How to fix a problem flavor

[baby driver]

Do you have any tricks you use to "fix" a flavor that comes out with a problem?

My first mistake is not keeping really good records for recipes of how the last really good mix was made.

Anyway, my problem mix right now is an ry4/coffee mix that just seems to be "off" somehow. Not enough body to it. I added a drop of vape Wizard, but that didn't help. There is also a little chemically taste to it.

I am interested in anything you do to fix various problems when the flavor doesn't come out just right.

Thanx

 

[breakfastchef]

There comes a time when you just ned to throw out a 'bad' batch. If you keep adding to it, you may never come out with a good tasitng vape and will never know what you did if it turns out fine. Start over, make very small batches, take notes and resist the urge to try and fix a failure after you have vaped a few drops from the batch.

 

[DinosaurVapor]

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agreed.... i have wasted tons and tons of 3ml samples by not mixing right.

but just dump it out and start over, its the best thing to do, less headaches, faster perfection time!

 

[Scottes]

I keep two big bottles handy:

Fruit-Flavored Mistakes
And
Heavy-Flavored Mistakes

The first is obvious, but the second bottles gets all my mistakes consisting of coffee and nut flavors and similar.

One day I might need these...

 

[ProfessorDaffy]

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agreed.... i have wasted tons and tons of 3ml samples by not mixing right.

but just dump it out and start over, its the best thing to do, less headaches, faster perfection time!

Ah, yes, 3ml bottles. The DIYer's best friend. You know a juice is bad when you throw the bottle away, too!

I'm working my way through a 10ml bottle of MysteryMix right now. There is such a thing as "good enough for vaping at the computer".

--Prof Daffy

 

[MaxUT]

I've been doing my mixing experiments in very small batches, using a little Lorann's glass dropper to measure with, writing down the number of drops of each ingredient.

This saves room in the "slop jar" where I dump the not-so-brilliant examples.

 

[Luv2CUSmile]

What is Vape Wizard? never heard of it...

 

[lunaras]

...I added a drop of Vape Wizard, but that didn't help...

I've seen this on Flavourart.com I believe, but haven't ordered it yet. How is it working for you? What effect does it have on your liquids?

 

[baby driver]

Vape Wizard from FlavourArt really helps with minor flavor problems. Adds body and smokiness as well as conceals too much acidity. Just use about 1%, usually about a drop or two.

I did improve my current bad mix somewhat last night by adding some Ethyl Maltol and Tobacco Absolute which added the body. It still is a little off from what I would like but I'm not throwing it out yet.

Also, as others have said, give it a day or two to see how it is after the ingredients fully blend.

Still interested in any techniques you use to "fix" your problems.

 

[geeker]

I have a fruit bottle and a coffee/sweets bottle. I've been suggesting this for months but it seems to have fallen on deaf ears.

I keep two big bottles handy:

Fruit-Flavored Mistakes
And
Heavy-Flavored Mistakes

The first is obvious, but the second bottles gets all my mistakes consisting of coffee and nut flavors and similar.

One day I might need these...

 

[Kavik79]

my opinion is: Enough menthol can overpower anything

 

[Scottes]

I have a fruit bottle and a coffee/sweets bottle. I've been suggesting this for months but it seems to have fallen on deaf ears.

Apparently I heard... I guess. I actually don't know where I read this, or even if I thought of it on my own - I might very well have read some post you made suggesting this, which is more likely since I don't have many original ideas.

 

[MaxUT]

I've been suggesting this for months but it seems to have fallen on deaf ears.

Geeker, you're just a man before your time, that's all!

 

[ProfessorDaffy]

my opinion is: Enough menthol can overpower anything

I use cinnamon. Makes everything taste better for the holidays.

--Prof Daffy

 

[Kurt]

I use cinnamon. Makes everything taste better for the holidays.

--Prof Daffy

I have a 10 mL bottle that is for "fails" that I mix 2 -3 mL of. I dont do a lot of fruit, mostly the carmel-choc-coffee-toffee kind, and they all go together very well. Often these mixes of fails will be so excellent mixed together that I forget about the successful mixes!

And Prof Daffy, of all your avatars, I like this one the best! He looks confident, smart, and a touch buzzed on a martini. Cool with a capital C!

 

[MetalPrincess]

I like to use either Cappella's Vanilla Custard to help out mixes that didn't turn out quite right or use mint to overpower it (diluting the bad mix first with some unflavoured helps too).

If it can't be fixed I put it into my "head cold" bottle. I use the little 3ml bottles and date them so if I start getting too many I'll just toss the oldest ones. Last month when I had a cold and could hardly smell or taste anything I spent 4 days vaping all the icky stuff and used up nearly all of it. Didn't bother me at all although a couple times I got a "What the heck are you vaping?!?" from my fiance.

 

[Thornak]

I've been doing my mixing experiments in very small batches, using a little Lorann's glass dropper to measure with, writing down the number of drops of each ingredient.

This saves room in the "slop jar" where I dump the not-so-brilliant examples.

Wouldn't it be a shame if you kept dumping all kinds of different flavors into a "slop jar", then to sample it one day and it turned out to be the absolute best flavor you ever vaped...But you can't reproduce it because you can't remember everything that you dumped into it..

 

[Scottes]

If it can't be fixed I put it into my "head cold" bottle. I use the little 3ml bottles and date them so if I start getting too many I'll just toss the oldest ones. Last month when I had a cold and could hardly smell or taste anything I spent 4 days vaping all the icky stuff and used up nearly all of it.

Perfect! Add some menthol and you're good to go. Why waste the good stuff when you can't smell or taste?