Help with decreasing nicotine content please!

[Nibs91]

Hello all! So I made a huge mistake and bought 10 bottles of my absolute favorite eliquid. It is 12mg, which I've been on for the past 2 months. The problem is I am starting to get "hit" by the nicotine much more than when I first started vaping. A couple of hits will knock me out, dizziness, sleepiness, etc.

I bought some Rite Aid brand glycerin shown here:

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The eliquid I have is Mad Alchemist winter's bite 12mg 30ml bottles. I am completely clueless of how to go about mixing these. I know flavor will end up dulling, but that is fine with me as it's got a strong flavor already anyway. Can anyone shed some light for me? Did I buy the right stuff? Ideally I want to make a test batch and if that works out I'll mix all the bottles. I know I won't be going back to 12mg so I'm ok with permanently lowering the nic. My 131 lb body can't can't handle it any longer lol.

PS. I hope it's ok that I posted in this section; not sure but I believe this is partly DIY

 

[Robert Dupre]

There are some calculator apps for this available for phones but to drop it down to 6mg just add 30 ml of vg/pg per 30 ml of juice that is 12 mg it will bring it up to about 75% vg also unless you are using just vg to dilute and assuming there is no water in either and the flavored is 50/50 vg/pg

 

[Rsunderl]

For a 9mg mix, use half as much of the VG as the eliquid.

... and, yes, that is the right VG to use - the proper VG says Glycerine USP with nothing in between the two.

An alternative for you that won't dilute the flavor is to buy some more of the same juice in 0 (or at least lower than the 12mg) nic and them mix.

 

[Nibs91]

Thanks guys! How about bringing it down to 6mg?

 

[twgbonehead]

Thanks guys! How about bringing it down to 6mg?

Mix it half-and-half. Same amount of glycerine as e-liquid.

 

[spartanstew]

It's 12mg and the glycerin is 0mg, so mixes them 50/50 will result in 6mg juice.

As someone else mentioned, if you don't want to lose any flavor you can do the same equal mix with 0mg of the same juice.

 

[Boletus]

Here is a simple web calculator for combining juices.
DIY E-Liquid Combining Calculator

To cut the nicotine in half (12 mg/ml to 6 mg/ml), combine equal parts 12 mg/ml juice and zero nic VG.

 

[four2109]

Nibs, You will have to thin the vg some to get the right consistency. You need to do that before you mix with your liquid. I think I used add 20% distilled water to VG. Start with less and play with it. See if the vg vapes before you start cutting your liquid.
Cutting depends on what strength you want to drop to, and what size empty bottles you have available. I don't get precise with my measurements. Sometimes I space rubberbands around my bottles to marks levels!
From 12mg, If you want 8mg, 2 parts liquid to 1 part glycerine, 6mg: 1/2 and 1/2, 4mg: 1 part liquid to 2 parts glycerine.

 

[Nibs91]

Alright so the Winter's Bite is 70/30 Vg/Pg.....so four2109 you're saying that adding the vg on top of that will make that too "thick"; am I correct? That is the reason to use the distilled water?

 

[twgbonehead]

Alright so the Winter's Bite is 70/30 Vg/Pg.....so four2109 you're saying that adding the vg on top of that will make that too "thick"; am I correct? That is the reason to use the distilled water?

Depends on what kind of head you're using. Some will do 100%VG just fine, others won't.

 

[Nibs91]

Depends on what kind of head you're using. Some will do 100%VG just fine, others won't.

I have a Nautilus Mini on an iStick.

 

[four2109]

Alright so the Winter's Bite is 70/30 Vg/Pg.....so four2109 you're saying that adding the vg on top of that will make that too "thick"; am I correct? That is the reason to use the distilled water?

Yes. Squeeze some out of that bottle and compare it to your liquid, and you'll see what I mean. And start with small batches so you don't get it cut lower than you want.

 

[twgbonehead]

Actually, if your juice is already 70%vg, it's already pretty thick. Start out just with the vg+e-liquid mix, thin it out with a very small amount of water only if it's too thick and doesn't vape well. (Personally I think 20% water is way too much in any case!)

 

[four2109]

Depends on what kind of head you're using. Some will do 100%VG just fine, others won't.

The VG out of that bottle? I've never had any store bought that didn't need to be diluted. YMMV. All the more reason for small batches.

 

[Robert Dupre]

Nautilus mini will vape pretty much anything in my experience i had some 100% vg juice i ordered online and vaped it a couple days with no issues but i normally use 80% vg juice because it gives off better flavor in tanks. Also you could pick up some pg if you want to keep it at the 70/30 ratio.

 

[Nibs91]

Alright, the mixing is complete! Can someone let me know how long I should let it sit so the flavor mixes and steeps properly? I usually don't need to steep this flavor, but because I mixed it with the VG and a bit of distilled water I'm thinking I should.

 

[Robert Dupre]

I let all the juices i order online sit for 2 weeks at lease before i try them

 

[four2109]

Shake N Vape, and try it.

 

[Hoosier]

I don't know why you are waiting at all.

If you don't vape it right away and let it sit for a spell, how will you know if steeping did anything but waste time?

 

[Robert Dupre]

Well i work offshore and usually order soon after i get to work so its sitting at home steeping for a few weeks before i can get to it anyway. I have even diluted higher nic amount with the same flavor of no nic and didnt like it. That was a few months ago i just gave it away after filling my tank with it to try again and it wasnt so bad at all to me. I personally like all my juice to sit for a while before i vape it whether it has been presteeped of mixed when i ordered it.