i have a big big problem E-Liquid :(

[Jumpin' In...]

thank you
i can get pure alcohol from Pharmacies or some friends
i will try and i hope that worked
best regards

Just to be clear, I'm pretty sure people are talking about GRAIN alcohol, that is drinkable alcohol, as opposed to the type of alcohol that you would normally find at a pharmacy (here in the USA, anyway). Be careful about this!!

Maybe someone can clarify what is intended here?

 

[Spazmelda]

I found a method for extracting nicotine in one of my husbands old chemistry textbooks. Many of the chemicals needed would be practically impossible for a regular person to get. Some nasty stuff. The procedure was also several pages long, would take several days to complete, and required some specialized lab equipment. I like lots of DIY stuff, but I really don't think nicotine extraction is a DIY sort of thing.

I agree that it would probably be safer (and less expensive) to smuggle some in somehow.

 

[Krashman Von Stinkputin]

i know but i buy some liquid ( locally made )
It was very good and I felt the vapor very good in the lung
and i hope to make my own liquid like this local liquid
best regards

Pardon my asking but why not just continue to buy the locally made liquid?
It sounds like that satisfied everything you are looking for,

 

[HMav]

Technically, once you have all the materials you need to extract nicotine from tobacco (in reasonable quantity) you would in fact have a lab. In the US you would also likely be on a watch list or perhaps even get a visit from the men in black SUVs, unless someone calls the cops, then you get a visit from SWAT.

It is not just the extracted nicotine that is dangerous. The solvents and chemicals used are not like what you use at home. They are a different breed of dangerous, think a lab of the type we may not discuss on this forum, which occasionally explodes for no apparent reason and requires evacuation of entire neighborhoods during removal and cleanup.

As far as the OP's original query, higher VG levels increase the density of the vapor and will produce more "lung feel". I do not believe that nicotine contributes to this sensation. Various flavors may irritate the lungs in a way similar to smoke, I have both cinnamon and citrus flavors that make my lungs feel like I've been smoking (and I don't like it).

 

[AndriaD]

Just to be clear, I'm pretty sure people are talking about GRAIN alcohol, that is drinkable alcohol, as opposed to the type of alcohol that you would normally find at a pharmacy (here in the USA, anyway). Be careful about this!!

Maybe someone can clarify what is intended here?

Yes, the drinkable kind, grain alcohol -- but in his country, this type of alcohol would probably also be available more easily as a medicine, in a pharmacy, than as the recreational beverages that non-islamic countries enjoy.

Andria

 

[kickflipsnnollies]

So, a lab is going to make it safer? Its a given that`s it may not be idiot proof, but it don`t mean I need UCLA`s lab building to do it.

Yes, a real lab will make it safer.

Is it really necessary to have a white coat, beakers, and a Bunsen burner.
I have bleach under the sink, its dangerous, I don`t drink it, and I don`t bathe in it. To insist I need a lab is to suggest I could`nt do it without a lab. This seems rather controlling, Stick a ..... in a lab and you have a ..... in a lab.

A Bunsen burner, no. Beakers, vacuum distillation equipment, a multi-thousand dollar fume hood, respirators, elbow-length nitrile gloves, probably a liquid chromatography setup and definitely more - yes, absolutely. If you've ever seen Breaking Bad, the safety procedures they use wouldn't even come close to what you'd need.

I don't know the exact procedure but I know that once you get it to any kind of reasonable purity that it's volatile enough to evaporate into the air in enough quantity to kill you by breathing it. The lab coat would help a bit if you spill it, but you shouldn't be spilling it. You would seriously have to treat this like you're culturing E. Coli or Anthrax.

 

[Solartaco3]

This helps me also trying to diy ejuice.

 

[rusirius]

thank you andria
i'm afraid you can't understand me well
i'm looking for the vapor feeling in my Lung no taste or thick vapor or less
just need to feeling in Lung
and i got it from local liquid in my country
why my liquid does not have the same feeling ?
that's all
thank you
best regards

Actually I think she did understand you correctly...

Nicotine is going to cause a couple of things... A slightly pepper taste, though usually not noticeable when mixed with other flavors. Also what's called "Throat Hit" which is really hard to explain... Almost a "burning" in the back of the throat, but not really... When you take a big drag off a cigarette holding it in your mouth, then inhale it all at once into your lungs, that feeling in the back of your throat... that's "throat hit".

PG carries the flavor, but also causes throat hit... An earlier suggestion recommended using more PG, but I don't think that's going to give you what you're looking for...

VG on the other hand, it adds density to the vapor... It makes it thicker basically... Now I realize that isn't directly what you're looking for, but I think it might be. When I vape max VG e-juice I can definitely "feel" it in my lungs... It feels heavier and denser... With very high PG blends I taste it and can get throat hit, but not that "heavy in the lungs" feeling...

So my suggestion is to try to make a juice blend that has a maximum amount of VG... In fact, just as a test, try JUST your flavoring (which is usually PG based) and VG... Don't add any extra PG at all... Try that and see if you get the feeling you're looking for... If so, then you can start playing around with the ratio of PG to VG to get the taste and "lung feel" to your liking.

 

[kickflipsnnollies]

Another thing I just thought of as far as safety goes - this is operating on assumption, but I'd bet a dollar that the nicotine we use isn't extracted but synthesized. This is generally how people get compounds of 99%+ purity.

 

[Spazmelda]

Another thing I just thought of as far as safety goes - this is operating on assumption, but I'd bet a dollar that the nicotine we use isn't extracted but synthesized. This is generally how people get compounds of 99%+ purity.

Nope, our nicotine is extracted.