVE&gid=0
It doesn't mean this will be "exact" but at least you won't be on the heavy side. Some flavors are good at 2, 3 or 5%. A few (very few) 10% or more. Even some flavors are good at 1% or lower.
If your flavors are not in the spreadsheet, just start at 2%. but starting unknown flavors at 10% is a sure way to ruin your liquid.

Maybe you are referring to "don't exceed 10-20% TOTAL flavoring "rule". This is different and it applies when you are mixing several flavors together, for instance 5% chocolate, 3% mint, 2% cinnamon, etc etc etc...

 

[Stacy1]

I ordered too many flavorings to start with for sure, but the flavor profile I enjoy vaping the most is the vanilla and custardy flavors. I guess I was hoping there was a magic number that would work to be able to get enough flavor to know what the flavor alone tastes like. I made a small bottle of cap. vanilla custard last night at 10% and then did a 4 hour steep in the crock pot at 150 degrees. I have read enough to know that the custard flavors benefit from a longer steep time than other flavors, but I dripped a couple drops today just because i'm impatient and its the first bottle I've made and I wanted to try it. Not really tasting much flavor yet. I don't know if it's because I only used 10% flavoring or if it is perfect but needs 2 weeks to steep.

 

[Stacy1]

Thanks for the spreadsheet Art. That should help ALOT. Yes on the percentage reference. I thought that if you use ten to twenty percent total flavoring using four or five flavors, it would be the same for one flavor. My bad

 

[GaryInTexas]

I use 13-15% on the Cap Custard and can taste it right then but it definitely needs to age some to get to the true taste of the custard.

 

[DeloresRose]

It also depends on your pv and sense of taste. I need a lot of flavor, but try to stick to the 20% total with multiple flavors. However, that does not mean I like a single flavor at 5 or 7%. If I like one at 15% and another at 5% and want to combine them 50/50, I'd use 7.5 of the one and 2.5 of the other.