I'm just not getting this "mixing" thing at all...can someone please explain to me?

[Drewps5co0tt]

I'm just not good at math and the more I try to figure this out, the more confused I'm getting.

If I'm looking for 6MG liquid and the vendor doesn't sell 6MG but they sell 12MG/30ML. Can I buy the 12MG/30ML liquid in the flavor of my choice, then also purchase the same flavor from them in their non nic version (same size)...get a empty bottle and pour half of the 12MG flavor into the bottle, and half of the non nic flavor into the bottle, shake and essentially now have a bottle of 6MG?

If this is not how it works that I'm just not getting it at all.

If someone could chime in here I'd greatly appreciate it.

Thanks

 

[jj2]

You got it !

 

[Maestro]

Remember it's not linear. Adding 100% drops it in half, but adding 200% does not drop it to a quarter. You would have to add 100% of the NEW amount, which works out to 300% of the original amount. Example:

Assume 10ml to start with. Add 10ml (100%) to drop from 12nic to 6nic. You now have 20ml
Add 20ml (100% of the new amount) to cut it to 3nic. You now have 40ml, 30ml added (300% of the original 10ml)
Add 40ml to cut it to 1.5nic. You now have 80ml, 70ml added (700% of the original 10ml)

So to cut the nic in half you have to end up with 2x the amount. To cut it to 1/4, you end up with 4x the amount. To cut it to 1/8, you end up with 8x the amount.

The more you reduce the nic, the amount you need to add increases exponentially.

 

[Drewps5co0tt]

OK you just confused the hell out of me even more than I was before I posted this. The first person who replied said I was correct, now are you saying we are both wrong?

 

[Hoosier]

You were correct Dayvidpriddy. Maestro was pointing out that the math behind it while confirming that 50% of 12mg plus 50% of 0mg is 6mg.

 

[Drewps5co0tt]

OK, sorry, I couldn't follow it at all. Thanks

 

[Hoosier]

OK, sorry, I couldn't follow it at all. Thanks

Happens. I work with numbers all day long and if I don't remember who I'm talking to, I will look up and my listener is trying to see thier own earwax by eye movement only. I find pictures help, but that doesn't work in this format...

 

[Drewps5co0tt]

OK so jjt replied to my private and his explanation was...

Take the 1 ounce 12MG nic flavored juice and the 1 ounce 0MG flavored juice (both are same flavors), mix them together and you have 6MG, down from the original 12MG. So in other words, it's not 50/50 of each bottle, it's both bottles full combined!

Is this correct?

 

[markfm]

What matters is to use equal amounts of each, roughly 50/50 of the 0 mg and the 12 mg. Eyeball is plenty good enough for this, you can use a 3 ml, 6 ml, 10 ml, whatever size bottle you have handy for your new bottle, the one containing the mix.

Take the 0 and 12 mg/ml bottles.
Shake them for a couple seconds to mix them (sometimes you'll get a bit of settling, separation).
Take an empty, clean, bottle, doesn't matter the size, fill it about half way with the 0 mg, then all the way to the top with the 12 mg.
Shake the new bottle, vape

 

[Drewps5co0tt]

ok so you saying if I dont want to make 2 ounces total, then I can make it whatever I want, just make sure I use 50/50 if it's not the full size bottles that I'm using all at once?

 

[Caridwen]

Equal amounts of e-liquid at two nicotine levels, just add them together and divide by two.

Your actual question was pretty straightforward.

For example- 10 ml of 24 and 10 ml of 0 = 20 ml of 12.

 

[Drewps5co0tt]

OK got it, that's what I thought, so half and half as long as both parts are equal.

Also would I want to keep my pg/vg ratio the same in both the nic juice and the non nic juice? Usually I do 70PG/30VG if I have the choice.

 

[markfm]

You can adjust it based on how you order the non-nic, but that is one more set of variables.

Say the nic containing liquid is 70PG/30VG, and you will mix equal parts of it and the 0nic, to cut the nic level in half.

To get 70/30 in the new liquid, just get the 0 nic at the same 70/30 blend.

To raise the PG in the final liquid, you go to higher PG in the 0 nic. A 90PG/10VG 0nic, mixed with a 70/30 in equal amounts, will result in an 80PG/20VG final eliquid.

Similarly, to decrease the PG portion, a 50PG/50VG mixed in equal amounts with 70PG/30VG will result in 60PG/40VG.

 

[Drewps5co0tt]

OK, excellent, got it!

Thanks for helping me figure it out, I guess I just needed it explained to me in a certain way and then it clicked.

 

[Caridwen]

If you ever want to mix different amounts together, download this

eJuice Me Up - e-Juice e-Liquid Recipe Calculator

Then hit Tools, and Nic Combine.

 

[Maestro]

Sorry to confuse you. The short, simple answer I should have stuck with is that equal parts of both will cut the nic in half. I was trying to demonstrate how the math works so that you understood WHY it works. You might want to do something different in the future and it's a good idea to understand how it works.

 

[Caridwen]

Sorry to confuse you. The short, simple answer I should have stuck with is that equal parts of both will cut the nic in half. I was trying to demonstrate how the math works so that you understood WHY it works. You might want to do something different in the future and it's a good idea to understand how it works.

I understood what you were doing. But you're talking to a math nerd.