Help with flavoring

[hittman]

I have never really done any diy and was wondering if there was a general rule of thumb for how much flavoring to add to an unflavored liquid? I'm starting with the 36mg unflavored I got on the current sale and am adding the grape juice flavoring. I would like to come out with no less than 24mg as a result but would like a nice strong grape flavor.

 

[36tinybells]

By grape juice, what kind do you mean- loranns, Flavor Apprentice, ect. Brands vary- most need 10 to 15% flavoring. Do you have vg or pg to cut the base?

 

[tybin]

the diy thread has a great ejuice calculator in the sticky thread. it will help ya figure out the nitty gritty

 

[my4jewels]

I use the TPA grape juice flavor from GP at 20%, and it's one of my all time favorites. I flavor all of my juices around 20% because I like them on the strong side.

 

[hittman]

Thanks for the advice. Yes its the stuff from GP. I started out with a 1 to 5 mix with the tpa flavoring and 36 mg vg. I would guess you have to let it sit for a while.I'll check out that calculator.

 

[my4jewels]

I have found that simple fruit flavors don't really need to steep. They can be vaped right away. When using tobacco flavors and complex mixes, it's usually good to let them steep, so they can blend properly. You can speed up the steeping process by placing your bottle of juice in very warm water for a while.

 

[hittman]

I never really took much interest in diy before but since Rob was having this great sale, I thought I'd try it out. It's hard to lose with the unflavored 36mg so cheap. That is unless I make it unvapeable. I could always just vape the unflavored 36mg.

 

[tybin]

well now that you got that nic try that tobacco concentrate i was telling you about hittman

 

[hittman]

Did you? I originally started out with 1ml of the flavoring and 5ml of the 36mg. I tried it and then added a few more drops of the flavoring. It came out with a nice strong grape flavor and a nice vapor after sitting overnight. I just filled a carto with it and it's pretty good. I had always been a tobacco or menthol user but liked the VG grape so I thought I'd try this since I always thought the VG could use a little more flavor.

 

[dirt2suck]

The mix you did, was nice for starters!

and flavor should be close to the 100% VG

Nice going!

 

[hittman]

Thanks Rob. Not bad for my first real attempt. I had mixed a couple different liquids before but that doesn't really count.

 

[redheadone]

I havw been doing diying for a little while now and personally I think it is trial and error. A lot is going to depend on which flavor you use as some flavorings are stronger than other and also it depends on which company you get your flavorings from. If you like your e-liquids to have a strong flavor my general rule of thumb is to make it around 20 to 25% depending on the flavoring. if you do not like strong flavoring then I would make the flavoring a little less say around 15%