@eazy1504, your 70/30 base can safely be vaped by itself (adding nothing to it). To test the base, and see if it is affecting your recipes, do the following:
-- Start with a clean atomizer. Thoroughly rinse off all washable parts. Replace, or rebuild coil and wicking.
-- Partially fill tank, or saturate wick (if using a dripper/RDA), with ONLY the PG/VG base. DO NOT use any flavor concentrates or nicotine.
-- Vape at your usual settings.
-- If you detect off-notes, or bad tastes, it is the base you are using.
-- If you do NOT detect any bad flavors; move to the next test.
DO NOT test your nicotine the same way! To safely test your nicotine; it MUST FIRST be diluted.
To test the nicotine flavor quality:
-- Use ONLY clean, tasteless, PG/VG base (plain PG, and/or VG will also work. They both can be tested, individually, as described above). To rule out any off-flavors coming from the base; it MUST be tested PRIOR to testing the nicotine.
-- Start with a clean atomizer. Thoroughly rinse off all washable parts. Replace, or rebuild coil and wicking. Note: if you have previously cleaned the atomizer to test your base, and the test had no bad flavor; you can skip this test, and reuse the same atomizer.
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Dilute nicotine, with a known clean/tasteless base, at your preferred dilution. Be 100% sure of your measurements, and dilution percentage. Incorrect, or sloppy measurements, will only result in worthless results.
-- Partially fill tank, or saturate wick (if using a dripper/RDA), with ONLY the
diluted nic base. DO NOT use any flavor concentrates.
-- Vape at your usual settings.
-- If you detect off-notes, or bad tastes, it is the nicotine you are using.
-- If you do NOT detect any bad flavors; it is the flavor concentrates that are causing problems. You are likely using too much. Or, it is just not a good flavor for you personally... try other brands.
