How many ml of flavors will I need monthly ??

[Youmadbrah]

It is easy to import VG and PG. Nicotine will be another story ,but it can be solved.

I think whats left is flavors. I saw some people extract flavors from cigars ,but I'll look into that later. I am asking because I see flavors sold in small bottles.

 

[VpnDrgn]

Flavoring should be as easy to get as PG/VG. Most of the vendors started out supplying these to
professional chefs so they ship all over the world. I think one of them is based out of Italy.

As to your question in the thread title, the average user vapes 3 to 5ml a day, at the top of that
range would be 150ml's a month. The average concentrate requires 15 to 20% to flavor ejuice.
That would figure at 30ml's a month.

Some flavors require a lot less and some a little more, but you should be safe figuring
20% of whatever your monthly consumption is.

If you order directly from a flavor mnf, be sure to study up on what flavor ingredients
may be harmful for vaping ( like diacetyl or oil extracts ). Most mnf's will list the
components, but don't always warn if they are harmful for vaping, as these were originally
made for cooking and making candy.

 

[Hoosier]

I've seen recipes that use from 1% to 45% flavoring per mix.

Then add the unknown of your juice consumption and I end up with a question that I cannot answer

It should be a matter of multiplication when your flavoring's ratio and juice consumption is known. If you are just starting to DIY, then we would have to add the number of flavorings that you discover you will not like, even though they sounded perfect, to the total.

If Capellas will ship to you, and the flavorings are of the type you think may work, then a fairly safe approximtion of 15% flavoring could be used as I find these to work in the 10-20% range for most vapers. (I do not know which vendors ship internationally.)

 

[claud]

holy moly I just noticed I accumilated 300ml flavor and have another 230 on the way......and if I would only use 30 ml a month than...than....I got too much!!!!

 

[GoodDog]

holy moly I just noticed I accumilated 300ml flavor and have another 230 on the way......and if I would only use 30 ml a month than...than....I got too much!!!!

Welcome to the club!

 

[Tona Aspsusa]

To the original poster:

I'm new to both mixing and vaping, and very flavour sensitive, so my idea about how many ml flavours you would need is probably useless - you have gotten some good answers here already.

What I wanted to say was that a friend of mine was recently on holiday in your country, and came back absolutely raving about the level of service in at least some pharmacies, and also the quality and price of Egypt-produced (or bottled) cosmetic ingredients.

What does this have to do with vaping? Well, SOME essential oils are usable as flavourings - an essential oil isn't the same as an oil for cooking, which should always be avoided.

So you might be able with a little research to source some good ingredients locally - mint, menthol, rosewater, eucalyptus - things like that.

The golden rule is to always only use food-grade ingredients, never cosmetic or technical grade.
Personally though, I would without hesitating use high class cosmetic grade stuff IF I knew exactly where and how it was manufactured, ie if I could get it close to the source and could verify that it wasn't stored in old gasoline barrels or something like that.

Just a thought. There's a lot written in this forum (and the larger ECF) about the use or not of essential oils.
Some people are vehemently against and good at digging up scary stuff, some people have lots of experience with All Natural essential oils from other realms and tend to be overly positive, and some people (like me) are somewhere in between.

 

[Semiretired]

holy moly I just noticed I accumilated 300ml flavor and have another 230 on the way......and if I would only use 30 ml a month than...than....I got too much!!!!

You are joking - right - at least I hope so. If not pick your favorites and start trading the rest...

 

[claud]

no joke lol....I didnt have the time to vape enough to figure out which ones I like, not to mention that some I dont like might indeed be tasty in combination with something else

but my point was, it accumilates, and I seriously never thought about how much a person can vape a month.....and how much flavors I got
I most defenatly will be trading or passing on a few flavors after I figure out what my favorites are
it gets very confusing and overwhelming at first

ok so my advise for the guy who started this topic:
I live in the netherlands,
I buy my VG at a soap store
thats right, a soap store
it is food grade vg, but appearently they use it to make soap
price= appr. $13 for 1 liter (1000 ml)
you need to find places and be creative
pg can be bought here for appr. $8,- a liter in a petstore, appearently it cures milk-sickness in cows
this is pure and foodgrade PG
flavors can be made (coffee, tea, cinnamon) or bought from cake/pie/cooking places
be very carefull though, learn about ingredients, some ingredients might be harmfull,
but I am sure in your country you can find places too that will have the stuff you need to make your own liquid
goodluck!