Help with my mix, please

[JoeCran]

Hi all,

I just made my first batch of DIY juice. I followed the calculator and used the correct amounts, but the mix didn't taste good and smells weird when vaping. I thought it was the flavor concentration, so I went back to the calculator and tweaked it so it will have a higher concentration. This alas did not fix my problem.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers,
JoeCran

 

[darkhood]

Toss the calculator and mix by smell - start w/ 1 drop per 1ml if it's condensed flavor like FA. That's how I do it, no need to use calculators for flavor imo.

 

[t8kiteasy]

It also might help if we knew what mix you have,tobacco,desert,fruit,drink,etc...

 

[Hoosier]

Joe, without know what you specifically used and what quantities, I can only guess.

My first guess would send you to one of my blogs, but you do not have enough posts for ECF to allow you to see the blogs. So, without all the background and indicators in said blog, I'm guessing you went the wrong way. Zigged when you should have zagged, as it were.

 

[JoeCran]

My mix was a fruit blend made with aprox. the following ingredients.( aprox. because of trying to fix it by adding more to increase flavor via the calculator)

8.4 ml of 48mg Nic juice (from DIY eJuice) 31% of total liquid
3.6 ml of PG (from DIY eJuice) 14% of total liquid
6.0 ml of VG (from DIY eJuice) 22% of total liquid
9 ml of Strawberry-Kiwi flavoring from LorAnn oils 33% of total liquid

 

[solardrgn]

i think you may have used too much flavoring, although i have not used lorann. with TFA i usually use 15% for fruit flavors

 

[Hoosier]

OK a 15mg juice at 89/11 PG/VG with 33% total flavoring of LA's Strawberry Kiwi.

I've got some good news and some bad news.

Good thing is I doubt it needs to steep to get any better. Bad news is it is pretty bad already and steeping will probably make it worse.

Good news is that 30% with LA flavorings is not outrageous. Bad news is that I have no idea if the Strawberry Kiwi is one of those that needs a high level of flavoring or if it does better at a lower percentage.

I'll reword one section of my Flavoring Level blog. If it smells good in the bottle, but tastes bad as vape, you probably have too much flavoring. But, I'm still guessing here because I've not worked with that specific flavor. Hopefully someone who has will chime in.

 

[patkin]

Its a loss anyway so what I would do is take half what you've mixed and put it in an equal amount of new pg/vg base. It will lower the nic but at least you'll know and you can always add more nic and tweak flavor with a little more of your "bad" mix then if its good or leave it and use it as an evening low-nic vape.

 

[Caridwen]

What about it tastes bad? Too sweet or too much of one flavoring? Mix some flavoring with PG/VG or just one of them and see how it tastes. You may not like the flavoring. It does happen. I had to try about 5-6 brands of pineapple until I found one I liked.

 

[JoeCran]

thanks for the responses so far everyone. I can barely taste the flavor and some hits from the mix have a hint of flavor. For the first while when i was vaping it tasted/smelled burnt but I figured that it was just the new clearomizer that I got.

 

[scooterholic]

If its has a burnt taste then I would think its your clearomizer. Can you try a different head on it and see if it tastes better, or do a dry burn to clean the coil. What ohms is it, for me i like fruity flavors around 2.4 - 2.8

 

[JoeCran]

its a 1.8. I left it alone for a few days and its starting to taste better. so maybe whatever it was has fixed itself

 

[scooterholic]

Glad it's working better for you. A lot of people like the 1.8 but to me they always had a harsh taste to them.

 

[BobInSD]

I add a bit of menthol, EM, and a few drops of vinegar to all my fruit juices; and have been happy with most of them so far. Then again, I prefer my fruit right out of the fridge.