Personally ive found that i like using syringes best for measuring my liquid ingredients (im a big fan of consistency, if i want 20% flavor and 20mg, i want that _every_ time, not close to it). But the problem ive found is something, either the nic juice, pg or vg somehow manages to.. melt? the markings from the sides. Ive got a pile of 20ish syringes with no marking on them now so i was wonder what everybody else uses, or are there perhaps syringes that are made to last longer?
How do you measure?
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I use a confounded mix of measurement devices. It sucks.
A week ago my Capella, nic-juice, PG and VG all have dropper bottles, and they're all different sizes. My LorAnn, Bickford and Faerie's Finest have open bottles, and got measured out with pipettes. The pipettes are marked in .5ml increments, but when used as droppers I'm sure the drops are different sizes here, too.
When I need to measure out a lot - more then 1ml - I have to pop the dropper bits out of the dropper bottles for those that have them, and then use pipettes.
I have syringes, but then can be a pain. Using a 5ml syringe to measure 0.5ml is not accurate. But my 0.5ml syringes have a 27-gauge needle, when is too fine for the thicker liquids (especially VG). Most of my other syringes don't have needles, which makes them almost useless.
Argh.
In the last week I transferred all my flavorings to dropper bottles. It's much more convenient, but still not ideal.
Ideally, I would love to have ALL liquids in bottles with identical eye-droppers. Now all my small-batch recipes will be identically measured. Converting a small-batch recipe to a big-batch recipe will be perfect as I know how many drops-per-ml for that eye-dropper. Putting the eye-dropper aside means that I can easily get into the bottle with a 10ml syringe or marked pipette.
This is expensive, and a pain. Buying bottles, transferring contents, labeling each bottle. Since I have over 70 flavors, this is a major expense in time and money.
I'd much rather have syringes of various sizes with relatively blunt needles. Having 1ml, 3ml, and 5ml syringes would be ideal - but I'd even add 0.5ml and 10ml if I could.
But where does one buy 5 or 10 syringes with relatively blunt needles???
A week ago my Capella, nic-juice, PG and VG all have dropper bottles, and they're all different sizes. My LorAnn, Bickford and Faerie's Finest have open bottles, and got measured out with pipettes. The pipettes are marked in .5ml increments, but when used as droppers I'm sure the drops are different sizes here, too.
When I need to measure out a lot - more then 1ml - I have to pop the dropper bits out of the dropper bottles for those that have them, and then use pipettes.
I have syringes, but then can be a pain. Using a 5ml syringe to measure 0.5ml is not accurate. But my 0.5ml syringes have a 27-gauge needle, when is too fine for the thicker liquids (especially VG). Most of my other syringes don't have needles, which makes them almost useless.
Argh.
In the last week I transferred all my flavorings to dropper bottles. It's much more convenient, but still not ideal.
Ideally, I would love to have ALL liquids in bottles with identical eye-droppers. Now all my small-batch recipes will be identically measured. Converting a small-batch recipe to a big-batch recipe will be perfect as I know how many drops-per-ml for that eye-dropper. Putting the eye-dropper aside means that I can easily get into the bottle with a 10ml syringe or marked pipette.
This is expensive, and a pain. Buying bottles, transferring contents, labeling each bottle. Since I have over 70 flavors, this is a major expense in time and money.
I'd much rather have syringes of various sizes with relatively blunt needles. Having 1ml, 3ml, and 5ml syringes would be ideal - but I'd even add 0.5ml and 10ml if I could.
But where does one buy 5 or 10 syringes with relatively blunt needles???
I have found the ones from the tractor supply company from 3ml - 60ml are raised and do not wear off. That is what I use with 16ga needls from the same place. VG/PG goes through them best as they are a larger dia.
I also use a 10ml child "spoon" style dispenser for my flavors as they are raised also and do not wear off. I can pour in my flavors in ml and the pour the mix into the juice bottle.
Dan
I went to Wal Mart Pharmacy and asked if they had something that would measure ml. They gave me a very good dropper that goes up to 5 ml.
It didn't cost anything.
I wish somebody would make some tiny labels that could be put on the bottles. I use regular size labels and cut them small.
It didn't cost anything.
I wish somebody would make some tiny labels that could be put on the bottles. I use regular size labels and cut them small.
Martha;
I need labels for my bottles for Airport Security.
I went to Johnson Creek Web Site. Click on any logo, and save as a .jpg. I sized them down in a photoshop program, made 20 to a page. Then Type the nic level and flavor on them. Print out the sheet, cut them out, and use clear wide tape to label the bottles.
Sounds like a lot to go through, but once they're saved, you can print out as many as you need.
I use a P-Touch labeler most of the time. Very convenient for one-off labels.
I transferred a bunch of flavorings to smaller dropper bottles, and printed address labels on my laser jet for those. The P-Touch would have been a pain to make 40-something labels.
I transferred a bunch of flavorings to smaller dropper bottles, and printed address labels on my laser jet for those. The P-Touch would have been a pain to make 40-something labels.
When traveling, Security wants the bottles labeled. Coping and printing a commercial label serves that purpose for me.
Aaah, gotcha. So no obviously home-made labels.
I need to make up some "Scottes' Original E-Juice" labels.
I need to make up some "Scottes' Original E-Juice" labels.
The P-Touch would have been a pain to peel 40-something labels too.
But they do hold up pretty well.
But they do hold up pretty well.
Many places to get syringes...... I mark mine when new...... I got in habit of always mixing 6 ml because that is the size of my portable filling bottles..... I got a small Brother Label Maker..... TW always sends me free plastic 6 ml bottles....... I mix and label and have no problem....... And I carry about 10 bottles with me of assorted flavors ......
When I charge my batteries, I do my mixing and labeling if needed....... I find that the labels last quite a while...... It is a hobby......
When I charge my batteries, I do my mixing and labeling if needed....... I find that the labels last quite a while...... It is a hobby......
I normally use a graduated cylinders for my measuring. I have a 10ml and a 50ml that work great. I got them here Graduated Cylinders low cost and very easy and accurate to use.
R.F.
R.F.
I'd love to find graduated cylinders in 1ml, 3ml, 5ml, and 10ml. Anyone have any ideas where? The smallest on rfw's link is 10ml.
US Plastics has them...same place where you can get the bottles.
Many sizes available.
Scienceware® Economy Graduated Cylinders - US Plastic Corporation
Many sizes available.
Scienceware® Economy Graduated Cylinders - US Plastic Corporation
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Thanks for the shopping list and info! Now where did I put that credit card....
But not 1ml, 3ml, or 5ml. Like rfw's link, the smallest they have is 10ml.
Why would you want them that small? Confused as to why that would be useful?
Use standard measuring spoons if you don't want to use a syringe for some reason. 1/4 tsp equals 1.25 ml
Use standard measuring spoons if you don't want to use a syringe for some reason. 1/4 tsp equals 1.25 ml
To be able to accurately convert small test batches to large batches without counting a ton of drops. Thus I can make a 3ml test batch of a recipe, and convert that to a 30ml without having to tweak the flavorings afterwards.
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